Parenting Is Always a Ghost Story: A Conversation with Yael Goldstein-LoveClaire Jarvis talks with Yael Goldstein-Love about her new novel “The Possibilities.”...CLAIRE JARVISFICTIONSF
Where Life Is Precious, Life Is Precious. And Surely That’s Not Here: On Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s “Chain-Gang All-Stars”Salem James Martinez reviews Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s “Chain-Gang All-Stars.”...SALEM JAMES MARTINEZFICTIONPOLITICSLITERARY CRITICISMSFCULTURAL STUDIES
The Year’s Best Is Dead, Long Live the Year’s Best: On the 2023 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award FinalistsNiall Harrison reviews the 2023 finalists for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award....NIALL HARRISONSF
Nature’s on Top This Time: On Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Lost World and The Poison Belt”Sasha Karsavina reviews Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Lost World and The Poison Belt” from the MIT Press Radium Age series....SASHA KARSAVINAFICTIONSF
A Different Bargain with Nature: On Annalee Newitz’s “The Terraformers”Christian P. Haines reviews "The Terraformers" by Analee Newitz....CHRISTIAN P. HAINESSF
Taínofuturism, the Hope for a Better Future: On E. G. Condé’s “Sordidez”Taryne Jade Taylor reviews E. G. Condé’s “Sordidez.”...TARYNE JADE TAYLORSF
Nothing “Proto” About It: More on MIT Press’s New Radium Age SeriesThe pleasures of reading the titles from MIT Press’s new Radium Age series, writes historian of science Michael Gordin, lies in the science fiction genre not yet having congealed....MICHAEL D. GORDINSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYHISTORYSF
Playing with Nature: On “Tears of the Kingdom” as EcofictionMartin Dolan reviews the video game “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom” as a work of ecofiction....MARTIN DOLANSF
Things Will Get Shittier: AI and the Dial of Business BasinessJ. D. Connor ponders how AI is transforming the media landscape, the law, and our lives....J. D. CONNORLAWTELEVISIONSF
Feeling Solarpunk: On Becky Chambers’s Monk and Robot SeriesKurt Ostrow reviews Becky Chambers’s Monk and Robot series, “A Prayer for the Crown-Shy” and “A Psalm for the Wild-Built.”...KURT OSTROWPOLITICSSF
A Lifetime Drama of Escape: On M. John Harrison’s “Wish I Was Here”Roger Luckhurst reviews M. John Harrison’s “Wish I Was Here: An Anti-Memoir.”...ROGER LUCKHURSTMEMOIR & ESSAYSF
Your Genes Aren’t Your Destiny: On Ann Leckie’s “Translation State”David M. Higgins reviews Ann Leckie’s “Translation State.”...DAVID M. HIGGINSSFGENDER & SEXUALITY
Oblivion Beckons: On Thomas Ligotti’s “Pictures of Apocalypse”Greg Cwik reviews “Pictures of Apocalypse” by Thomas Ligotti....GREG CWIKSFPOETRY
Wolves at the Door: On Lee Mandelo’s “Feed Them Silence”Sloane Holzer reviews Lee Mandelo’s “Feed Them Silence.”...SLOANE HOLZERSF
Racial Resentment and the Scavenging Beast: On Erin E. Adams’s “Jackal”Shannon Scott reviews Erin E. Adams’s “Jackal.”...SHANNON SCOTTSF
Out from the Shadow of the Vampire: On Chris McKay’s “Renfield”Olivia Rutigliano follows the figure of Renfield from Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel ‘Dracula’ through various adaptations, culminating in Chris McKay’s 2023 film “Renfield.”...OLIVIA RUTIGLIANOFILMSF
Magic, Memory, and Myth: On adrienne maree brown’s “Fables and Spells”Candice Thornton examines the magic, memory, and myth in adrienne maree brown’s “Fables and Spells.”...CANDICE THORNTONSF
Fury Born from Helplessness: On Leopoldo Gout’s “Piñata”Matthew James Seidel reviews Leopoldo Gout’s “Piñata.”...MATTHEW JAMES SEIDELRELIGIONHISTORYSF
Everyone Is Going Away: On Yuri Herrera’s “Ten Planets”Mattia Ravasi reviews Yuri Herrera’s “Ten Planets.”...MATTIA RAVASISF
Vast Silences: On Victor LaValle’s “Lone Women”John Edward Martin reviews Victor LaValle’s “Lone Women.”...JOHN EDWARD MARTINSF
Science Fiction as Mode of Action: On MIT Press’s “Uneven Futures”Roger Luckhurst reviews the new collection of essays “Uneven Futures: Strategies for Community Survival from Speculative Fiction” from MIT Press....ROGER LUCKHURSTSF
Who Owns Dungeons & Dragons?Emily Friedman writes about intellectual property and Dungeons and Dragons....EMILY FRIEDMANSF
The Final Girl Returns Home: On Stephen Graham Jones’s “Don’t Fear the Reaper”Justin Wigard reviews Stephen Graham Jones’s “Don’t Fear the Reaper.”...JUSTIN WIGARDSF
The Daughter Displaces the Island: On Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s “The Daughter of Doctor Moreau”D. Harlan Wilson reviews Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s “The Daughter of Doctor Moreau.”...D. HARLAN WILSONSF
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