High Fantasy with Tear Gas and Riot Gear
Matthew Iung reflects on “The Mask of Mirrors,” the new book by M. A. Carrick....
High Fantasy with Tear Gas and Riot Gear
Matthew Iung reflects on “The Mask of Mirrors,” the new book by M. A. Carrick....
Tzimtzum as (Space)craft: Jake Marmer’s Mystical Sci-Fi Poetics
Jake Marmer talks intergalactic longing and Jewish mysticism....
Haunted by the Past: The Nostalgic Future of “Cyberpunk 2077”
“CP77” is a large franchise-oriented product of nostalgia, but ultimately not the innovation that cyberpunk could be....
Ray Bradbury at 100: A Conversation Between Sam Weller and Dana Gioia
Sam Weller and Dana Gioia commemorate the centennial of Ray Bradbury’s birth and discuss the global impact of his storytelling....
Never Very Far from What Is Happening Right Now
The world of Andrea Hairston’s “Master of Poisons” is rich, strange, and exhilaratingly beautiful; it is also violent and terrible....
A Grimdark Fantasy: On R. F. Kuang’s “The Burning God”
The Poppy Wars trilogy offers an intense and compelling revisioning of modern China....
Odd Couples, Carbon Coins, and Narrative Scopes: An Interview with Kim Stanley Robinson
Kim Stanley Robinson and Everett Hamner discuss “The Ministry for the Future,” ecological defense, gender equity, economic policy, and ecoreligion....
Bradbury Noir: The Crimes of a Science Fiction Master
Cullen Gallagher investigates “Killer, Come Back to Me: The Crime Stories of Ray Bradbury.”...
Race Consciousness: Fascism and Frank Herbert’s “Dune”
Jordan S. Carroll on the alt-right's love of Frank Herbert's "Dune" series....
Heresies of “Dune”
Are there any liberals on Arrakis? Daniel Immerwahr considers the backstory and political impact of Frank Herbert's "Dune."...
The Proletarian Fantastic
While the bosses have built the mills with magic of capital, the Factory Girls’ Union plans resistance with the magic of solidarity....
Apocalypse Always: On Matthew Wolf-Meyer’s “Theory for the World to Come”
Sean Guynes evaluates “Theory for the World to Come,” the recently published book from Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer....