The Poetics of MetamorphosisSamanta Schweblin and Anna Starobinets are two of the most original horror writers active today....MUIREANN MAGUIRESF
Three Books About a Better WorldKim Stanley Robinson, Yanis Varoufakis, and Carl Neville have all released utopian novels in 2020, but is there value in speculating about a post-capitalist future?...GARETH WATKINSSF
Bugs and Features: On Video Game Glitches and InterpretationAre video game glitches a flaw in the art, or a feature?...NATHAN WAINSTEINSF
The House Is the Body: On Kim-Anh Schreiber’s “Fantasy”Anthony Graham enjoys "Fantasy," the debut novel by Kim-Anh Schreiber....ANTHONY GRAHAMSF
Febrile MagicA superb collection of short and long (mostly long) stories by an award-winning fantasy author....ROB LATHAMSF
Bomb Under the Table: On Kazuo Ishiguro’s “Klara and the Sun”Anita Felicelli reviews the new novel from Kazuo Ishiguro, "Klara and the Sun."...ANITA FELICELLIFICTIONSF
A History of Cyberpunk ComicsDavid M. Higgins and Matthew Iung consider the complicated history of cyberpunk comics....DAVID M. HIGGINS, MATTHEW IUNGSFCOMICS
Making Room for Santa in Tolkien’s LegendariumA dragon’s horde of new holiday editions of J. R. R. Tolkien....NICK OWCHARSF
The Stories That Bind Us Together: On E. Lily Yu’s “On Fragile Waves”Sheila Regan offers insight into E. Lily Yu’s brutal novel of a family’s desperate journey across the sea....SHEILA REGANSF
Technology and Politics Are Inseparable: An Interview with Cory DoctorowIn this conversation about his new novel, “Attack Surface,” Cory Doctorow imagines a path toward mending the broken systems that shape our lives....ELIOT PEPERPOLITICSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYSF
The Death of the Future: On Nnedi Okorafor’s “Remote Control”Dan Friedman reviews Nnedi Okorafor’s new book, “Remote Control.”...DAN FRIEDMANSF
High Fantasy with Tear Gas and Riot GearMatthew Iung reflects on “The Mask of Mirrors,” the new book by M. A. Carrick....MATTHEW IUNGSF
Tzimtzum as (Space)craft: Jake Marmer’s Mystical Sci-Fi PoeticsJake Marmer talks intergalactic longing and Jewish mysticism....ALEXANDER NEMSERSFPOETRY
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....LARS SCHMEINKSF
Ray Bradbury at 100: A Conversation Between Sam Weller and Dana GioiaSam Weller and Dana Gioia commemorate the centennial of Ray Bradbury’s birth and discuss the global impact of his storytelling....SAM WELLER, DANA GIOIASF
Never Very Far from What Is Happening Right NowThe world of Andrea Hairston’s “Master of Poisons” is rich, strange, and exhilaratingly beautiful; it is also violent and terrible....STEVEN SHAVIROSF
A Grimdark Fantasy: On R. F. Kuang’s “The Burning God”The Poppy Wars trilogy offers an intense and compelling revisioning of modern China....KRYSTAL SONGYOUNG ADULT & CHILDREN’S LITERATURESF
Odd Couples, Carbon Coins, and Narrative Scopes: An Interview with Kim Stanley RobinsonKim Stanley Robinson and Everett Hamner discuss “The Ministry for the Future,” ecological defense, gender equity, economic policy, and ecoreligion....EVERETT HAMNERPOLITICSSF
Bradbury Noir: The Crimes of a Science Fiction MasterCullen Gallagher investigates “Killer, Come Back to Me: The Crime Stories of Ray Bradbury.”...CULLEN GALLAGHERNOIRSF
Race Consciousness: Fascism and Frank Herbert’s “Dune”Jordan S. Carroll on the alt-right's love of Frank Herbert's "Dune" series....JORDAN S. CARROLLPOLITICSSF
Heresies of “Dune”Are there any liberals on Arrakis? Daniel Immerwahr considers the backstory and political impact of Frank Herbert's "Dune."...DANIEL IMMERWAHRSF
The Proletarian FantasticWhile the bosses have built the mills with magic of capital, the Factory Girls’ Union plans resistance with the magic of solidarity....MARK SODERSTROMSFGENDER & SEXUALITY
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....SEAN GUYNESLITERARY CRITICISMSF
Can a Video Game Express Modernist Values?“Dark Souls” is marked by formal features — difficulty, narrative fragmentation, and spatiotemporal distortion — that are associated with modernist art....NATHAN WAINSTEINSF
