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"The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it." — Frank Herbert

Pushing Against the Self in Fiction: A Conversation with Akil Kumarasamy
Mona Kareem talks with Akil Kumarasamy about her new novel, “Meet Us by the Roaring Sea.”
Mona KareemDec 18, 2022
There Is No Escape: On Supergiant’s “Hades”
Vivian Lam explores how Supergiant’s “Hades” turns Greek myth into a subversive allegory of resistance.
Vivian LamDec 17, 2022
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Ghost Stories Aren’t Dead: On the Anthologies “Even in the Grave” and “Other Terrors”
Lindsey Carman Williams reviews two new anthologies — Even in the Grave and Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology — that captivate the senses with fear, horror, and terror in every short story written by an array of talented ghost story and horror writers.
Lindsey Carman WilliamsDec 10, 2022
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Police and Thieves: On Tony Gilroy’s “Andor”
Aaron Bady reviews Tony Gilroy’s “Andor,” streaming on Disney+.
Aaron BadyDec 8, 2022
Memento Mori: On Lauren Haldeman’s “Team Photograph”
Lee Thomas takes a look at Lauren Haldeman’s experimental graphic novel “Team Photograph.”
Lee ThomasDec 7, 2022
The Fantasy Story as a Merciless Laboratory of History: On R. F. Kuang’s “Babel, or The Necessity of Violence”
Kurt Guldentops and Sungshin Kim trace the intellectual adventure that is R. F. Kuang’s “Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution.”
Kurt Guldentops, Sungshin KimDec 3, 2022
- Fiction
- SF
No One Receiving: On Daniel K. L. Chua and Alexander Rehding’s “Alien Listening”
Patrick Valiquet responds to music theory’s close encounter with speculative realism in “Alien Listening: Voyager’s Golden Record and Music from Earth” by Daniel K. L. Chua and Alexander Rehding.
Patrick ValiquetNov 26, 2022
Stine Still Scares: A Conversation with R. L. Stine
Danielle Hayden discusses the writing process, horror, hobbies, and humor with R. L. Stine upon the release of his new children’s horror collection, “Stinetinglers: All New Stories by the Master of Scary Tales.”
Danielle HaydenNov 20, 2022
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- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
Refuge Through Insurrection: On M. E. O’Brien and Eman Abdelhadi’s “Everything for Everyone”
Shinjini Dey reviews M. E. O’Brien and Eman Abdelhadi’s “Everything for Everyone.”
Shinjini DeyNov 19, 2022
- Politics
- SF
They [Do Not] Come in Peace: On Claire G. Coleman’s “Terra Nullius”
Billy J. Stratton reviews Claire G. Coleman’s novel “Terra Nullius.”
Billy J. StrattonNov 12, 2022
- Fiction
- SF
Multiculturalism in Middle-earth: On Amazon’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”
Kathryn Lavezzo discusses “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” J. R. R. Tolkien, and Stuart Hall, tilting toward a critique of whiteness in Tolkien film/tv adaptation.
Kathryn LavezzoNov 7, 2022
- Film
- SF
Nightmares Worth Indulging: On Feminist Press’s “It Came from the Closet”
Grace Byron reviews “It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror” from Feminist Press and editor Joe Vallese.
Grace ByronNov 4, 2022