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

What Is Space Opera in the 2020s?
Grant Wythoff surveys recent books by Tade Thompson, Becky Chambers, and Arkady Martine that could be called space operas.
Grant WythoffMay 28, 2022
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Violent Acts of Alien Intelligences: On Cixin Liu’s “The Three-Body Problem” and Mark Bould’s Climate Criticism
Sungshin Kim and Kurt Guldentops read Cixin Liu's Three-Body Problem trilogy against Mark Bould's criticism.
Kurt Guldentops, Sungshin KimMay 21, 2022
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So Much More Than Nigerian Harry Potter: On Nnedi Okorafor’s “Akata Woman”
Jonathan P. Lewis reviews the third book in Nnedi Okorafor’s Nsibidi Scripts series, “Akata Woman.”
Jonathan P. LewisMay 20, 2022
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- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
“The Fringe Is Where the Fun Really Happens”: A Conversation with Kathe Koja
The author discusses her versatile career and her first horror novel in decades, “The Dark Factory.”
Rob LathamMay 10, 2022
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Is Amazon the Borg? We Asked Their Workers
If Amazon is building a new future of capitalism (or something worse), it is doing so on the backs of its workers. What future do they envision?
Graeme Webb, Max Haiven, Xenia BenivolskiMay 7, 2022
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The Future Is Bloody: On Gretchen Felker-Martin’s “Manhunt”
Gretchen Felker-Martin’s “Manhunt” shines a light on how our bodies inhibit us, please us, disgust us.
ChristApr 30, 2022
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Masculinity and the Polar Gothic: On Ally Wilkes’s “All the White Spaces”
Lowell Duckert reviews the new novel from Ally Wilkes, “All the White Spaces.”
Lowell DuckertApr 15, 2022
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Acknowledgment: On Samuel Delany’s “Occasional Views, Volume 2”
Samuel R. Delany’s work moves between minor and major scales with dizzying speed.
Robert KielyMar 5, 2022
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Reading Sword-and-Sorcery to Make the Present Less Real
Jason Ray Carney on whether it’s justifiable to read sword-and-sorcery today.
Jason Ray CarneyFeb 19, 2022
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In the Eye of the Sandstorm: On Nnedi Okorafor’s “Noor”
Nnedi Okorafor’s new novel follows a cybernetically augmented protagonist on a perilous journey of self-discovery.
Ayanni C. H. CooperFeb 12, 2022
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“The Turner Diaries” and Pulp Fascism
How "The Turner Diaries" resembles classics of SF past.
Noah BerlatskyFeb 5, 2022
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The Future Is Black, Not Bleak
David Michael Jamison reviews “The Future of Black,” edited by Len Lawson, Cynthia Manick, and Gary Jackson.
David Michael JamisonJan 22, 2022
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