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

“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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Ride or Die? Mark Bould and the Fast-and-Furiocene
Alison Sperling makes her way through “The Anthropocene Unconscious,” the new book by Mark Bould.
Alison SperlingJan 15, 2022
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Magic, Mermaids, and the Middle Passage: On Natasha Bowen’s “Skin of the Sea”
Black feminist scholar and merwomanist melusine Jalondra A. Davis reviews Natasha Bowen’s “Skin of the Sea.”
Jalondra A. DavisJan 6, 2022
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Is Geoengineering the Only Solution?: Exploring Climate Crisis in Neal Stephenson’s “Termination Shock”
Rebecca Evans reviews Neal Stephenson’s latest, “Termination Shock.”
Rebecca EvansJan 3, 2022
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