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

Writing from the Scene of the Crime: On Stephen Graham Jones’s “The Only Good Indians”
Billy J. Stratton is haunted by “The Only Good Indians,” the recently published novel by Stephen Graham Jones.
Billy J. StrattonSep 11, 2021
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The World Is Our Oyster — and Beyond
Dan Friedman enjoys the tales in “The Best of World SF: Volume 1,” edited by Lavie Tidhar.
Dan FriedmanAug 28, 2021
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Roleplaying a Communist Cop in the Ruins of Revolution
“Disco Elysium: The Final Cut” is a roleplaying game that turns a murder mystery into a surreal voyage through the history of capitalism and empire.
Christian P. HainesJul 31, 2021
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Octavia Butler and the Pimply, Pompous Publisher
How my 14-year-old self commissioned sci-fi writer Octavia Butler in 1979 to write an essay that still resonates today: “Lost Races of Science Fiction.”
Miguel EstebanJul 25, 2021
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Our World, Our People: Nationalism and Sovereign Power in “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”
Despite its promising beginning, “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” deserted its noble ambitions as the story moved forward.
Justice HaganJul 25, 2021
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Feral Monstrosity: On Rivers Solomon’s “Sorrowland”
Christina Orlando reviews "Sorrowland," the latest novel from Rivers Solomon.
Christina OrlandoJul 24, 2021
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The Ecstasies of Arthur Machen
Arthur Machen sensed a deeper reality stirring underneath the superficial surfaces of suburban London.
Scott BradfieldJul 24, 2021
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Toward an Omega Woman: On Alison Stine’s “Road Out of Winter”
Alison Stine’s “Road Out of Winter” is well written and a poignant reminder of how we chronically neglect ourselves and our world.
D. Harlan WilsonJul 17, 2021
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Alfred Döblin’s Anthropocene
Alfred Döblin’s 1924 futuristic dystopian novel “Mountains Oceans Giants: An Epic of the 27th Century” is really a history of the present.
Alex LangstaffJul 9, 2021
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The Problem Belongs to Every Last Person: On Matt Bell’s “Appleseed”
Matt Bell’s “Appleseed” explores a world led by Silicon Valley types for whom saving the planet is just another business venture.
Morgan FordeJun 26, 2021
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What Does It Take to Create a World?: On Lynell George’s “A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia E. Butler”
Gerry Canavan visits the world of Octavia E. Butler in Lynell George’s “A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky.”
Gerry CanavanJun 19, 2021
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Metabolizing the Future
In a country ruined by World War, a generation of Japanese visionaries in literature and architecture imagined ways to survive global apocalypse.
De Witt Douglas KilgoreJun 5, 2021
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