SF

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

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  I’m Gonna Act as Though What Seems Real Is

  Raphael Helfand speaks with David Leo Rice about his new novel “The Squimbop Condition.”

  Raphael HelfandOct 22

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  Lost Horizons

  Brendan Boyle writes on the voyages beyond in “Contact” (1997) and “Alambrista!” (1977), in the newest installment of Double Feature, from the LARB Quarterly no. 46: “Alien.”

  Brendan BoyleOct 20

  • LARB Lit

  • Film

  • SF

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  Life Finds an Investor

  Karoline Huber discusses the phenomenon of “de-extinction” in SF and popular culture.

  Karoline HuberOct 15

  • SF

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  Memory Dismembered

  Kurt Guldentops and Sungshin Kim review Bora Chung’s “Red Sword,” newly translated by Anton Hur.

  Kurt Guldentops, Sungshin KimOct 12

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  Realism Scrapes Through

  Harry Stecopoulos explores Ian McEwan’s new novel “What We Can Know.”

  Harry StecopoulosSep 23

  • Fiction

  • SF

  • Environment

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  Worlds in Stone: The Rock Books of Richard Sharpe Shaver

  Aaron Labaree excavates Richard Sharpe Shaver’s “Some Stones Are Ancient Books.”

  Aaron LabareeSep 19

  • SF

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  Chortling Smugly and Rolling Their Eyes

  Christian Kriticos considers Louis Sachar’s “The Magician of Tiger Castle,” the children’s author’s “first novel for adults.”

  Christian KriticosSep 4

  • SF

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  Revolution of Our Times

  Graham J. Murphy considers Badiucao and Melissa Chan’s “You Must Take Part in Revolution.”

  Graham J. MurphyAug 28

  • SF

  • Comics

  • Politics

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  Poland as a State of Mind

  Agnieszka Dale considers Antonia Lloyd-Jones’s new anthology “The Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories.”

  Agnieszka DaleAug 24

  • Fiction

  • SF

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  Expanding the End of the World

  Erin Giannini reviews “The End of the World as We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King’s ‘The Stand,’” edited by Christopher Golden and Brian Keene.

  Erin GianniniAug 23

  • SF

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  One Microbe, One Vote?

  Carl Abbott dives into Joan Slonczewski’s “Minds in Transit.”

  Carl AbbottAug 14

  • SF

  • Science & Technology

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  The Heart Is a Lonely Haunter

  Chelsea Davis hangs out with dead people in Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s “The Bewitching.”

  Chelsea DavisJul 25

  • SF