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

Apocalyptic Childhood: On Cixin Liu’s “Supernova Era”
Cixin Liu’s “Supernova Era” offers a tantalizing glimpse into another universe where parents won’t simply let their children die without a fight.
Gerry CanavanOct 29, 2019
- Around the World
- SF
Writing Books Never Gets Easier: An Interview with Hanna Jameson
Jim Ruland talks to writer Hanna Jameson about her new novel, “The Last.”
Jim RulandOct 28, 2019
- Noir
- SF
Dance Apocalyptic: Tim Maughan’s “Infinite Detail” and Media After the Internet
For Tim Maughan, culture is resolutely material. What happens to cultural production when the dominant medium of our moment, the cloud, evaporates?
Jeffrey MoroOct 26, 2019
- SF
The Ravages of Revelation
How three “garage philosophers” fought off a divine invasion in early 1970s California.
Rob LathamOct 19, 2019
Welcome to “The Handmaid’s Tale” Expanded Universe
As literature, "The Handmaid’s Tale" condemned us — but, as franchise fiction, "The Testaments" is full of miracles.
Gerry CanavanOct 19, 2019
- Fiction
- SF
The Importance of Stories: On Margaret Atwood’s “The Testaments”
Elizabeth Sulis Kim reviews Margaret Atwood's Booker Prize–winning novel, "The Testaments."
Elizabeth Sulis KimOct 19, 2019
- Fiction
- SF
Why Technologists Fail to Think of Moderation as a Virtue and Other Stories About AI
Evan Selinger argues that Ted Chiang’s fiction is more useful for understanding the dangers of AI than “Possible Minds: 25 Ways of Looking at AI.”
Evan SelingerOct 14, 2019
- SF
- Science & Technology
Déjà vu Destroyed: On Stephen King’s “The Institute”
Patrick McAleer reviews Stephen King's new novel, "The Institute."
Patrick McAleerOct 12, 2019
- SF
That Life as I Knew It Could Collapse: An Interview with Brian Evenson
Andrew Blevins interviews novelist and short story writer Brian Evenson.
Andrew BlevinsOct 8, 2019
- Fiction
- SF
A Utopian Space Within the Dystopian World: On Tina Horn and Michael Dowling’s “SFSX”
JB Brager reviews “SFSX,” written and drawn by Tina Horn and Michael Dowling.
JB BragerOct 5, 2019
The Dangers of the Appropriation Critique
Adrian L. Jawort considers Rebecca Roanhorse's "Trail of Lightning" and "Storm of Locusts" and what their reception can tell us.
Adrian L. JawortOct 5, 2019
- SF
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
A New Hope: Ebony Elizabeth Thomas’s Vision for “The Dark Fantastic”
“The Dark Fantastic” poses an essential question about the absence of PoC voices: what happens to our imaginations when those voices are sacrificed?
Rochelle SpencerSep 28, 2019
- Literary Criticism
- SF