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

Horror in Revision: On the Contemporary Gothic
Adam Fales on Ahmed Saadawi’s “Frankenstein in Baghdad,” Sarah Perry’s “Melmoth,” and Chase Berggrun’s “R E D” — emissaries of the “contemporary Gothic.”
Adam FalesDec 1, 2018
The Craft Is All the Same: A Conversation with Victor LaValle
Ayize Jama-Everett interviews Victor LaValle about horror and diversity.
Ayize Jama-EverettNov 22, 2018
- Fiction
- SF
“We Are Looking in a Mirror”: Ramsey Campbell Curates the History of Horror
Surveying the history of horror fiction.
Rob LathamNov 4, 2018
- SF
Blood Suckers
On “A People’s History of the Vampire Uprising” by Raymond A. Villareal.
Désirée ZamoranoOct 31, 2018
- Noir
- SF
Tade Thompson’s “Rosewater” — An Alien Invasion That “Grows On You”
Tade Thompson’s “Rosewater” is a hard-boiled alien invasion novel that investigates the perils and opportunities of inescapable networked connection.
Jessica FitzPatrickOct 27, 2018
- Around the World
- SF
Revising Lovecraft: The Mutant Mythos
The mutant legacy of H. P. Lovecraft, as the Cthulhu mythos spawns ever more exotic, challenging revisions.
Paul StJohn MackintoshOct 17, 2018
- SF
Tales of Monstrous Women: “The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter” and “European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman” by Theodora Goss
While delivering two rollicking tales of adventure, Theodora Goss also has something important to say about women and monsters.
Ilana TeitelbaumOct 13, 2018
- SF
Escaping from Shadow: Monte Cook’s “Invisible Sun”
Surrealism versus escapism in a new roleplaying game.
David M. HigginsSep 22, 2018
- SF
Catalonia in Peril: On Manuel de Pedrolo’s “Typescript of the Second Origin”
Manuel de Pedrolo's "Typescript of the Second Origin" is a novel both born from and about politics: in particular, the politics of identity.
Dale KnickerbockerSep 15, 2018
Bodies Without Bodies
Martín Felipe Castagnet’s absorbing debut novel explores the unexpected consequences of technological immortality.
Geoff ShullenbergerSep 14, 2018
- Around the World
- SF
An Ode to New-Metal Man: David R. Bunch’s “Moderan”
Rob Latham sings the praises of “Moderan,” a neglected classic about a false utopia by David R. Bunch.
Rob LathamSep 11, 2018
- SF
It’s Our Time: The Women of Wakanda
“Black Panther” is not only about projecting African diaspora people and cultures into the future; it’s also about recovering the past.
Andrea HairstonSep 8, 2018