SF

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

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  Eerie, Exalted Fantasy

  On the career of a brilliant, neglected fabulist.

  Rob LathamNov 28, 2017

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  Transcending Boundaries: An Interview with Vandana Singh

  A major Indian SF author discusses science, colonialism, and climate change.

  Kylie KorsnackNov 25, 2017

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  All Snowflakes Must Melt: “Blade Runner 2049”

  Wendy Hui Kyong Chun considers the future of "Blade Runner 2049."

  Wendy Hui Kyong ChunNov 24, 2017

  • Film

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  Hacking It: “Blade Runner 2049”

  Did the 2014 Sony hack influence "Blade Runner 2049"? Jordan Brower on Denis Villeneuve's latest.

  Jordan BrowerNov 24, 2017

  • Film

  • SF

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  “Star Trek: Discovery” and the Dream of Future Fuels

  Karen Pinkus contemplates “Star Trek: Discovery” and the future of fuel.

  Karen PinkusNov 18, 2017

  • SF

  • Science & Technology

  • Television

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  The New Folk Horror: Recent Work by Sarah Hall, Conor O’Callaghan, and Malcolm Devlin

  Nina Allan on new British weird fiction.

  Nina AllanNov 18, 2017

  • SF

• Writing Nameless Things: An Interview with Ursula K. Le Guin

  "One of the troubles with our culture is we do not respect and train the imagination. It needs exercise." An interview with SF great Ursula K. Le Guin.

  David StreitfeldNov 17, 2017

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  At Play in Horror Comics

  Colin Beineke reviews several new horror comics, including "The Showdown Volume 2," "H. P. Lovecraft’s The Hound and Other Stories," and "Laid Waste."

  Colin BeinekeOct 31, 2017

  • Comics

  • SF

• Divided We Stand: “Confederate” and Civil War Alternate Histories

  Civil War alternate history isn't just a genre that romanticizes the Old South. It ponders (but rarely doubts) why the Confederacy deserved to perish.

  Renee de GrootOct 20, 2017

  • SF

• A Computer Scientist Makes the Case for Speculative Fiction

  Why should computer science students read "The Circle"?

  Dan RockmoreOct 19, 2017

  • SF

  • Science & Technology

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  “Still No Master Plan”: The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu’s “2023: A Trilogy”

  Ron Hogan on The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu’s long-awaited, heavily collaged novel “2023: A Trilogy.”

  Ron HoganOct 15, 2017

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  Dystopian Surrealism for Our Times: Karin Tidbeck’s “Amatka”

  Karin Tidbeck’s surrealist novel engages with the inertia of European democratic socialism and imagines a more liberated posthuman condition.

  Irene MorrisonOct 14, 2017

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