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

The Ghost in the Ghost
Anne Anlin Cheng on "Ghost in the Shell."
Anne Anlin ChengApr 17, 2017
- Film
- SF
From Elsewhere to Elsewhere
Soviet sci-fi, avant-garde experimentalism, and Tibetan Buddhism converge in “Radiant Terminus,” Antoine Volodine’s longest narrative to appear in English.
Geoff ShullenbergerApr 15, 2017
- SF
Dystopia Rising: A Conversation with Michael Tolkin
David Breithaupt interviews Michael Tolkin about his novel “NK3.”
David BreithauptApr 9, 2017
- Fiction
- SF
You Can’t Have Me: Feminist Infiltrations in Object-Oriented Ontology
Rebekah Sheldon on "Object-Oriented Feminism."
Rebekah SheldonApr 8, 2017
An Image of Africa From the Sky: Jules Verne’s “Five Weeks in a Balloon”
Sanguine as Verne is about the progress of science, he is no mere apologist for European colonialism or industrial capitalism.
John RiederApr 1, 2017
- SF
What Art Does: “When the World Wounds” by Kiini Ibura Salaam
In “When the World Wounds,” Salaam writes stories to let you feel life’s philosophical, theological, cosmological potential in your mind/body.
Andrea HairstonMar 25, 2017
- SF
Paul Scheerbart and the Art of Science
Visionary SF writer Paul Scheerbart was obsessed by the role creativity plays in scientific discovery, as well as creative applications of scientific ideas.
Amanda DeMarco, Daniel LiuMar 18, 2017
- SF
- Science & Technology
“NK3”: An Absorbing Dystopian Vision About an L.A. Without Memories
Alci Rengifo reviews Michael Tolkin’s “NK3.”
Alci RengifoMar 17, 2017
- Fiction
- SF
Utopia in the Time of Trump
The future is here, it just hasn’t finished melting yet.
Gerry CanavanMar 11, 2017
- SF
Making Sense of “The Weird and the Eerie”
Mark Fisher’s “The Weird and the Eerie” is a fitting tribute to an author who had the rare capacity to write lucidly about dark and difficult things.
Roger LuckhurstMar 11, 2017
- Politics
- SF
In Memoriam: Mark Fisher
Mark Fisher's fans, friends, and colleagues remember the author of "Capitalist Realism" and "The Weird and the Eerie."
Carl Freedman, Dan Hassler-Forest, Ellie Mae O’Hagan, Jeremy Gilbert, Roger LuckhurstMar 11, 2017
A Feeling of Multitude
Matt Ruff interviews Paul La Farge about “The Night Ocean.”
Matt RuffMar 10, 2017
- Noir
- SF