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

A Glorious Mythology of Loss: Alan Moore’s “Jerusalem”
David M. Higgins reviews Alan Moore’s new novel, “Jerusalem.”
David M. HigginsMar 6, 2017
- Fiction
- SF
Acknowledgment Is Not Enough: Coming to Terms With Lovecraft’s Horrors
Can we still enjoy Lovecraft? Alison Sperling on "The Age of Lovecraft."
Alison SperlingMar 4, 2017
- Literary Criticism
- SF
Uncle Carl Helps Illuminate Two New Irish YA Novels
A psychologist reads “Knights of the Borrowed Dark” by Dave Rudden and “Spare and Found Parts” by Sarah Maria Griffin with Carl Jung and a 14-year-old.
Andrew Kiehlbauch, Cheryl MaddalenaFeb 25, 2017
- SF
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
“There’s Too Much Reality”: On Jack Womack’s “Random Acts of Senseless Violence”
With everyone thinking about "The Handmaid's Tale" after the election, Ron Hogan believes "Random Acts of Senseless Violence" is also appropriate reading.
Ron HoganFeb 22, 2017
- SF
The Thousand Eyes of “Watch Dogs 2”
Who watches "Watch Dogs 2"? Will Partin on the price we pay for normalizing video games as instruments of surveillance.
Will PartinFeb 19, 2017
- SF
- Science & Technology
One of Them Now, Finally: Stephen Graham Jones’s “Mongrels”
Kristina Baudemann on Stephen Graham Jones's "Mongrels."
Kristina BaudemannFeb 18, 2017
- Fiction
- SF
Before the Flood: Karel Čapek and the Destructive Drift of History
Greg Morrison revisits “War with the Newts,” a prophetic science fiction satire by Czech author Karel Čapek.
Gregory MorrisonFeb 17, 2017
- SF
The Mirror and Thomas Jefferson: Real People in Fiction
Using real people in fIction: Steve Erickson and Stephen O'Connor represent Thomas Jefferson.
Hayden BennettFeb 12, 2017
- Fiction
- SF
Beyond Blade Runner: Community in Cities of the Future
Carl Abbott on what science fiction can tell us not only about the city of tomorrow, but also today.
Carl AbbottFeb 10, 2017
- SF
Strange Weather: Fiction and Climate Change
Min Hyoung Song reviews Amitav Ghosh’s “The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable.”
Min Hyoung SongJan 1, 2017
Political Surrealism, Surreal Politics
China Miéville takes on Surrealism, exploring how to be as radical as reality in art and in politics.
Carl FreedmanDec 26, 2016
- Philosophy & Religion
- SF
Politicizing Star Wars: Anti-Fascism vs. Nostalgia in “Rogue One”
Dan Hassler-Forest on the latest Star Wars film.
Dan Hassler-ForestDec 26, 2016
- Film
- SF