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

A Conversation Between Timothy Morton and Jeff VanderMeer
Novelist Jeff VanderMeer and philosopher Timothy Morton explore literature, climate change, hyperobjects, surrealism, coffee, and shedding cats.
Andrew Hageman, Jeff VanderMeer, Timothy MortonDec 24, 2016
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An Empire Divided
Ann Leckie’s Imperial Radch trilogy exemplifies not only what the best space opera can achieve, but also what the best science fiction can offer.
Graham J. MurphyDec 17, 2016
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The World According to Stanisław Lem
Ezra Glinter surveys the work of Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem.
Ezra GlinterDec 10, 2016
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Blowing His Horn: The Twisted Fiction of Sarban
Sarban’s sadistic atavistic fantasy of an alternate Nazi future has unexpected, chilling resonance in the age of Putin, Trump, and Brexit.
Paul StJohn MackintoshDec 7, 2016
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This is Science Fiction?
Who ended up in Jeff and Ann VanderMeer's "The Big Book of Science Fiction"?
Paul KincaidDec 3, 2016
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Tracing Octavia Butler’s Footsteps: An Interview with Dr. Ayana A. H. Jamieson
Ayana A. H. Jamieson talks to Rochell D. Thomas about her research of Octavia Butler.
Rochell D. ThomasDec 2, 2016
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Speculative Constitutions: Gerald Vizenor’s “Treaty Shirts”
Stina Attebery on Gerald Vizenor's newest novel.
Stina AtteberyNov 26, 2016
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“Doctor Strange” and the Trump Presidency
"Doctor Strange" grasps the deepest ideological fantasies of our era: On both the left and the right, we yearn to revise the catastrophes we couldn't stop.
David M. HigginsNov 19, 2016
Labors of Hope and Liberation: Nisi Shawl’s Steamfunk Novel “Everfair”
By reimagining the past, Nisi Shawl’s steamfunk novel “Everfair” soars towards a feminist, afrofuturist vision of liberational technology.
Ida Yoshinaga, Lynette JamesNov 19, 2016
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In a Galaxy 90 Miles Away: The View from Cuban Science Fiction
Emily A. Maguire on two recently published science fiction novels by the writer Yoss, "A Planet for Rent" and "Super Extra Grande."
Emily A. MaguireNov 12, 2016
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Between Saturn and Havana
De Rojas speaks to us as an eccentric prophet whose visions of the future remain vital by giving us access to the otherwise unimaginable.
Geoff ShullenbergerNov 10, 2016
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Nowhere Now: Thomas More’s “Utopia” at 500
Julianne Werlin reviews Verso’s new 500th anniversary edition of Thomas More’s “Utopia.”
Julianne WerlinNov 8, 2016