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The Astronomy of Melancholy
Arnaud Gerspacher considers “Sad Planets” by Dominic Pettman and Eugene Thacker.
SF
"The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it." — Frank Herbert
There Is No Such Thing as Green Capitalism
David Shipko explores climate denialism in speculative literature and culture.
Portals and Possibilities
Ruth Joffre reviews Debbie Urbanski’s story collection “Portalmania.”
The Paradox of the Second Person
Nathan Wainstein reexamines Naughty Dog’s 2020 game “The Last of Us Part II.”
Savage Meritocracies
Alix Ohlin revisits Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel “Never Let Me Go” on the occasion of its 20th anniversary.
Sitting with the Grief
Jenna N. Hanchey explores the recent anthology “Afro-Centered Futurisms in Our Speculative Fiction,” edited by Eugen Bacon.
Stanisław Lem’s Jewish Paradoxes
Marat Grinberg considers Stanisław Lem as a Jewish writer.
More and Scarier Monsters, Always
Vanessa Evans reviews the new critical anthology “Global Indigenous Horror,” edited by Naomi Simone Borwein.
Annoy Me to Death
Wade Newhouse considers Camilla Bruce’s new horror novel “At the Bottom of the Garden.”
These Words Contain My Pulse
Cory Oldweiler reviews Argentine author Agustina Bazterrica’s terrifying dystopian novel “The Unworthy,” translated by Sarah Moses.
Is Sex a Hex?
Scott reviews Grady Hendrix’s “Witchcraft for Wayward Girls.”
Gore Is More
Michael Goodrum reviews Jeremy Dauber’s “American Scary: A History of Horror, from Salem to Stephen King and Beyond.”
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