SF

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

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  Is Sex a Hex?

  Scott reviews Grady Hendrix’s “Witchcraft for Wayward Girls.”

  Shannon ScottMar 1

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  Gore Is More

  Michael Goodrum reviews Jeremy Dauber’s “American Scary: A History of Horror, from Salem to Stephen King and Beyond.”

  Michael GoodrumFeb 7

  • SF

  • History

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  This Chaotic, Confusing, Mad World

  Jacob Babb reviews Alix E. Harrow’s “Starling House.”

  Jacob BabbFeb 6

  • SF

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  To Touch the Dust of Anarres

  Jonathan Bolton thoughtfully reads Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Dispossessed” within and against the grain of a half century of criticism.

  Jonathan BoltonFeb 2

  • Science & Technology

  • SF

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  Life Is More Than an Engineering Problem

  Julien Crockett speaks with Ted Chiang about the search for a perfect language, the state of AI, and the future direction of technology.

  Julien CrockettJan 19

  • SF

  • Science & Technology

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  Science Fiction, Fantasy, and the End of Earnestness

  Siobhan Maria Carroll reviews The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024, edited by Hugh Howey.

  Siobhan Maria CarrollJan 18

  • SF

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  What Do We Do With the Violence of Our Generation?

  Mikaela Dery talks with Julia Kornberg about her new novel “Berlin Atomized.”

  Mikaela DeryJan 17

  • Fiction

  • SF

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  A Woman in the Captain’s Chair, Trump in the White House

  Thirty years after its premiere, David K. Seitz revisits “Star Trek: Voyager” and its groundbreaking first woman captain.

  David K. SeitzJan 16

  • SF

  • Television

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  Jacking In to Cyberpunk

  Stina Attebery and Joshua Pearson explore the “Cyberpunk: Envisioning Possible Futures Through Cinema” exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

  Stina Attebery, Joshua PearsonJan 11

  • SF

  • Film

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  A Toxic Embrace

  Aimee Hinds Scott reviews Robert Eggers’s remake of “Nosferatu.”

  Aimee Hinds ScottJan 11

  • Film

  • SF

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  The Éowyn Mystique

  Gerry Canavan reviews Kenji Kamiyama’s animated film “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.”

  Gerry CanavanJan 10

  • SF

  • Film

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  The Screenwriter Strikes Back: Leigh Brackett in Hollywood

  Maria San Filippo explores Leigh Brackett’s career as the screenwriter of “The Big Sleep,” “The Long Goodbye,” and “The Empire Strikes Back.”

  Maria San FilippoJan 4

  • Film

  • SF