SF

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

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  Infinite Worlds, Ordinary and Extraordinary

  At its heart, Nina Allan's “The Race” is a story of split identities. Lives diverted by violence are sometimes restored, and sometimes left incomplete.

  Helen MarshallJul 26, 2016

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  The Socialist Singularity

  Agustín de Rojas’s novel of cybernetic communism reintroduces English-speaking readers to the left-utopian tradition in science fiction.

  Geoff ShullenbergerJul 20, 2016

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  Whatever Happened to the Future?

  David Wittenberg on "Last Futures: Nature, Technology, and the End of Architecture".

  David WittenbergJul 11, 2016

  • Art & Architecture

  • SF

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  Waiting for Egypt’s Next Revolution

  Alexia Underwood interviews Basma Abdel Aziz.

  Alexia UnderwoodJul 9, 2016

  • Fiction

  • SF

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  The Moon is an Even Harsher CEO

  "Luna: New Moon" is the contemporary novel of permanently indebted humanity, burning with the desperate anxieties of our hyper-financialized age

  Hugh Charles O’ConnellJul 8, 2016

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  The Slow, Anguished Death of the Cyberspace Cowboy

  "Tomorrow and Tomorrow" operates at a heightened sense of melancholia, a lament of the ends to which cyberspace has been employed.

  Daniel Ante-ContrerasJun 30, 2016

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  Accounts and Accountability

  Transcending hate and hope in China Miéville's "This Census-Taker".

  Sherryl VintJun 16, 2016

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  Travels in the Interior

  Budget travel tips from an 18th-century aristocrat.

  Daniel ElkindJun 9, 2016

  • Fiction

  • SF

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  Salvaging the Future

  A review of a special journal issue on “The Futures Industry.”

  David M. HigginsMay 31, 2016

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  Desperately Looking for Others

  Science fiction’s quest for otherness has gone global.

  Pepe RojoMay 24, 2016

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  Shaping the Future of War: The Important Questions

  A look at two books, Christopher Coker's "Future War" and August Cole and P. W. Singer's "Ghost Fleet."

  Julie CarpenterMay 23, 2016

  • SF

  • Science & Technology

• Fearful Associations in John Christopher’s Middle-Grade Science Fiction

  A review-essay covering two young adult novels by British SF writer John Christopher

  Jens LloydMay 9, 2016

  • SF

  • Young Adult & Children’s Literature