SF

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

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  The Real Science Behind Paranormal Phenomena

  Damien BroderickDec 17, 2015

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  Who Wants to Live in a Fucking Utopia?: An Interview with Nathan Larson

  Jim Ruland interviews noir novelist Nathan Larson.

  Jim RulandDec 14, 2015

  • Noir

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• Pulp Metaphysics

  Rob Latham reviews Michael Moorcock's "The Whispering Swarm."

  Rob LathamDec 13, 2015

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  Who Tends to Captain Picard’s Bromeliads?

  Differences in the way Lem, Roddenberry, and Banks address humanity’s drives raise the question of whether liberal humanism can be effective.

  Michael MilesNov 22, 2015

  • SF

• Kiss of the Snake Woman

  There is a long tradition of readers who pore over erotic fiction for the "good bits," savoring the sex scenes and skimming the rest.

  Mica HilsonNov 16, 2015

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  Tolkien Criticism Today

  For Tolkien criticism to succeed, it must develop sophisticated, compelling arguments in serious academic publication venues.

  Norbert SchürerNov 13, 2015

  • SF

• Kitsch Meets Kafka

  Reading "Europe at Midnight" is a little like unlocking an insane Matryoshka doll.

  Helen MarshallNov 4, 2015

  • SF

• The Destruction of Genre

  David Mitchell's "Slade House" demonstrates once again that no genre, no narrative device, is ever allowed to stand unchallenged.

  Paul KincaidOct 28, 2015

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• Trust Your Demon

  In celebration of Halloween, Brian Cremins writes about Roger Zelazny's "A Night in the Lonesome October."

  Brian CreminsOct 20, 2015

  • SF

• Nostalgia for Detritus

  "After the Saucers Landed" is a work of metafictional science fiction that plays with the postmodern themes of identity, nostalgia, and commodity-culture.

  D. Harlan WilsonOct 11, 2015

  • SF

• The Ecological Uncanny: On the “Southern Reach” Trilogy

  How might the Weird respond to the anxieties of the 21st century? Jeff VanderMeer's hallucinatory "Southern Reach" trilogy provides one possible answer.

  Siobhan CarrollOct 5, 2015

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• Language and the Postapocalyptic World

  "The Country of Ice Cream Star" shares an interest in tearing down modern civilization so that the cornerstone of that civilization might be inspected.

  Jason EmbryOct 1, 2015

  • SF