SF

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

• Who Knew Imagination Could Be So Deadly?

  This storyline alone could bring new readers into the trilogy, as King adeptly prompts his reader to want to know what happens next.

  Patrick McAleerJul 3, 2015

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• Everyday Plato

  Jo Walton turns the political philosophy of Plato's republic into speculative fiction.

  Joan GordonJun 29, 2015

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  An Illusion of Everything Making Sense

  A conversation between publisher Chris Kraus and science fiction author Mark Von Schlegell.

  Jun 27, 2015

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• The Warm Equations

  "Aurora" and "Seveneves" break us out of our supremely well-rehearsed habit of apocalypse and let us see the option of a different future than permanent, hopeless standoff.

  Gerry CanavanJun 23, 2015

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• Excavating a Future

  "The Water Knife" oscillates between nightmarish fantasy and discerning perception.

  Sherryl VintJun 22, 2015

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• Secure Your Own Mask Before Helping Others

  A trapdoor is most alarming when you don't see it; knowing the floor might give way at any moment allows you to brace yourself for the fall.

  Marie BrennanJun 13, 2015

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• The Story-as-Database

  Elysium is a book about identity politics, about history and collective memory, about technology and culture, and ultimately about extermination and genocide.

  Steven ShaviroJun 3, 2015

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  Feminus Ex Machina

  What is the EQ of an AI? The question is at the heart of veteran screenwriter Alex Garland's directorial debut "Ex Machina."

  Aro Velmet, Marysia JonssonMay 8, 2015

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  Galadriel, Witch-Queen of Lórien

  "Apart from the hobbits themselves, Galadriel probably represents the most supremely "good" character in The Lord of the Rings."

  Robert T. Tally Jr.May 7, 2015

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  Double Take: On Carmen Maria Machado

  In Machado's stories, form is uncanny, sly, a pool of raindrops, a slightly skewed face in the mirror.

  Sofia SamatarApr 26, 2015

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• Apocalypse Never

  Jerome Winter on "Sf Now," Paradoxa 26 (2014), edited by Mark Bould and Rhys Williams.

  Jerome WinterApr 25, 2015

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  Puns, Riddles, High Seriousness, and Talking Animals

  Nick HubbleDec 23, 2014

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