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The Most Irreducible of Human Materials: On Debbie Urbanski’s “After World”
Mattia Ravasi reviews Debbie Urbanski’s “After World.”
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"The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it." — Frank Herbert
Why “Hallucination”? Examining the History, and Stakes, of How We Label AI’s Undesirable Output
Joshua Pearson examines the history of the term “hallucination” in the development and promotion of AI technology.
Choose the Opposite: A Conversation with Linda D. Addison
Matthew Sorrento interviews poet and speculative fiction writer Linda D. Addison.
Scars Prove You Lived: On Stephen Graham Jones’s “The Angel of Indian Lake”
Justin Wigard reviews Stephen Graham Jones’s “The Angel of Indian Lake.”
True Fictionalizations: On Angie Sijun Lou’s “Dark Soil” Anthology
David Lewis reviews the new anthology “Dark Soil: Fictions and Mythographies,” edited by Angie Sijun Lou.
Radioactive as in Radiant: On Liliana Colanzi’s “You Glow in the Dark”
Ruth Joffre reviews Liliana Colanzi’s “You Glow in the Dark.”
Listening for Echoes of Eleanor: On Elizabeth Hand’s “A Haunting on the Hill”
Shannon Scott reviews Elizabeth Hand’s “A Haunting on the Hill.”
Haunted Native America: On Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. and Shane Hawk’s “Never Whistle at Night”
Eric Gary Anderson reviews Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. and Shane Hawk’s “Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology.”
Power over Spice Is Power over All: Extractivism and Indigenous Knowledge in Frank Herbert’s “Dune”
Devin Griffiths reads Frank Herbert’s “Dune” as a novel of environmental protest.
The Red Shredding: On Netflix’s “3 Body Problem”
Christopher T. Fan reviews Netflix’s new show “3 Body Problem.”
Our Not-Yet-Realized Almanac of the Future: On Veer Books’ “Corroding the Now” Anthology
David Shipko reviews Veer Books’ new anthology “Corroding the Now: Poetry + Science/SF.”
Speculative Finance and Predatory Abstraction: On Jonas Eika’s “After the Sun”
Ali Rıza Taşkale analyzes the way Jonas Eika’s short story collection “After the Sun” critiques speculative finance and offers new ways to imagine the potentials of the future.
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