The Sci-Fi Films That Actually Mattered in 2023 (And a Few That Really Didn’t)
Last winter I found myself doing something I haven’t done in years – actually getting excited about going to movie theaters again. Not because I...
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These Upcoming Sci-Fi Films Actually Get It Right (For Once)
You know what drives me crazy about most science fiction movies? They take these incredible premises and then… do nothing interesting with them. It’s all...
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After Reading Sci-Fi for Five Decades, I’m Tired of People Lumping It Together with Fantasy
People drive me absolutely crazy when they wave their hand and say “oh, you know, fantasy and sci-fi stuff” like they’re talking about two flavors...
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The Writers Who Taught Us How to Think About Tomorrow
I still remember the exact moment science fiction changed my life – though honestly, it sounds ridiculously dramatic when I put it that way. I...
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When Bruce Willis Actually Cared About Science Fiction (And When He Really Didn’t)
There’s this thing that happens when action stars wander into science fiction territory – they either discover something unexpected about themselves as performers, or they...
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When Science Fiction Action Actually Makes You Think (Instead of Just Blowing Things Up)
There I was last Tuesday night, sitting in my reading chair at nearly 3 AM after another viewing of *Edge of Tomorrow*, and I couldn’t...
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When YA Sci-Fi Gets It Right: Books That Actually Make Kids Think
Last Tuesday I’m reshelving returns when this kid, maybe fourteen, comes up to the desk absolutely clutching *The Giver* like her life depends on it....
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When You Need Your Sci-Fi Fix Fast: Films That Deliver Without the Epic Time Commitment
I found myself in a familiar predicament last week – it was nearly midnight, I’d finished cataloging returns at the library, and I had that...
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The Wild Imagination of Eighties Sci-Fi That Hollywood Lost
I was sorting through a dusty box at a garage sale in Capitol Hill last month when my fingers hit something familiar – the worn...
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Why Liu Cixin’s Three-Body Problem Actually Makes Cosmic Horror Accessible
I’ve been recommending Liu Cixin’s *Three-Body Problem* to hesitant sci-fi readers for about a decade now, and I’ve learned something interesting: the people who bounce...
