How Female Sci-Fi Writers Are Completely Rewriting What Science Fiction Can Do
I still remember the exact moment sci-fi clicked for me in a way it never had before. I was maybe sixteen, sprawled across my bedroom...
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When Bruce Willis Actually Gets Sci-Fi Right (And When He Really Doesn’t)
I was probably around fourteen when *The Fifth Element* first rotated into my regular rewatch cycle, right around the time I was getting deep into...
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Why These Weird Sci-Fi Anime Hit Different Than Everything Else
I was debugging some janky physics in a space combat game last Tuesday when Serial Experiments Lain started playing on my second monitor — just...
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When Morgan Made Me Remember Why Most Sci-Fi Movies Are Cowards
Man, there’s this thing that happens with sci-fi movies that just makes me want to throw my controller across the room. You know the feeling?...
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Why Some Sci-Fi Movies Never Get Old While Others Feel Ancient After Five Years
You ever watch a movie from like 1968 and somehow it still hits harder than something that came out last year? I mean, I was...
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The Sci Fi Channel Shows That Actually Got It Right (And Why Modern TV Still Can’t Match Them)
I was maybe fourteen, sitting in our basement in suburban Chicago, when Babylon 5 completely rewired my brain about what sci-fi television could be. This...
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Why I Had to Stop Recommending the Same Old Sci-Fi Books (And What Changed Everything)
Man, I used to be such a terrible sci-fi evangelist. Like, really bad at it. Someone would ask me for book recommendations and I’d immediately...
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When Sci-Fi Gets Actually Terrifying: The Genre Mashups That Still Keep Me Up at Night
Man, I still remember the exact moment sci-fi horror clicked for me. I was maybe fifteen, staying up way too late on a school night...
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What the Hugo Awards Actually Tell Us About Where Sci-Fi Is Going (And Why I Care)
So I was procrastinating on a bug report last Tuesday night—you know how it is, sometimes you just can’t face writing “player can clip through...
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Mix Classic Sci-Fi with Modern Masterpieces
Last weekend I got into this ridiculous argument with my coworker Dave about whether *Blade Runner 2049* deserves to be called a classic yet. He’s...
