The Science Fiction Horror Books That Still Keep Me Up at Night
Last Tuesday I was sorting through my home office – well, what my wife generously calls an office but is really just where I pile...
Books & Literature
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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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Why I Still Hunt Down Physical Sci-Fi Magazines (And You Should Too)
So there I was last weekend, elbow-deep in my closet trying to find that ancient extension cord, when I knocked over this precarious stack of...
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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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Why Some Sci-Fi Books Escape the Genre Ghetto (And Most Don’t)
Last weekend I was killing time in this cluttered used bookstore on South Lamar when I caught two kids, maybe sixteen or seventeen, having this...
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Why Science Fiction Actually Gets Me Through Teaching Teenagers About Life
You know that moment in class when a kid who hasn’t spoken all semester suddenly raises their hand during a discussion of *The Hunger Games*...
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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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Why Every Sci-Fi Weapon Tells a Story About Power (And What We’re Afraid Of)
You know what’s weird? I was at a sci-fi convention three years ago – one of those smaller ones in South Jersey where they actually...
