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 90s Sci-Fi Still Kicks Ass (And Modern Shows Don’t)
So I’m digging through this pile of old DVDs the other day – yeah, physical media, sue me – and I pull out this battered...
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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 Space Opera Still Gets My Old Engineer Heart Racing After All These Years
You know what happened last Tuesday? I was up on the stepladder trying to fix that wobbly shelf in my study — the one where...
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Why Animation Makes Better Sci-Fi Than Live Action (And My Students Finally Get It)
You know what’s weird? Last Tuesday I was setting up our classroom’s ancient projector—the thing sounds like a dying vacuum cleaner when it starts up—and...
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Why These Overlooked Sci-Fi Films Hit Different Than the Big Budget Spectacles
You know what drives me crazy? I’ll spend forty minutes scrolling through Netflix at midnight, past all the superhero nonsense and franchise garbage, looking for...
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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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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...
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Why 80s Sci-Fi Movies Still Hit Different Than Today’s Blockbusters
There’s this scene in Videodrome where James Woods’ hand literally develops a VHS slot, and every time I watch it – which is probably more...
