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...
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The Sci-Fi Books That Actually Broke My Brain (And Why That’s a Good Thing)
There’s this thing that happens when you finish certain books where you just… sit there. Like your brain needs a minute to recalibrate. Happened to...
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The Anime That Broke My Brain (And Why That’s Actually Good)
So there I was last week, sprawled on my couch at 2 AM, four episodes into *Serial Experiments Lain*, seriously questioning whether the weird digital...
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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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Small Press Sci-Fi Books That Actually Get What the Genre Should Be About
You know how sometimes you stumble across something that completely changes your perspective on what you thought you already understood? That happened to me last...
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Teaching Star Wars Made Me Realize It’s Not Really Science Fiction (And That’s Okay)
So there I was last Tuesday, trying to convince my AP students that Fahrenheit 451 deserves a spot on their summer reading list, when Marcus...
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When Star Wars Rewrote the Rules – How One Film Changed Everything About Science Fiction
Man, I can still see that theater lobby in Houston, summer of ’77. My dad had dragged the whole family to see this space movie...
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How Future Clothes Tell Stories Better Than Dialog Ever Could
I was about fifteen minutes into my third viewing of Blade Runner 2049 when I stopped caring about the plot entirely. Not because it’s bad...
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Building a Sci-Fi Library That Actually Matters – A Film Editor’s Take on Books Worth Your Time
I spent way too long last weekend reorganizing my bookshelves, which is what happens when you’re procrastinating on actual work. But while I was moving...
