Black Mirror’s Biggest Twist? An Actual Happy Ending
The show’s first two seasons didn’t skimp on the bleak, but a new batch of episodes balances things out with…
Superhero Movies Are Dead on Arrival, Says Author Jonathan Lethem
The MacArthur Fellowship recipient says the contemporary superhero movie is “one of the least satisfying” film genres around. The post…
Shirley Jackson Is Finally Getting the Appreciation She Deserves
In the latest ‘Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy’ podcast, writer Ruth Franklin discusses her new biography of author Shirley Jackson.…
Maybe Sci-Fi Can Make Us All Empathize With Fungi
The year’s edition of ‘Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy’ contains short stories that make readers feel for a wide…
Westworld Isn’t Great Science Fiction, But It’s Great Television
The new HBO series is based on a 1973 movie of the same name. Its latest incarnation is a vast…
Don’t Try to Make a Living Writing Short Stories
In the latest ‘Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy’ podcast, writer Michael Swanwick discusses the difficulties of breaking even as a…
Come on Hollywood, Give Us an X Prize Movie Already
There’s so much drama in the X Prize story, it would easily make a movie. Just ask the woman who…
Books Would Be So Much Better if They Could Read Your Mind
In the latest episode of ‘Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy,’ writer Hannu Rajaniemi discusses what he calls “neurofiction.” The post…
How Sci-Fi Tried to Warn Us About the Evils of Advertising
All the concerns we have about the influence of advertising? Science fiction author Frederick Pohl addressed those decades ago. The…
How Adam Nimoy Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Spock
Leonard Nimoy’s son started making a film with his father about Spock. After the elder Nimoy passed away, the documentary…