Books Issue 3 Non Fiction Science Fiction All That is Solid Melts Into Air: A Review of Stories are WeaponsSeveral significant flaws prevent this book from being a useful treatise on the American culture wars. Continue Reading
Fiction Discussion Issue 3 Science Fiction Sadomasochism in Space: Lost Worlds of Gender Representation in 1980s Science-fiction RomanceThe obscure 1980s novel that unlocks the key to emotionally and psychologically sophisticated science fiction. Continue Reading
Fiction Discussion Issue 3 Tangled Fantasies: Speculative Anti-Imperialism and the Myth of Internal Resistance in S.A. Corey’s The Mercy of GodsIs modern science fiction's indulging in escapism rationalizing our own complicities? Continue Reading
Books Fiction Discussion Issue 3 Publishing The Death of The F*ck: Neopuritanism and Commercial FictionHow readers with presumably progressive politics are increasingly aligning with the far right on the moralization of sex. Continue Reading
Books Fiction Discussion Issue 3 Michel Houellebecq and the Birth of the Incel“The idea gradually dawned on me that all these people – men or women – were not in the least deranged; they were simply lacking in love.” Continue Reading
Issue 3 Nostalgia Rabbits with Eyeliner: Gender and Prosocial Education in LEGO SetsWhy is LEGO telling us to pick up garbage? And who is LEGO telling to pick up garbage? Continue Reading
Issue 3 Publishing The Writing Revolution Will Come When We Realize Our Collective ValueTogether, we can forge ahead and make something different. Continue Reading
Books Fiction Discussion Issue 3 Building Our Own Palace of Dreams: The 1981 Novel that Envisioned the Modern Surveillance StateA novel that stands above 1984 and Brave New World in prescience. Continue Reading
Issue 3 Television Outta the Pool: Remembering the Adult Swim Live StreamsAll you need to make art is a camera, a mic, and an idea. Maybe a cool fish tank too. Continue Reading