Traces of Us
who could pass up even the slimmest chance to reunite after life, death, and a million miles of empty space?
Episode 78: Godzilla vs. Kong vs. America — our opinions are correct
It’s time to talk about the politics of kaiju. With the new Godzilla vs. Kong movie stomping our way soon, we’re discussing the long history of giant monsters in pop…
Across the River, My Heart, My Memory
I didn’t choose to be born, my consciousness squeezed into meat, but since it happened, I might as well get as much use of it as I could.
The Census Faces Unusual Challenges on Audvarn-3
as Treye drew closer, the Auddids retreated inside.
The French father of Hollywood sci-fi is still planning his masterpiece
Caro is the artist responsible for Delicatessen and The City of Lost Children; a pair of game-changing dystopian fantasy films from France, co-directed with Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie) in 1991 and…
Capitalist’s vision of the future sucks
it's always high tech stuff because that's what makes them money
Techno Orientalism
racist tropes in western scifi
Modern Promethea
I was thinking about how not all women bear children, and some of us make people in other ways.
How to Survive Underground
Faced with the unthinkable, we hoard, grow suspicious, act on fear; we also reinvent, build community, and create new conditions for surviving.
Ted Chiang Explains the Disaster Novel We All Suddenly Live In
The esteemed science fiction author on how we may never go "back to normal"—and why that might be a good thing