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Welcome to Janelle Monáe’s Dream World
There is an old one The story of Octavia Butler that I often return to: A young man once asked…
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Ada Palmer and the Strange Progressive Hand
If it is whatever concept from her books Palmer hopes to catch on, like “robots” and “cyberspace” have done for…
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Dystopia are all too reasonable in ‘School for Good Mothers’
Jessamine Chan debut Novel, School for good mothers, not a domestic guide to house keeping. It’s also not the kind…
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What happens if a space elevator fails?
So what if instead of launching a chemical rocket to the top, your object could go up on a cable…
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An important part of sci-fi space travel will probably just be fantasy
In Poul Anderson Novel 1970 Tau Zero, a spacecraft crew seeks to travel to the star Beta Virginis in hopes…
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Best sci-fi movies of 2021
You can’t talk about sci-fi cinema in 2021 that doesn’t begin and end with Sand dunes (HBO Max). So OK,…
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It’s time to re-imagine the future of Cyberpunk
Not everyone agrees. When faced with a burning planet, the idea of using technology to achieve immortality seems naive. Young…
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The watch that made everything now
Time of our lives began on April 4, 1972. That was the day Hamilton released his first digital watch: the…
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WIRED’s picks for 7 books you need to read this winter
Now is the perfect time to read a good book. From pop culture history to time-traveling immortals, here are some…
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‘Star Trek: Discovery’ is tearing the streaming world apart
Dan Leckie has Is one Star Trek fans since he hit the VHS tape of the original TV show during…
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