Why Science Fiction Isn’t Actually About Science (And Why That’s the Point)
The first time someone told me science fiction was “just robots and rockets,” I nearly spilled my coffee all over my copy of *The Left...
Books & Literature
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Why I Finally Started Reading Black Science Fiction Authors (And You Should Too)
You know how sometimes you read a book that makes you realise you’ve been thinking about something completely wrong for decades? That happened to me...
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Why Most “Greatest Sci-Fi” Lists Are Missing Half the Story (And Which Books Actually Deserve Recognition)
You know what drives me absolutely crazy? Every time I see another "greatest science fiction novels of all time" list floating around the internet, it's...
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Why I Tell People Science Fiction Isn’t Just One Thing (And Why That Matters)
You know what happened to me last week that got me thinking? I’m in the break room at work, microwaving leftover pizza, and this new...
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When Sci-Fi Horror Gets Under Your Skin and Won’t Let Go
I was maybe sixteen, sprawled on my parents’ couch in suburban Houston with a beat-up paperback copy of *Annihilation* that I’d grabbed from the library’s...
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When Bruce Willis Actually Gets Sci-Fi Right (And When He Really Doesn’t)
I was probably around fourteen when *The Fifth Element* first rotated into my regular rewatch cycle, right around the time I was getting deep into...
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How Science Fiction Authors Accidentally Built Our World (And My Students Keep Proving It)
There’s this dog-eared copy of *Neuromancer* that sits on my classroom windowsill, held together by sheer willpower and probably some leftover coffee stains. Last week,...
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Building Tomorrow’s Cities: What Sci-Fi Gets Right (And Very Wrong) About Vertical Living
I was hunched over my editing bay last Tuesday, cutting together some corporate footage of downtown Austin’s skyline, when I started thinking about why most...
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The Science Fiction Horror Books That Still Keep Me Up at Night
Last Tuesday I was sorting through my home office – well, what my wife generously calls an office but is really just where I pile...
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Why Nolan’s Time-Bending Thriller Makes My Engineering Brain Hurt (In the Best Way)
So there I was, settling into my usual seat at the Regal downtown — you know, row J, dead centre for optimal acoustics — when...
