When YA Sci-Fi Gets It Right: Books That Actually Make Kids Think
Last Tuesday I’m reshelving returns when this kid, maybe fourteen, comes up to the desk absolutely clutching *The Giver* like her life depends on it....
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When Science Fiction Action Actually Makes You Think (Instead of Just Blowing Things Up)
There I was last Tuesday night, sitting in my reading chair at nearly 3 AM after another viewing of *Edge of Tomorrow*, and I couldn't...
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When Bruce Willis Actually Cared About Science Fiction (And When He Really Didn’t)
There’s this thing that happens when action stars wander into science fiction territory – they either discover something unexpected about themselves as performers, or they...
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After Reading Sci-Fi for Five Decades, I’m Tired of People Lumping It Together with Fantasy
People drive me absolutely crazy when they wave their hand and say “oh, you know, fantasy and sci-fi stuff” like they’re talking about two flavors...
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The Writers Who Taught Us How to Think About Tomorrow
I still remember the exact moment science fiction changed my life – though honestly, it sounds ridiculously dramatic when I put it that way. I...
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Why Liu Cixin’s Three-Body Problem Actually Makes Cosmic Horror Accessible
I’ve been recommending Liu Cixin’s *Three-Body Problem* to hesitant sci-fi readers for about a decade now, and I’ve learned something interesting: the people who bounce...
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Mix Classic Sci-Fi with Modern Masterpieces
Last weekend I got into this ridiculous argument with my coworker Dave about whether *Blade Runner 2049* deserves to be called a classic yet. He’s...
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Why I Stopped Being a Sci-Fi Gatekeeper (And You Should Too)
Man, I used to be the worst kind of sci-fi fan. You know the type – the guy who’d jump into online discussions just to...
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My Seven Years of Sci-Fi Conventions: What I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before My First WorldCon
That smell… man, you know exactly what I’m talking about if you’ve ever been to one of these things. It’s like someone mixed industrial carpet...
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The Anime That Broke My Brain (And Why That’s Actually Good)
So there I was last week, sprawled on my couch at 2 AM, four episodes into *Serial Experiments Lain*, seriously questioning whether the weird digital...
