Blinks: PBS Digital Studios: The Evolution of Science Fiction

July 23, 2018 locusmag 0 Comments

PBS Digital Studios presents The Evolution of Science Fiction, part of The Great American Read summer series.

An Awful Warning, in More Ways Than One: Gary Westfahl Reviews The Darkest Minds

August 4, 2018 LocEditor 6

If anyone is glancing at this review for advice on which films to see this weekend, my recommendation would be to avoid The Darkest Minds. For while it is competently executed and offers some superficial novelties, it is a film that most people have already seen several times, and since two similar franchises to be discussed have failed to generate expected sequels, it may be that many filmgoers are growing

Commentary Features Kameron Hurley

Kameron Hurley: The Privilege to Publish; the Power to Persevere

February 4, 2015 admin 0

From the February 2015 issue of Locus Magazine There are two very broad schools of thought when it comes to teaching new writers the ropes: one is the kinder, gentler ‘‘you’re a special, beautiful snowflake of win’’ school of teaching. Writing and publishing are difficult enough, the thought goes; exercises in bruised ego and disappointment. Why discourage so many up front when plenty will be discouraged later? We should nurture