Blinks: Literary dystopias, Dirda on Vonnegut, reading Dune, WFC photos and readings, reviews

November 15, 2012August 17, 2017 admin

» LA Review of Books: Lee Konstantinou on Anthony Burgess; re-posted at Salon as Why do Literaray Novelists Love Dystopias aka “When sci-fi went mainstream”

» Washington Post: Michael Dirda reviews Kurt Vonnegut’s letters

» NPR: Leigh Bardugo recalls Reading ‘Dune,’ My Junior-High Survival Guide

» Ellen Datlow’s photos from World Fantasy Con

» Scott Edelman also has WFC photos plus videos of readings by F. Brett Cox, Elizabeth Hand, and Robert Shearman

» One-time Locus reviewer Preston Grassmann has a story in Nature

» Morning Star: Matt Coward reviews David Brin, Graham Joyce, Eric Brown

Films

Lift Up the Receiver, I’ll Make You a Believer: Josh Pearce and Arley Sorg Discuss The Black Phone

August 8, 2022 locusmag 0

Finney and Gwen (Mason Thames and Madeleine McGraw) are siblings in 1978 Colorado. Finney is a shy boy who wants to be tougher than he is, including wishing he had the nerve to get between his tougher younger sister and their physically and mentally abusive alcoholic father. The kids have to navigate their relationship to each other while dealing with bullies at school and the potential psychic abilities Gwen seems

Commentary Features

SF Crossing the Gulf—in Conversation with Ted Chiang

February 11, 2019 locusmag 0

Episode 23: In conversation with Ted Chiang: “The Great Silence” Most people may know about Ted from “Story of Your Life” which was filmed as Arrival, but his reputation with readers and writers as a top tier craftsman of the short form was well established before then. We had the pleasure of asking Ted some questions about a short (very short!) piece of his from 2015, part of an art installation

Features

Photo Story: Galactic Philadelphia

November 13, 2018 locusmag 0

Roundtable

All-Time Short Fiction Results, 2012

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