Kim Stanley Robinson; Le Guin reviews Walton; reviews of Davidson, Oates; Lovecraft microbes

April 5, 2013August 17, 2017 admin

» The Atlantic talks with Kim Stanley Robinson about 2312 and climate change

» Guardian: Ursula K. Le Guin reviews Jo Walton’s Among Others

» LA Times: Charles McNulty reviews Jenny Davidson’s The Magic Circle; also, Wendy Smith reviews Joyce Carol Oates’ The Accursed

» NBC Science: Two new microbes discovered in termite guts have been named Cthulhu and Cthylla

Films

Hey, Mr. Wizard! Josh Pearce and Arley Sorg Discuss Shazam!

April 15, 2019 locusmag 0

With a single magic word, troubled youth Billy Batson (Asher Angel) gains the ability to transform into a superhero adult (Zachary Levi) and back again. What follows is to be expected from teenage boys with new toys as Billy and his foster brother Freddy (Jack Dylan Grazer) test the limits of his comically enlarged body. Josh: I laughed a lot at some of those scenes (I’d had a couple beers).

Commentary Features

2017 and Other Years That We Barely Survived (in Fiction) by Jonathan Strahan

March 4, 2018 locusmag 0

[Editor’s note: part of our 2017 year-in-review essay series from the February 2018 issue of Locus] The best science fiction of 2017 fell into one of two camps: tales of climate change or stories of colonizing our solar system. Kim Stanley Robinson’s magisterial New York 2140, a personal pick for best novel of the year, showed everyone a way forward on how to discuss climate change and our collective future

Features

Photo Story: Clarion West 2018

September 18, 2018 locusmag 0

Roundtable

Short Story Club: "That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made"

June 5, 2011 admin 18

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