Blinks: Richard Dawkins, Ursula K. Le Guin, Robert J. Sawyer, SF’s Golden Age, reviews

September 13, 2013August 17, 2017 admin

» NY Times Book Review’s ‘By the Book’: Richard Dawkins cites Fred Hoyle’s Black Cloud as the book (after Darwin) that had the greatest impact on him; he also cites Clarke, Asimov, and Galouye

» The Paris Review excerpts its interview with Ursula K. Le Guin

» The Spec profiles Robert J. Sawyer

» Guardian’s Damien Walter recalls the legacy of SF’s Golden Age

» LA Review of Books reviews Matt Bell and Thomas Pynchon

Films

Check Out Any Time You Like: Josh Pearce and Arley Sorg Discuss Cuckoo

December 10, 2024 locusmag 0

Cuckoo is an indie horror creature feature, relying heavily on its isolated location and small cast to effectively create an atmosphere of paranoia and dread. A teenager named Gretchen (Hunter Schafer) moves to a German mountain resort town with her father, stepmother, and stepsister where she meets an eclectic collection of characters—including the owner of the hotel, Herr König; a physician at the nearby hospital, Dr. Bonomo; several half-dressed, vomiting

Features Interviews

Curtis Chen: Act Out

August 20, 2018 locusmag 0

Curtis C. Chen (his middle name, Chih-Yu, is a phonetic spelling of his Chinese given name, 致宇) was born October 1, 1973 in Taiwan, and moved with his family to the US when he was five. They lived for one year in Cincinnati OH before settling in southern California. Chen attended Stanford and remained in the Bay Area after graduating in 1995, working as a software engineer at various companies,

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