Blinks: Michael Berry on Dune; How SF drives discoveries; Gary K. Wolfe reviews

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» Salon: Michael Berry on “Dune,” climate fiction pioneer: The ecological lessons of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi masterpiece were ahead of its time

» Guardian: Science fiction as fact: how desires drive discoveries

» Chicago Tribune: Gary K. Wolfe reviews China Miéville, Michael Swanwick, Aliette de Bodard

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The Greatest Trick the Devil Ever Pulled: Josh Pearce and Arley Sorg Discuss The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

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Arley: I don’t know if it was a callback, or if it’s just one of those images that’s becoming a copy-paste in these kinds of movies, but there was a shot that was right out of The Exorcist. Josh: That was a direct reference, for sure. The clothes, the streetlamp, the dramatic pause. The filmmakers are trying really hard to tie the Conjuring series to that lineage. The fonts, the

Features Spotlight

Spotlight on: Annalee Newitz, Author and Editor

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Annalee Newitz writes about science, pop culture, and the future. They’re the editor in chief of io9, a publication that covers science and science fiction, and has over 5 million readers every month. Newitz is the author of Scatter, Adapt and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction, and has also published in Wired, The Smithsonian Magazine, The Washington Post, 2600, New Scientist, Technology Review, Popular Science, Discover, and the San Francisco Bay Guardian. They’re

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