Blinks: Samuel R. Delany; Salman Rushdie; Fredric Jameson

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» KQED: Salman Rushdie Embraces Magical Realism in New Novel; io9: Salman Rushdie’s Bewilderment at Snapchat Inspired Him to Write Science Fiction

» London Review of Books: Fredric Jameson reviews David Wittenberg’s Time Travel: The Popular Philosophy of Narrative

Films

Joker: Folie à Deux Movie Review by Erin Underwood

October 9, 2024 locusmag 0

Joker: Folie à Deux starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga follows up the 2019 smash hit Joker. The film was easily one of the most anticipated movies of 2024, which automatically puts it at a disadvantage when trying to meet the audience’s expectations. However, Joker: Folie à Deux just might be a prime example of why studios need to rethink their current approach to filmmaking when a film that should

Commentary Cory Doctorow Features

Cory Doctorow: No Endorsement

July 2, 2011 admin 14

My 2009 novel Makers concerned itself, partly, with the upheaval that might attend cheap, ubiquitous 3D ‘‘printing.’’ I put ‘‘printing’’ in scare quotes because calling a device that produces arbitrary, articulated three dimensional objects (including functional, assembled multipart mechanisms and solid-state devices) on demand a ‘‘printer’’ is like calling a car a ‘‘horseless carriage’’ or Skype an ‘‘Internet telephone.’’ One aspect I didn’t delve into with much depth is the

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