Blinks: Reviews; Le Guin; Gleick; China; NYRSF Readings

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» New York Review of Science Fiction Readings features N.K. Jemisin, Kai Ashante Wilson, Sept. 27th

Star-crossed Heroes: Arley Sorg and Josh Pearce Discuss The Suicide Squad

September 21, 2021 locusmag 0

A motley crew of costumed characters with highly questionable morals is compelled – upon pain of death – to undertake a covert military mission in the “island nation of Corto Maltese.” What they uncover is much larger than any of them expected…. The Suicide Squad is exactly the over-the-top bloody, just-ridiculous-enough not-a-superhero movie you need. It’s pretty rare for sequels* to be better films than the originals, but James Gunn’s

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Roundtable: Conventions Part II, Going Fan

August 12, 2011 admin 3

Karen Burnham Continuing our discussion of conventions and convention-going (Part I is here), in this installment we look at those of us who started out as fans. Today’s stories and commentary come from F. Brett Cox, Stefan Dziemianowicz, Russell Letson, Marie Brennan, Jonathan Strahan, Gardner Dozois, Cecelia Holland, and Paul Graham Raven. As always, this discussion is broken up into multiple pages for ease of reading. If you’d like to