Blinks: Dirda on Silverberg; Reviews of Cabiya, Newman, Douglas

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» Washington Post: Michael Dira on Robert Silverberg: The Philip Roth of the science fiction world

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With Great Power Comes Great Fun: Josh Pearce and Arley Sorg Discuss Captain Marvel

March 11, 2019 locusmag 3

It is the distant future: 1995. In this 21st installation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the first female-led Marvel movie, Brie Larson plays Vers, a green blue-blooded member of the Kree, a technologically advanced race of aliens who value emotional control. Vers and her mentor, Yon-Rogg (Jude Law) lead a Starfleet Starforce secret mission against the Romulans Skrull, a shapeshifting race that has been at war with the Kree

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Speculative Poetry Spotlight

June 1, 2012 admin 2

Mari Ness is a poet and a blogger at Tor.com. Poetry, fantasy and science fiction have long been deeply intertwined. Some of the earliest myths were sung, not spoken, in resonant verse that still echoes today. Shakespeare combined poetry and fairies, as did Spenser – in highly popular entertainments. And yet somewhere along the line, a gulf appeared and widened between poetry and prose in science fiction. As a result,