Blinks: Reconsidering Roth; Chinese SF; Boing Boing on Amazing; reviews

February 24, 2017August 17, 2017 admin

» New York Times: John Williams revisits Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America, in light of the current political situation

» Foreign Policy: How China Became a Sci-Fi Powerhouse

» Boing Boing’s Sci-Fi Sundays: Amazing Science Fiction, April 1958

» Bend Bulletin: Everdeen Mason’s Best science fiction, fantasy books to read in February reviews Kameron Hurley, Vic James, Matt Wallace

Films

Ghostride the Whip: Arley Sorg and Josh Pearce Discuss Wonder Woman 1984

January 14, 2021 locusmag 1

Some 70 years or so after the events of Wonder Woman, 1984 finds the titular hero (Gal Gadot) whiling away her time curating artifacts and impressing mortals with her beauty and charm. She seems to be keeping a low profile, at least until struggling entrepreneur Maxwell Lord (Pedro Pascal) acquires an ancient magical device and threatens to destroy the world in his quest for ultimate power. Wonder Woman must find

Roundtable

Adam Roberts–Science Fiction Picture Books: or, SF for the very young

September 8, 2011 admin 5

Adam Roberts is a scholar, critic, and author of science fiction. His most recent books include New Model Army, with By Light Alone just out now. He blogs at Punkadiddle, among others. There has been a good deal of work on the crossover between SF and children’s literature—the YA market, after all, is an important one for the genre (Farah Mendelsohn’s exhaustive The Intergalactic Playground is a key research resource

Roundtable

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February 4, 2009 locusmag 1

Features Interviews

Kathleen Ann Goonan: Designing the Future

May 4, 2014 admin 0

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