Blinks

Blinks: Reviews by Mason and Di Filippo; Elon Musk and Iain M. Banks

April 9, 2017August 17, 2017 admin

» Washington Post: Everdeen Mason reviews John Kessel, Antonia Honeywell, Gwyneth Jones

» Barnes & Noble: Paul Di Filippo reviews Jaroslav Kalfar’s Spaceman of Bohemia

» 1843 Magazine: Tim Cross on Iain M. Banks, The novelist who inspired Elon Musk

» Mashable: Chris Taylor on Banks: If this is the future utopia Elon Musk wants, be very afraid

Films

My Whole Existence Is Flawed, You Get Me Closer to God: Josh Pearce and Arley Sorg Discuss Soul

February 9, 2021 locusmag 1

Disney/Pixar returns to the afterlife in Soul, the story of middle school teacher and jazz musician Joe Gardner (voiced by Jaime Foxx) who winds up in a coma after his body and spirit are separated in an accident. While trying to avoid going into the Great Beyond, Spirit-Joe escapes into the Great Before, where newly created souls are prepared for corporeal existence. There he teams up with 22 (Tina Fey),

Roundtable

Short Story Club: "The Jaguar House, in Shadow"

May 22, 2011 admin 25

Welcome to the first installment of this awards-based Short Story Club. This week the focus is on Aliette de Bodard’s “The Jaguar House, in Shadow“. Here’s a round-up of reactions from around the Net: From Lois Tilton: Alternate history. Greater Mexica has been overtaken by a reactionary theocracy, and the traditional orders of Knights have been destroyed, except for the Jaguar House, whose leader Tecipiani has chosen to collaborate with

Features

Year-in-Review: 2019 Magazine Summary

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Roundtable

Friday links

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