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Blinks: Reviews by VanderMeer and Berry; Anders on Kamala Harris

February 3, 2019February 3, 2019 LocEditor 0 Comments

» LA Times: Jeff VanderMeer reviews Marlon James’ Black Leopard, Red Wolf

» Michael Berry reviews the same book for San Francisco Chronicle

» Last week Michael Berry reviewed Ben M. Winter’s Golden State

» Washington Post: Charlie Jane Anders explains why Kamala Harris is wrong about science fiction

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Another Future Rolls off the Assembly Line: Josh Pearce and Arley Sorg Discuss Terminator: Dark Fate

November 12, 2019 locusmag 0

This review doesn’t need to lead with much of a recap, because you’ve seen it all before: evil AI sends a killer robot back in time to assassinate the future savior of humankind. Plucky human resistance sends a protector back in time to stop the killer robot (from the future!). Carnage. Mayhem. Explosions. The difference this time is that the evil AI is called “Legion” instead of “Skynet,” the target

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ICon Report

November 2, 2018 locusmag 0

One of the perils of themed conventions, as most conventions in Israel are, is that the program might be one-dimensional. For a convention like ICon, which is aimed at large and diverse audiences, it can be particularly problematic. Avoiding this requires choosing the right theme combined with hard work of the programing team, and the ICon team did a great job this year. The theme, “Love,” meant that the possibilities