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20 of the best audiobooks narrated by black women, including fiction, classics, science fiction and fantasy, memoir, essays, and poetry. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'
[ Book Riot | 2020-02-14 11:38:06 UTC ]
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‘Do You Compute?’ investigates how technology went from being written off as science fiction to something we engage with every day. In the years following the end of World War II, computers were just starting to make their way into the public consciousness. The intimidatingly technical devices... Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2020-01-27 09:00:47 UTC ]
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WILLIAM GIBSON NOTICES THINGS others miss. While his science fiction novels are often described as prescient, what defines Gibson’s body of work is the extraordinary refinement of his focus on the present. When everyone is talking about the features of the latest Silicon Valley gadget, he might... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Review of Books'
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-01-25 13:30:33 UTC ]
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Decades of science fiction assured us all that, yes, one day we'd be able to control the immensely complex gadgetry around us with just our voices. It was right, mostly. The rise of the virtual assistant, built atop still other developments in cloud... Continue reading at 'Engadget'
[ Engadget | 2020-01-23 16:30:00 UTC ]
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Christopher Tolkien helped edit and publish much of J.R.R. Tolkien's work after the science fiction and fantasy writer died in 1973. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-01-17 19:03:20 UTC ]
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A young writer wrote a controversial bit of military science fiction about sexual politics. The fallout was nuclear. Continue reading at 'Wired'
[ Wired | 2020-01-17 14:00:00 UTC ]
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We're in a new golden age of science fiction, especially science fiction short stories. These are some of the best stories you can read right now online. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'
[ Book Riot | 2020-01-09 11:35:44 UTC ]
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“Alternate history, in my opinion, is a more demanding game,” says the author of “Agency” and other science fiction novels, “if only because conventional historical fiction, like history, is itself highly speculative.” Continue reading at 'The New York Times'
[ The New York Times | 2020-01-09 10:00:07 UTC ]
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Yes, much of it looks at how we will survive the apocalypse. But we also have the more hopeful genre of solarpunk Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2020-01-06 23:50:02 UTC ]
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If you're in the mood for a ragtag spaceship crew or queer superheroes living their best lives, check out this list of the best LGBT science fiction books. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'
[ Book Riot | 2020-01-06 11:39:51 UTC ]
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Get your science fiction and fantasy fix in short form with these excellent novellas -- perfect for the 2020 Read Harder challenge. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'
[ Book Riot | 2020-01-03 11:32:42 UTC ]
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This is a big year. Not just in the symmetry of the number – 2020, the futuristic subject period for so many science fiction writers – but in what we already know will happen. A presidential election, prefaced by a likely Senate impeachment trial, will add new layers to an already murky... Continue reading at 'Silicon Valley Business Journal'
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-01-03 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Since I did a lot of camping in the last year, I've been noticing camping in sci-fi and fantasy all over the place! Let's take a tour. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'
[ Book Riot | 2020-01-02 11:37:49 UTC ]
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The 1890s saw pioneering works of science fiction, detective fiction, and Gothic horror all published, by some of the greatest English, Scottish, and Irish writers of the age. In the United States, too, novelists addressed social issues, sometimes in comic ways, while social realism continued to... Continue reading at 'Interesting Literature'
[ Interesting Literature | 2019-12-31 15:00:10 UTC ]
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In a moment where the future seems impossibly turbulent, leaving us feeling powerless, science fiction can help us get our heads around the complexity. Continue reading at 'Slate'
[ Slate | 2019-12-31 14:00:05 UTC ]
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Science fiction writers, gazing into the future, envision space-based cargo movers and robots that may eliminate the need for humans to work. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2019-12-31 13:53:59 UTC ]
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Science fiction writers, gazing into the future, envision space-based cargo movers and robots that may eliminate the need for humans to work. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2019-12-31 13:53:59 UTC ]
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Science fiction writers, gazing into the future, envision space-based cargo movers and robots that may eliminate the need for humans to work. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2019-12-31 13:53:59 UTC ]
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Futurist and artist Syd Mead has passed away at 86 due to complications from lymphoma. Even if you don't know his name, you've probably felt his impact on Hollywood, especially on the science fiction genre. Mead designed Blade Runner's world and tech... Continue reading at 'Engadget'
[ Engadget | 2019-12-31 13:01:00 UTC ]
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We're visiting Book Riot's Swords & Spaceships newsletter to get recommendations of 2019 standalone science fiction and fantasy novels. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'
[ Book Riot | 2019-12-30 11:31:11 UTC ]
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