"When it comes to a Superman movie, there is one thing that makes or breaks an adaptation: Lois Lane."
J.L. Akagi discusses how each Superman interpretation changes Lois Lane's relationship to journalism, violence, and plot, and what those choices can reveal about their priorities.
Moons, planets, and other celestial bodies differ from one another in countless ways; James Davis Nicoll asks why we limit ourselves to cookie-cutter SF settings instead of embracing that infinite variety 🌌
Elisa Shoenberger recommends six science fiction and fantasy books, from John Scalzi to Rebecca Roanhorse, that remind us why it's really great that all of space is out there and we're down here, mostly away from it.
Sit down and eyes up because author Susan Dennard is pairing book and video game recommendations across five different genres! Which means we're including everything from Prey to Strange Horticulture.
Pandorum was reviled by critics back in 2009, but were all those hot takes entirely fair? For a space horror movie about an ark ship with cannibalistic mutants, it's pretty entertaining. And come check what movies the Science Fiction Film Club will be watching for September!
Bouncing back from the Wheel of Isekai, the Anime Grab Bag turns to the wonderful world of absurdist anime, discovering some wild new favorites (and breaking the rules a bit for FLCL, because we can)!
Is season 3 the best of Babylon 5? Keith R.A. DeCandido reviews the station's journey so far, highlighting the best (and hey, sometimes the not-so-best) moments in this season 3 overview.
To celebrate her grandmother, all the captain of the Sopinha de Feijão wanted was to build a street market on a distant moon. But now the captain is dead and trying to figure out what kind of god might have killed her–and what kind of pact her grandmother made with it.