In the latest Mark As Read, Molly Templeton places The Death of the Critic into context. For how long has criticism been dying, and how do we engage with conversations about art?
In the '80s and '90s, CJ Cherryh questioned and critiqued our assumptions about how gender is expressed and understood, creating science fiction narratives that reflect trans identity and experience. It's time for a retrospective.
Cue the creepy carnival music and adjust your seatbelts as Lorna Wallace takes us on a tour of six thrilling horror stories and scary movies set at spooky theme parks, carnivals, and fairgrounds! Get ready for the ride of (the rest of) your life 🎡
Feeling constrained by the limited surface area on your planet? Why not simply build more planet?! James Davis Nicoll on five layered worlds as imagined by Asimov, Iain M. Banks, Kameron Hurley, and more!
Fans of Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive series now have a new way of exploring Roshar! The recently released Cosmere RPG reveals new lore and offers new adventures, illuminating and expanding on the books...
In a new personal essay, Zack Budryk discusses choosing love and grief alongside the recent science fiction films My Old Ass (2024) and The Life of Chuck (2025).
Return to Oz starts with a young Dorothy being sent to an asylum...but somehow things are even worse in Oz? Is this movie meant for children? Let's get into it: talking chickens, headless villains, The Gump...everything.
"Can a movie make you care about people when you know they're doomed?"
That's the question that The Long Walk, Francis Lawrence's adaptation of the Stephen King novel, posits, and Leah Schnelbach answers in their new review.
In a newly-integrated insect metropolis, generations clash around art, technology, and capitalism. Boris, a rural vesper, chases modernity to the city, but tradition is there first.
