The Hidden Gems Book Club excavates overlooked works of fantasy and science fiction for a new audience. Today, author and critic Ilana Masad turns to Leslie F. Stone's radical 1929 sci-fi story Out of the Void!
"And to tidy away always the messiness of life, to make it always palatable, that's the most damning lie of all."
Author C.L. Clark reflects on writing and the role sex plays within Nicola Griffith's Ammonite, placing desire at the core of character and experience.
Why don't more authors approach romance as hard science fiction? As James Davis Nicoll points out, you've got biology, chemistry, and physics helping (or hindering) the course of true love–it's science!
You're never going to guess what genre is dominating this October...
But even if you're not into scares, there's plenty of options when it comes to all the new sci-fi, fantasy, and horror movies premiering this month! And be sure to check out the new TV shows, too (especially if you're an anime fan).
"There is no good and bad when a sentence moves you; thee's only what it does and how it does it."
In the newest Mark As Read, Molly Templeton discusses well-crafted sentences, and how they fit into our understanding of "literary" versus "genre" fiction.
No Suck Fairy detected: Flight of the Navigator–the delightful adventures of a boy and his very cool spaceship–is one of those movies you loved as a kid that truly holds up almost 40 years later 🌟
And stay tuned into the Sci-Fi Film Club! We'll be covering weird (but wholesome) family films from the '70s and '80s all this month, from E.T. to The Last Starfighter!
20 years after Serenity, the follow-up movie to Firefly, Rachel Kessler wrestles with a core premise of science fiction stories. When the world is at stake, is "getting out the truth" really enough?
