Xenophobe
The red dwarf was unremarkable in the grand scheme of the galaxy, its small size, dim light, and remoteness rendering it nearly invisible to all but the most advanced telescopes.…
War and Identity in Heinlein, Haldeman, Scalzi, and Steakley
There is no shortage of war stories in science fiction. Real-world conflicts are allegorized and translated into grandiose space operas where human bodies are broken or rebuilt or reshaped or…
Why Are We Drawn to Dark Futures?
Y’know, reading the Earthseed Saga really got me thinking. There’s this thing that happens when you walk into a bookstore or scroll through Goodreads, hoping to stumble upon something interesting…
The Genre Divide
I recently read Good Morning, Midnight—a book whose journey I loved, but whose destination I found to be sorely underwhelming—and it, along with an ongoing argument with a friend, got…