Category: Science Fiction
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gonzo Borges
A quick stab at defining Sam Kriss as a literary genre unto himself.
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the cozy catastrophists of cosplay doomerism
I don’t know if Brennan’s use of the “cozy catastrophe” label comes with an awareness of its origins, but it may be more fitting than they seem to realise.
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we (believe that we) have always lived in the castle
I’ve noticed for some years now a discursive tic in what little fannish media I still consume, in which reviewers rehearse a catechism along the lines of “minority representation in genre literature, both at the level of characters and the level of authors, has always been and still is terrible”. To which my response is…
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building up against the left wall
Some notes on an interview with hyperproductive sff author Adrian Tchaikovsky on his writing practice, with plenty of good stuff about worldbuilding.
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on the valence of designed things
The context of a work of design tells the viewer something about the world that the design implies, and signals how seriously it should be taken.