Another Reason Last Jedi Nailed It
The Last Jedi opened the door to the galaxy’s military-industrial complex. Rise of Skywalker should have dealt with it.… Read More Another Reason Last Jedi Nailed It
Author: John A. Underwood
Harry Potter and the Wizarding World of Systemic Racism
Pride Month is here, which means J.K. Rowling is on the internet being a bigot. I’m only kidding. She does it year round, it’s just that more people take note during June. Once more, I see friends and acquaintances on social media debating whether or not she is, in fact, a bigoted TERF piece of… Read More Harry Potter and the Wizarding World of Systemic Racism
Future Police
In 2014, Ursula K. Le Guin called on science fiction and fantasy writers to envision alternatives to capitalism. To depict through fiction possible ways future societies might build better worlds, rather than endlessly retreading the same old cyberpunk corporate dystopias. To use works of speculative fiction to propose a way forward. In 2004’s The Libertine,… Read More Future Police
Life Is More Important than Property
Almost 30 years ago, my Dad told me about police. In gentler words, given my tender years, he explained that All Cops Are Bastards.… Read More Life Is More Important than Property
Density of Prose
I have about a hundred pages left on my Dune re-read, and I keep thinking about the writing itself. Herbert knew how to imbue his prose with density. Reading Dune, one is introduced to an entire universe which seems wholly unfamiliar at first blush. Something to the tune of at least twenty thousand years separates… Read More Density of Prose
Why Genderswapping DUNE’s Liet-Kynes Is Actually Perfect
Let me tell you about the feminist message you absolutely missed in Dune, and why Sharon Duncan-Brewster is perfect to play Liet.… Read More Why Genderswapping DUNE’s Liet-Kynes Is Actually Perfect
