Your Custom Text Here
The Nightmare. Henry Fuseli, 1781. A very white woman, a very dark nightmare.
What could be more speculative at this moment than a vision of utopia? Utopia’s are hard to write. First, there’s convincing the reader that it’s possible at all. Contributor C.S. Peterson explores the haunting utopian visions of N. K. Jemisin, Ursula K. Le Guin, Aliette de Bodard, and S.L. Huang
Read morePeng Shepherd’s thrilling debut novel explodes post-apocalyptic fantasies of independence.
Read more
Ursula K. Le Guin. 21 October 1929 – 22 January 2018. Photo by Eileen Gunn.
Le Guin dreamed whole realities that forced us to reexamine assumptions we took for granted, and to see new ways forward.
Read more
When the weather outside gets frightful, make the most of the atmosphere by treating yourself to one of these cold-weather classics of speculative fiction.
Read more
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling. Consciousness-raising?
Speculative fiction has a history of challenging a protagonist's biases through encounters with diverse characters and settings. It turns out that readers can be deeply affected by these vicarious encounters. So what is a writer's responsibility?
Read moreUrsula K. Le Guin calls out Kazuo Ishiguro's genre anxiety around his just-released novel, The Buried Giant--which is #TotallyNotFantasy
Read more