Fiction Unbound interviews Erika Johansen about the role of religion in a democracy, the rise of powerful women protagonists, and more.
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Magic and miracles on a long dark night. We recommend some great books to keep you and yours company until the sun returns.
Read moreAkin's Choice: Octavia Butler's "Adulthood Rites" as a Coming-of-Age Story
In our second appreciation of Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis trilogy, we look at the second generation of Lilith's Brood and his embrace of self-determinism, even at the highest costs.
Read more"Star Wars and the Power of Costume" at the Denver Art Museum
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"Luminous beings are we," says Yoda. Star Wars and the Power of Costume at the Denver Art Museum celebrates the creative process that brought to life a modern myth.
Read more"Cyber World": Cyberpunk Is Dead. Long Live Cyberpunk.
Think cyberpunk is passé? Think again. Nisi Shawl, Paolo Bacigalupi, Saladin Ahmed and others reboot the genre in this collection of tales of humanity's tomorrow.
Read moreAgainst the Current: Adventures in Streaming TV
The monstrous women of Stranger Things and Penny Dreadful
"Illuminae": Not Your Parents' YA
Star-crossed lovers, interstellar corporations run amok, biological warfare, artificial intelligence with a god complex ... what could possibly go wrong?
Read moreDocility and Rage: Exploring Performance and Blackness in "The Ballad of Black Tom"
Is the world ready to say goodbye to the docile black man trope?
Read more"The Dark Forest": Cixin Liu Takes Humankind to the Brink of Annihilation
Paradoxes and chains of suspicion abound in the second book of Cixin Liu's Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy.
Read moreSay Yes to the Genes: An Appreciation of Butler's "Dawn"
Unbound Writers, Theodor McCombs and Gemma Webster, bring you the first installment of their appreciation of the Xenogenesis trilogy: Dawn
Read moreCross-Cultural Fables: A Field Report from Bhutan
Lisa Mahoney looks for common themes in Bhutanese folktales and finds... the phallus town.
Read moreOf Fairy Tales & Fire: Yaa Gyasi's "Homegoing"
Fairy tale elements and symbolism in Yaa Gyasi's debut, Homegoing
Read more"A Torch Against the Night"
Chaos reigns in the second book of Sabaa Tahir's dystopian fantasy series.
Read more"The Peripheral": The Past, Present, and Future Diverge
If you could communicate with the past without changing the present, would you do it? Of course you would.
Read moreFables of Reason, Time and Its Discontents, and a Nonlinear Journey: More From "The Big Book of Science Fiction"
Further appreciation of a century of science fiction from around the world. (Part 2 of 2.)
Read more"The Big Book of Science Fiction"
A century of science fiction stories from around the world, collected in an anthology so expansive our editors need two weeks to fully appreciate it. (Part 1 of 2.)
Read moreOn Mirror Play and Why Steven Millhauser Is Good for Breakups
Authors love to taunt troubled characters with mirrors.
Read moreDown The Rabbit Hole: Reader's Edition
Now here's a bunny who knows how to relax.
Looking to lose a little time? The best links from around the web, according to us. This edition is dedicated to readers--our most favorite people!
Read moreThe Art of Unembarrassed Fiction: Alexander Chee's "The Queen of the Night"
Go big or go home when you're writing about opera.
Read moreSabaa Tahir: Hope in a Dark Universe
How far would you go for family and freedom? Sabaa Tahir pits hope against darkness in An Ember in the Ashes.
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