Contemporary entertainment is a hall of mirrors, an endless flow of simulacra: reality shows, biopics, documentaries, Instagram posts, Youtube vlogs. Podcasts and docuseries and movies process the ...

Alif the Unseen, the 2012 debut novel of G. Willow Wilson, takes an inventive approach to the contemporary techno thriller. Its titular hacktivist is a freelance security provider trying to evade the ...

When Chen Qiufan took a trip to the southwest Chinese province of Yunnan 15 years ago, he noticed that time seemed to slow down as he reached the city of Lijiang. Chen was a recent college graduate ...

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Neal Stephenson has seen the future—and he doesn’t like it. Today’s science fiction, he argues, is fixated on nihilism and apocalyptic scenarios—think recent films such as The Road and TV series like ...

Walsh is the author of The Subplot: What China Is Reading and Why It Matters published by Columbia Global Reports on February 8 A grandmother, desperate to protect her family from a poisonous, ...

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Are you a science fiction writer? Do you have command of the French language? If you can answer yes to both questions, a new job opportunity may be just the thing for you. Their job will be to ...

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If you're in a nautical mood, you can peruse "My Pirate Prince." Or if you want something more earthy, you can try "Tempted By My Brother's Best Friend." Those are just a few of the e-books that have ...