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Don’t listen to the critics – science fiction explores what it means to be human in the truest way

Don’t listen to the critics – science fiction explores what it means to be human in the truest way Sci-fi serves as a kind of fodder for rumination, to stimulate the mind, and to kick us out of the everyday, habitual, ways of thinking that we all fall into. https://scroll.in/article/916584/dont-listen-to-the-critics-science-fiction-explores-what-it-means-to-be-human-in-the-truest-way

6 Badass Female Time Travelers Who Get the Job Done

6 Badass Female Time Travelers Who Get the Job Done There is no single archetype of the female time traveler. She may be a young newlywed on her honeymoon, or a septuagenarian acting as a secret government weapon. She is black, or white, or from a f… https://www.tor.com/2019/02/20/female-time-travelers-methods-sci-fi-fantasy/?utm_source=%5B%27exacttarget%27%5D&utm_medium=%5B%27newsletter%27%5D&utm_term=%5B%27tordotcom-tordotcomnewsletter%27%5D&utm_content=%5B%27na-readblog-blogpost%27%5D&utm_campaign=%5B%27tor%27%5D

8 Books to Help You Rebuild After an Ecological Catastrophe

8 Books to Help You Rebuild After an Ecological Catastrophe So you’ve lived through an ecological disaster that’s drastically changed the world (or at least some corner of it): the water’s dried up, the bees have disappeared, temperatures … https://www.tor.com/2019/02/26/8-books-to-help-you-rebuild-after-an-ecological-catastrophe/?utm_source=%5B%27exacttarget%27%5D&utm_medium=%5B%27newsletter%27%5D&utm_term=%5B%27tordotcom-tordotcomnewsletter%27%5D&utm_content=%5B%27na-readblog-blogpost%27%5D&utm_campaign=%5B%27tor%27%5D

Science Fiction and Religion #CFP

Science Fiction and Religion #CFP Another call for papers connected with the Journal for Religion, Film, and Media: CFP: SCIENCE FICTION AND RELIGION Even more than other film genres, science fiction movies confront viewers with societal problems and make experimentation with other models possible. Science fiction can thus be connec… Call for Papers: Science Fiction and Religion