The Deep Social Justice Roots of The Twilight Zone The update of The Twilight Zone had me at “What dimension are you even in?” The more I think about it, the more excited I am, because I think the time is perfect for The Twilight Zone to come back.… Great piece.
What Do the Make-Believe Bureaucracies of Sci-Fi Novels Say About Us? Writers of speculative fiction routinely invent rules and regulations as part of their novels’ worlds. These laws tell us more about our own politics than you might think. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/books/review/ben-winters.html
Using science fiction to understand the future of the web | ZDNet Eliot Peper’s near-future SF novels ask questions about social media, the internet, and the future of government. https://www.zdnet.com/article/using-science-fiction-to-understand-the-future-of-the-web/