Netflix's Love, Death and Robots Is a Sci-Fi Demo Reel For the Untapped Potential of Animation
An anthology series about sad salesmen, space marines, super-intelligent yogurt, and the national debt
An anthology series about sad salesmen, space marines, super-intelligent yogurt, and the national debt
Marvel's first female-fronted superhero film is a woke superhero fantasy scared to take any risks.
Journalists have long been used by governments, wittingly or not, to collect intel and spread disinformation.
A conservative technocrat tries to engineer a better world.
An investigation into why people are working more without accomplishing more
A joyous, energetic Spider-Man remix shows what superhero movies can be.
mine is The Player of Games, by Iain Banks
The show's derivative mimickry of time-skipping ruins the tension.
Kirk, Spock, and Khan have much to teach us about contemporary politics.
It's hard to get in the mood when you're sharing a bedroom with your mother-in-law.
Less creator than editor, pathetic company man, purveyor of childish nonsense? No amount of next-level quasi-sophisticated Stan Lee critique can avoid the proper conclusion: He was the Man.
Marvel's former chief left behind a massive cultural legacy preaching tolerance and personal responsibility.
What a conspiracy theorist, a Vietnam War deserter, and a Trump adviser have in common
The future 1984 scribe debated pacifism with Dr. Alex Comfort in 1942.
The dull new movie makes for a marked contrast with the delightful new Spider-Man video game.
Shane Black's lackluster entry doesn't understand the appeal of John McTiernan's action classic.
A new book ties racist reactionary politics to the war, but overreaches when it comes to militias.
The 70mm restoration of Stanley Kubrick's sci-fi masterpiece is a reminder of the ways advances in technology can help keep old formats alive.
Reading Zora Neale Hurston's study of the life of the last "black cargo" and watching Westworld
The science fiction maverick helped fill generations of fans with a winning sense of courage and rebellion.
Richard Nixon's battle with Timothy Leary puts today's culture wars to shame.
The on-again, off-again flirtation between Mother Russia and the deplorables of Europe
In honor of Star Wars Day, a roundup of links to my writings and talks on the politics of one of the world's most popular science fiction franchises.
Reason writers debate which fictional dystopia best predicted our current moment.
Mary Shelley's misunderstood masterpiece turns 200.
The daily newspaper columns of H.L. Mencken
How libertarians learned to stop worrying and love The Dispossessed
The show, based on the work of Philip K. Dick, is like Black Mirror but if people were sometimes good.
Obvious propaganda should be labeled propaganda, obviously.
"The Last Jedi" focuses on the value of institutions, not just individual heroes. But it's still hard to tell what the rebels are fighting for.
All culture is participatory culture, and none more so than Star Wars. A debate hotter than the twin suns of Tatooine.
Time travel and originalism (not in the same book!)
Netflix sci-fi series draws comparisons to Stranger Things that do it no favors.
The author of Seeing Like a State casts a skeptical eye on the conventional wisdom about the cradle of civilization.
Weir's new book Artemis imagines life in a lunar settlement.
The times and trajectory of Max Eastman, progressive turned "libertarian conservative"
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