science-fiction
The stories in this collection are uneven, although to my mind the beauty and brilliance of the best outweigh the others.
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
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In this adaptation for Hulu, Octavia E. Butler’s hybrid sci-fi novel has been reduced to a misguided time travel mystery.
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I am a champion of “C” movie effects, the cheaper and clunkier the better. So huzzahs for Save Yourselves! and its tacky monsters from another planet.
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In space, no one can hear you go extinct.
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It never occurs to him that, by championing just the great works of Western Civilization and consigning pop culture (notably science-fiction) to the flames, he’s exercising his own pernicious brand of censorship.
Read MoreThe Shepherds’ Singularity‘s playful combination of science fiction and invention will surely incite thoughtful questioning and genuine wonder.
Read MoreTaken together, these entertaining early novels present a noteworthy collection—particularly for Samuel R. Delany fans.
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Film Anniversary: From Punchline to Plausibility — The 50-Year Transformation of “Soylent Green”
“Soylent Green” should be seen as a work of future history, a docudrama of things that, in 1973, had yet to happen but are happening now, 50 years later.
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