Wired, “Here’s What Sci-Fi Can Teach Us About Fascism”
byFiume served as a breeding ground for radical ideas, everything from socialism to anarcho-syndicalism to fascism. Sterling says it’s hard for many people to…
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The New Yorker, “‘Rectify’ is a Quiet Marvel”
bySeveral of the best episodes are one-offs, featuring characters we never meet again. In one, Daniel drifts into the orbit of an antique dealer…
The New Yorker, “Isabelle Huppert’s Intellectual Sustenance in Mia Hansen-Løve’s “Things to Come””
byEn route to the classroom, she’s momentarily blocked by students protesting changes in the government’s retirement policy; inside, she gives a lesson that involves…
Chicago Sun Times, “‘Winterset’ a tale of guilt, innocence and justice denied”
byNicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian-American anarchists and immigrants who were convicted of murdering a guard and a paymaster during the armed robbery of…
Boston Globe, “Ursula Le Guin: she got there first,” November 22, 2014
byUrsula Le Guin: she got there first Boston Globe, November 22, 2014 In the 1960s realism dominated American letters. Science fiction was the bastion…
Vice, “The Brain Dump,” November 17, 2014
byThe Brain Dump Bruce Sterling, Vice, November 17, 2014 “Of course, hackers, so we know what a “meme” is. We swiftly create useful fact…