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Almost Human: Synthetic Soul
Created by J. H. Wyman and J. J. Abrams, Almost Human was a science fiction television show that lasted only one season on Fox—because…
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Impractical Immortality: Do You Really Want to Live Forever?
Well, do you? Really? The idea of immortality, in one form or another, comes up frequently in speculative fiction: elves, Timelords, divine beings, cursed humans,…
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Calling All Storytellers: An Original, Contemporary Fairy Tale, Please!
When I think of fairy tales, I think of mythical creatures, anthropomorphic objects and animals, happy endings, and valuable lessons fully revealed at the end.…
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From Panel to Festival: The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is Coming Super Soon!
Frequent readers of this blog are no doubt aware that we at The Spectatorial love comics. And while not all comics are speculative—just as not…
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Sandman : Handful of Dust
When a young Neil Gaiman first approached Vertigo comics about The Sandman, he was pitching a simple revival of the 70s series of the…
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The Giants Made Me Eat My Spinach: From Then to Now
Giants. From the English fairytale “Jack and the Beanstalk” to the most recent iteration in the anime and manga Attack on Titan, giants are a…
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God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut
“Billy Pilgrim has become unstuck in time.” These are the words that begin Kurt Vonnegut’s great 1969 novel Slaughterhouse-Five, also known as The Children’s Crusade:…
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