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Religion as Technology in Margaret Atwood’s The Year of the Flood
This piece contains spoilers. Margaret Atwood’s The Year of the Flood poses a disturbing conflict between humans and the Earth, exploring an issue that is…
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X meets Y or Z: Myth as Norm Reinforcement in Girl Meets Boy
Ali Smith’s masterpiece of a novella, Girl Meets Boy, is a love story—albeit not the one you’re probably thinking of, the one the clichéd title…
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Who Did it First, and Have We Done it yet? The Physics and Origins of Five Sci-Fi Concepts
Many sci-fi terms have become so well rooted in the English language that we all unanimously know and agree on what they mean. We humans…
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The Spectatorial is Recruiting!
Did you know that we’re recruiting? We’re recruiting! Every year we need fresh talent to keep our glorious journal alive. So, are you applying for…
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Mentally Ill Monsters: Mental Illness in Horror
There are a few well-trodden settings for horror stories: the haunted house, the carnival, the ghost town, and—my area of interest—the asylum. This last setting…
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CRINGEFEST Will be Bringing the (Literary) Pain!
CALLING ALL WRITERS AND CREATIVE MINDED PEOPLE! Ever felt excluded from the high brow poetry slam crowd in your hip local coffee shops? The Spectatorial…
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Imagine Magic! In Defense of Fantasy Literature
“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.” ― Dr. Seuss Fantasy has been a part of…
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep…or of a Blade Runner?
Upon receiving the syllabus for a course, I quickly scanned the book list and noticed one particular book: Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of…
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Fantastic Love in The World of Makoto Shinkai
Although Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli has long been representative of the quality of the Japanese animation film industry, a rising star has been making waves…
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