Science fiction
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The Infinite Mind
“A man’s mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.” – Oliver Wendall Holmes Sr. (Autocrat of…
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Objects in Your Mind May be Larger Than They Appear: In Praise of a Psychic Adventure
Have you ever wondered what the inside of your friend’s mind looks like? How about your enemy’s? We all see the world differently, but what…
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Tales from the Midwest Writers Workshop
When my stepfather told me about the Midwest Writers Workshop in Muncie, Indiana, I didn’t know what to expect. I’d only ever attended conferences geared…
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Descriptive Science Fiction and Ursula K. Le Guin: An Appreciation
The first time I read The Left Hand of Darkness, I did not get very far. I didn’t make it past the first thirty pages…
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Borrowing Lives: Clone Organ Donors in Never Let Me Go
Note: This review contains spoilers. Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel Never Let Me Go takes place in a parallel universe after the Second World War, where human…
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Bodies Gone Rogue: Growing into Superpowers
How many heroes choose to have the powers that set them apart? Some acquire their extraordinary abilities from accidents of bizarre science. Green Arrow, Ozymandias, and…
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A Night in the Night Vale
A genial yet sonorous voice echoes over the radio in a quiet desert community as we all casually avert our gaze from the shadowy horrors lurking…
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Many Sides of the Same Genes: Examining Diversity in BBC’s Orphan Black
This review contains spoilers up to late season two . Needless to say, when I began watching a show whose core premise was “clones, clones everywhere,”…
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Of Mice, Men, and Monsters: Beyond Science and into the Psyche
I finished Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation in two days, because over the single night that I was reading it, I was afraid of what my imagination…
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