Mar
13
An Alternative Cosmos
The radical skepticism of Charles Fort's "New Lands"
8 min read
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Feb
16
The Lonely Cosmos of J. O. Jeppson's "The Second Experiment"
Maybe all stories about space are also stories about loneliness
8 min read
Jan
16
Chess, Sex and Death: Ian Watson's "Queenmagic, Kingmagic"
On sacrificial kings and cold wars
8 min read
Dec
16
Perverse Playground: Jack L. Chalker’s "Midnight at the Well of Souls"
On writers' fetishes, isekai stories, and transformation
8 min read
Dec
14
An Inescapable Pattern: Octavia E. Butler's "Patternmaster"
On power and the limits of imagination
8 min read
Dec
11
The Psychedelic Wizardry of Roger Zelazny’s "The Changing Land"
On bibliophilia, van art wizards, and integrity in fiction
7 min read