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Feb
16
Paperback edition of "The Second Experiment". Cover art depicts a dragon attacking or... humping? a conical spaceship.

The Lonely Cosmos of J. O. Jeppson's "The Second Experiment"

Maybe all stories about space are also stories about loneliness
8 min read
Dec
16
book cover depicting a sentient lizard, riding on a saddled dolphin, swimming through sand dunes

Perverse Playground: Jack L. Chalker’s "Midnight at the Well of Souls"

On writers' fetishes, isekai stories, and transformation
8 min read
Dec
14
Photo of 1970s paperback edition. Depicts a semi-nude man hovering in lotus position, psychic waves coming from his head.

An Inescapable Pattern: Octavia E. Butler's "Patternmaster"

On power and the limits of imagination
8 min read