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Featured Essays
Batman: The Animated Series

We Are All Alone With Ourselves: The Tragic Villains of Batman: The Animated Series

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Can a Book Really Be For Everyone?

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Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham in Star Trek: Discovery
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Star Trek: Discovery

Why Star Trek: Discovery Is My Favorite 21st-Century Star Trek

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Neon sign of a snarling monkey, from The Falcon and the Winter Solider "Power Broker"
Featured Essays
Marvel Cinematic Universe

Madripoor Examined: Orientalism and the MCU’s Fictional City

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Collage of 5 books by Octavis Butler: Dawn, Adulthood Rites, Imago, Bloodchild, and Fledgling
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Octavia Butler

Octavia Butler, Audre Lorde, and the Power of Pleasure

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Featured Essays

Locus Is an Essential Resource for Authors and Fans — Now’s Your Chance to Give Back

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the Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore
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architecture

Arkady Martine in Singapore: On Sci-Fi City Planning and What Makes a “City of the Future”

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book culture

Prestige Creates a Permission Structure for Experimentation

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Metropolis

Black Futuras: How Three Pop Divas Adapted the Image of Metropolis’ Maschinenmensch 

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A collection of 9 book covers from author Vernor Vinge
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Vernor Vinge

A Brief Guide to the Fiction of Vernor Vinge

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Lena and Ria eating burgers and milkshakes at a diner in Polite Society
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Polite Society

How Polite Society Conveys Its Characterization Through Martial Arts

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Scene from a short film adaptation of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge": a man and woman stand in mid-embrace.
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Ambrose Bierce

The Weirdness of Ambrose Bierce: From “Owl Creek Bridge” to Horror and Satire

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“There is an art to smiling in a way that others will believe. It is always important to include the eyes; otherwise, people will know you hate them.”

N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season

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