Father’s Day approaches, which naturally leads to thoughts of your own father (or, if you’re a dad, your children). Not all of these thoughts will be happy ones. Still, consider how lucky you are to live in our world, where your father is a retired salesman or an army vet, and not, say, the Dark Lord, or a serial […]
Today, the Ethan Hawke-starring time travel flick Predestination hits theaters. Like many time travel movies, it pays homage to the old-school Robert A. Heinlein short story “—All You Zombies,” which established many of the tropes of the genre, but in this case at least, it’s justified: it’s actually a loose adaptation of Heinlein’s award-winning tale. Without ruining too much of […]
The novel is a big canvas. It allows for complexity and a deep dive into character—ample space for readers to explore and contemplate. The price for this experience is time—it can take several hours to several months to read a novel, depending on its girth. It’s easy to assume a short story would be less […]
