Science Fiction has a long and varied history, but along with the fantastic adventures, the stories of the people who create the stories in the first place are also worth exploring. Here are seven fascinating books that examine SF/F history.
Having children is one of the most powerful aspects of existence—the opportunity to mold and educate a new human, to shape their personalities and moral code. Or, try to anyway—sometimes your kids go in directions you never expected. One day they’re perfectly happy watching Spongebob, the next, they’re binging Doctor Who and reading X-Men comics. That’s […]
As most readers of sci-fi and fantasy are probably aware, there are these things called tropes—bits of storytelling shorthand that convey something about the narrative we’re experiencing, based solely on our preexisting experience with the genre. The tropes that are used and reused in the stories we love didn’t just come out of thin air—for the most part, […]