[edited to correct a pronoun referent; my apologies.] About ten days ago, I asked folks to comment on the state of Steampunk Universe, and I want to thank […]
The Soundtrack To the Future We Were Supposed To Get, Or: “Stranger Things” got me listening to synthwave
I can imagine the elevator pitch for Stranger Things going something like this: “Okay, we’re going to mash together Escape From Witch Mountain, It, The Goonies, and E.T. […]
Mrs. French’s cat is missing. A Review: Pontypool
Just listen to me. In some ways, I’m cheating by including Pontypool, as Alasdair Stuart wrote about it for the “Tropospheric Outlaw” issue of recompose. But it was […]
Really, the guidelines are there for a reason.
I’m simply stunned by the people who don’t follow submission guidelines. I don’t mean vague things like “themes” or genre elements or stuff like that. I mean basic […]
Evolution doesn’t mean that greed is “good” – it can actually mean the opposite
Much like functionalism and economics, evolution – and especially evolutionary sociology like sociobiology – is frequently co-opted not as an explanatory model, but as a justification for someone’s […]
Pokémon Go as a source of good for communities
There’s a lot of reasons I like this game, but one of the most awesome ones is seeing people (including groups of friends and whole families) out and […]