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An Unexpected Ode to the New <em>Road House</em>

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Elwood Dalton (Jake Gyllenhaal) is annoyed when a bar fight interrupts his coffee break in Dough Liman's Road House reboot.
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Road House

An Unexpected Ode to the New Road House

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Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) faces The Reverend Mother (Charlotte Rampling) in Denis Villeneuve's Dune
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Dune

How Dune Solves the Problem of AI

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An Batman silhouetted against an orange sky from the opening credits of Batman: The Animated Series
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Batman: The Animated Series

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

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Painting of three children seated at a table, reading.
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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"
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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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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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wide shot photograph of a bookshelf
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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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“Writers are liars my dear, surely you know that by now?”

Neil Gaiman, The Sandman

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