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Absurdist Humor and Truck Drivers in Space: The Legacy of John Carpenter&#8217;s <i>Dark Star</i>

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Scene from the movie Dark Star
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John Carpenter

Absurdist Humor and Truck Drivers in Space: The Legacy of John Carpenter’s Dark Star

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The Babylon 5 space station from the TV series Babylon 5
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Babylon 5

Babylon 5 Was the Ultimate Exercise in Plotting vs. Pantsing

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B'Elanna Torres (Roxann Dawson) in Star Trek: Voyager
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personal essays

An Underrated Portrayal of an Underrepresented Experience: B’Elanna Torres and Biracial Identity

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video games

The Stories We Played: Honoring the Legacy of Interactive Fiction

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Star Trek

Star Trek, Wah Chang, and the Ongoing Legacy of “Balance of Terror”

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“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”

William Gibson, Neuromancer

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