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<i>Poor Things</i> and <i>Under the Skin</i> Try to Make Sense of Sensuality

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Images of Bella Baxter (Emma Stone) in Poor Things and The Female (Scarlett Johansson) in Under the Skin
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The SF Path to Higher Consciousness

Poor Things and Under the Skin Try to Make Sense of Sensuality

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Selection of still images from 3 recent films: Godzilla in Godzilla Minus One; Cillian Murphy as Robert J Oppenheimer in Oppenheimer; Lily Gladstone as Mollie Burkheart in Killers of the Flower Moon
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Oppenheimer

A Grand Unified Theory of Oppenheimer and Art That Speaks the Unspeakable

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Scene from Terminator 2: Judgment Day: A T-800 model terminator holds a machine gun; a fiery explosion is visible in the background.
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The SF Path to Higher Consciousness

Terminator 2: Judgment Day and the Line Between Symbiosis and Singularity

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Doppelgangers Number 6 (Patrick McGoohan) and Number 12 (Patrick McGoohan) meet in The Prisoner, "The Schizoid Man"
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The Prisoner

The Prisoner’s “The Schizoid Man” Doubles Down on Imposter Syndrome

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writing

Art in Defiance of the Endless Cosmic Nothing

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Rereads and Rewatches
Tor.com 15th Anniversary

Pratchett and Philosophy: The Tao of Sir Terry

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C.S. Lewis

The Unforgiveable Sin, Womanhood, and C.S. Lewis’ Till We Have Faces

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C.S. Lewis

Power in the Blood: True Religion and Transformation in C.S. Lewis’ Till We Have Faces

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C.S. Lewis

Human Sacrifice in C.S. Lewis’ Till We Have Faces

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storytelling

The Brilliant Ambiguity of Conan the Barbarian’s “Riddle of Steel”

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C.S. Lewis

The Invisible Palace: Madness and Faith in Till We Have Faces

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Monty Python's Life of Brian
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Monty Python

Life of Brian: The Gospel According to Monty Python

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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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