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We Could Be “Eggheads”: Sliders and the Celebrity of Smart

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We Could Be “Eggheads”: Sliders and the Celebrity of Smart

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Metropolis

Black Futuras: How Three Pop Divas Adapted the Image of Metropolis’ Maschinenmensch 

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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
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death

Choose Wisely: 25 Memorable Deaths in Science Fiction and Fantasy

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Star Trek IV The Voyage Home, Kirk and Spock
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The Best Moment in All of Star Trek Is About the Trash We Don’t Appreciate

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Station Eleven book cover and Mr Burns playbill
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Station Eleven, Mr. Burns, and (Re)telling Stories to Survive

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Pop Culture Personality Quiz results
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This “Slightly More Scientific” Personality Quiz Will Give You the Definitive List of Pop Culture Characters You Match

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Sci-Fi Movies from 1999
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nostalgia

Was 1999 the Year Modern Nerd Culture Began to Take Over the World?

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afrofuturism

Metropolis Meets Afrofuturism: The Genius of Janelle Monáe

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Sci-Fi Movies from 1999
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nostalgia

Was 1999 the Year Nerd Culture Began to Take Over the World?

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nostalgia

Coping With Aliens and the Unknown Through Pop Culture

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toys

“Women, Along With Different Aliens”: What the Upcoming Jurassic Park Funko Pop!s Tell Us About How Toys Translate Pop Culture

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Joyful things in 2017
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Some of the Best of 2017

The Movies, TV, Books, and Moments That Sparked Joy in 2017

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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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