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The Rat Race: Augmented Intelligence in Science Fiction From Algernon Onward

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The Rat Race: Augmented Intelligence in Science Fiction From Algernon Onward

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Transformers One

Transformers One Is the Pro-Labor Allegory the Animation Industry Needs Right Now

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Unimaginable Wealth, Decadence, Decline: Scaling the Walled Gardens of J.G. Ballard

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Contemplating the Past and the Future With Welcome to the Dollhouse and Eighth Grade

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Immaculate, The First Omen, and the Rise of the Pro-Choice Horror Film

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Three Science Fiction Stories That Reveal the Truth About Meritocracy

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The Revolution Will Be Dramatized

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SFF’s Big Fat Problem

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“The Screwfly Solution” Captures the Violence of Our Current Moment

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Book Bans Affect Everybody — Here’s How You Can Help

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Beyond Dark Academia: The Real Horror in Magic School Is Systemic Inequality

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Haunted Homes, Cursed Lands, and the Horror of Gentrification

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“A profound love between two people involves, after all, the power and chance of doing profound hurt.”

Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand Of Darkness

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