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Sci-Fi

China Mieville: “Science fiction is predicated on alterity, and alterity is an intrinsically political concept”

‘So it’s finally come true – the literature of the future has become the future of literature.’

‘We live not in one world, but indefinitely many’

Updating pulp science fiction, minus the dodgy bits

(Read ‘A Princess of Mars’ by Edgar Rice Burroughs)

Boys! Read Ray Bradbury stories in Your Cellar!

A birthday card of sorts to SETI

Loneliness of a Los Angeles Science Fiction Leaguer

China Miéville: ‘We remain ineluctably defined by Ballard’

Podcast:

Science-Fiction Music

Podcast:

‘Call Me Joe’ by Poul Anderson, read by Warren James on Hour 25

Richard Stark’s novels embody ‘the consistent ruthlessness of an unapologetic bastard’

Poem: Office by Allison Titus
Video: Tim Birkhead on the Early Birdwatchers
Book excerpt: ‘White House Diary’ by Jimmy Carter
Podcast: The University in Cyberspace
Short story: ‘The Pied Piper of Fuckit’ by Miles Harvey
Video: Super Mario Bros. on a Sidewalk