How Medieval Science Fiction Fostered Rational Inquiries About Our World
Comet in the sky, 1340. Wellcome Collection, CC BY-SA Science fiction may seem resolutely modern, but the genre could actually be considered hundreds of years old. There are the alien green “children...
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The world’s a mess. How do thoughtful people make sense of it all? In this series by The Conversation, authors suggest a book, philosopher, work of art – or anything else, for that matter – that will...
View ArticleScience Fiction Writings in Punjabi: The Contemporary Scenario
Illustration by Sergei Belozerov Abstract Science fiction writing in Punjabi began sometime in the 1970s. In the last five decades, only a few original books and translation works have been published...
View Article“All true knowing is mutual…”: Notes on Vandana Singh’s Ambiguity Machines...
Ambiguity Machines, and Other Stories by Vandana Singh (Indian Edition / US Edition) In January 2019, I put on my best coat to attend the launch of Vandana Singh’s Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories...
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Photo by Tatiana Syrikova To pregnant women: “It looks like a Japanese anime character.” —your childless-by-choice friend when you show her your first ultrasound picture of the baby inside you. Your...
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