Why one of science fiction’s most ambitious biographies proves one of its most essential.
In the modern world, race influences everything—whether we’re aware of (or want to admit it) it or not. While we might dream of a “post-racial” world, where skin color and cultural traits simply don’t matter, reality is a bit more, well, real. All you have to do is pay attention to the current political climate to […]
It’s that time of year again: the time when ordinary Americans from across country and around the globe pause to commemorate that time nobody wanted to pay taxes and we fought tooth and nail for independence. Revolution and rebellion are powerful concepts in real life and in fiction. Science fiction and fantasy in particular offer us the […]
The moon fascinates us because it one of the few constants throughout human experience, unaffected by cultural or geographic differences, always there, so tantalizingly close, yet still so far away. Humans have stood on the moon only six times in all of history. No matter how much data we gather, it remains a mystery, and science […]
This post is sponsored by Rosetta Stone. Studies have shown Americans take less vacation than just about any other country on the planet. Far from lazy, we Americans work way too hard, and studies have shown there’s a severe psychological cost to not taking enough time away from our stressful jobs. Books have always offered an imperfect […]