Power Over the Story is Power Over All: Dune and the Messiah Machine
What’s a Lisan Al-Gaib, and why should we care?
What’s a Lisan Al-Gaib, and why should we care?
By Christopher Marcatili McGavin, Kirsten (ed.). 2022. World Beyond: An anthology of Papua New Guinean Speculative Fiction. Sydney, Aus: Hibiscus…
“Jibaro” makes me wonder if we should listen more closely to the call of Sirens. This 17 minute long, Love Death Robots episode has me asking if the intent of such creatures of folklore is truly malicious. Have we been championing a different evil all along? Are there not wicked motives shifting beneath the surface of those sailors and knights who pillage all that is gold and shimmering from the bodies of the powerful creatures they capture?”
By Samuel Gerald Collins Patkin, Terri Toles (2021). Who’s in the Game? Identity and Intersectionality in Classic Board Games. Jefferson, North Carolina:…
I’ve yet to meet an academic who is not a geek. What it means to be either an academic or…