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Which authors could be behind the drones over New Jersey?

Which authors could be behind the drones over New Jersey?

By James Folta | December 19, 2024

We have a dangerous blur: Philip K. Dick's cult essay about false realities is as relevant as ever.

We have a dangerous blur: Philip K. Dick's cult essay about false realities is as relevant as ever.

By Emily Temple | November 15, 2024

What Working Minimum-Wage Jobs Taught Me About Writing Novels

What Working Minimum-Wage Jobs Taught Me About Writing Novels

Joanne McNeil on Patricia Highsmith, Classism, and Finding Raw Material in Staff Workrooms

By Joanne McNeil | November 14, 2023

"The molecular weight of loneliness": On Writing Fiction Influenced by Neuroscience

Temi Oh on Identity, Consciousness, and Free-Will in Science Fiction

By Temi Oh | August 18, 2023

Matthew Cheney on Literary Misdirection and Hiding Truth in Fiction

Matthew Cheney on Literary Misdirection and Hiding Truth in Fiction

The Last Vanishing Man and Other Stories">Jeff VanderMeer Speaks With the Author of The Last Vanishing Man and Other Stories

By Jeff VanderMeer | May 8, 2023

Kelly Link in Praise of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Genuine Magic

Kelly Link in Praise of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Genuine Magic

“It is striking how resonant Le Guin’s work remains even as the future she describes recedes into our past.”

By Kelly Link | January 31, 2023

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Speculative Journeys: Sci-Fi for People Who Don’t Really Like Sci-Fi

By Jon Raymond | July 26, 2022

Did Philip K. Dick discover the real-life Matrix in 1977?

By Vanessa Willoughby | December 16, 2021

Is Elon Musk a Philip K. Dick fan?

By Walker Caplan | June 15, 2021

Jews in Space: On the Unsung History of Jewish Writers and the Birth of Science Fiction

Jews in Space: On the Unsung History of Jewish Writers and the Birth of Science Fiction

Lavie Tidhar Considers the Past, Present, and Future of Jewish Writers in Sci-Fi and Fantasy

By Lavie Tidhar | June 14, 2021

On Exploring Philosophy in Fiction and Autobiography: A Reading List

On Exploring Philosophy in Fiction and Autobiography: A Reading List

Tom Whyman Recommends CLR James, Theodor Adorno, and More

By Tom Whyman | April 26, 2021

Check out the Folio Society's new (and very neon) Philip K. Dick box set.

Check out the Folio Society's new (and very neon) Philip K. Dick box set.

By Emily Temple | April 6, 2021

Jonathan Lethem on the Wishfulness of Dystopian Fiction

Jonathan Lethem on the Wishfulness of Dystopian Fiction

First Draft Podcast">In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | December 7, 2020

43 of the Most Iconic Short Stories in the English Language

43 of the Most Iconic Short Stories in the English Language

From Washington Irving to Kristen Roupenian

By Emily Temple | August 19, 2020

Seeing the World (and Writing It) with Alice in Wonderland Syndrome

Seeing the World (and Writing It) with Alice in Wonderland Syndrome

Craig Russell on the Curious Effect of His Dysmetropsia

By Craig Russell | March 4, 2019

31 Movies Based on Short Stories

31 Movies Based on Short Stories

Or How to Turn a Nine-Page Story into a Feature Film

By Emily Temple | October 1, 2018

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