April 19, 2018
The weather outside is, quite frankly, frightful. You’ve seen all the memes about the general ick most of the country seems to be enduring. Since we seem to be skipping spring, let me propose a warm, idyllic escape, where the ocean is endless, warm, inviting; where the world is ordered, in balance, and where few men are in sight. Let’s…
December 13, 2016
In This Month’s Changing the Map Gentle readers, why are there so many more dystopias than utopias in fantastic fiction? We’ve seen a staggering resurgence of dystopic movies, books, and television shows, all portraying terrifying and depressing futures. Zombies, ecological disasters, oppressive political regimes, alien overlords… and that’s the short list. So what’s up? Do our inner cynics find it easier to…