Optimistic theodicy thrived briefly in the Eighteenth Century, and today is perhaps best-known as the target of Voltaire’s satire Candide (1...

Underappreciated authors: over at SF Signal , some interesting-sounding leads to chase up. I'm stunned-not-stunned nobody mentioned the ...

"Imagine Bob Heinlein wearing a box-fresh leather jacket at a smart-drinks concession, speed-reading Wired from behind a pair of dime-...

"It may be urged that every individual man carries within himself, at least in his adaptation and destination, a purely ideal man. The...