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

I liked and highly recommend Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Future (2020), a big and miscellaneous quiltwork of a book, fil...

Just a few I kind of like: Science Fiction group that isn't a dumpster fire of racism and misogny   Fantasy & Sci-Fi Salon British S...

By Reason Alone  From The Tragedy of Beyonce Knowles / Interpellation (working titles?) Arthur is to meet his girlfriend's family for t...

Like nature's recommendations algorithm, Tenet (2020) made me revisit this, by Lewis Carroll: ‘The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yeste...

 Are there hopeful representations of public health policy in speculative fiction? Are there, for example, visions of a well-governed biomed...

From Jeanette Winterson's Frankissstein: Naming is power, I say to her. It sure is. Adam's task in the Garden of Eden. Yes, indeed, ...

Fiction 'Oh God, the Dogs!' is a short story written in response to the Chilean SF author Elena Aldunate's 'Juana y La Cibe...

This is a question really. I have written some fiction on the theme of algorithmic governance (algorithmic governmentality, algocracy). Thes...

Poirot’s abrupt departure had intrigued us all greatly. Sunday morning wore away, and still he did not reappear. But about three o’clock a f...