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BARRIERS
An excerpt from Annalee Newitz's epic sci-fi "The Terraformers."
Annalee Newitz
2.21.23
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The Best Gifts for Sci-Fi Freaks, Fantasy Nerds, and Spy Balloon Operators
Art books, Sauron T-shirts for metalheads, and Star Wars novels to distract you from the UFOs the government shot down (but won’t explain).
Adam Rothbarth, Mary Frances "Francky" Knapp
2.16.23
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WPO
What if time travel could be enabled by our old devices?
Joanne McNeil
11.22.22

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Devolution
This is what happens when technology—all technology—finally fails.
Ellen Ullman
9.2.22
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Always Home
Who or what survives when the technologized world finally returns to nature—and what then of nature?
Jeff Vandermeer
8.16.22
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Busy
This may be the most darkly plausible vision of the future of work you’ll read all year.
Omar El Akkad
8.15.22

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George R.R. Martin May Never Finish ‘The Winds of Winter,’ But This YouTuber Might
With an army of volunteers, one A Song of Ice and Fire content creator is writing a fan fiction version of The Winds of Winter.
Edward Ongweso Jr
8.8.22
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Telekinetic Uncle
There’s one in every family.
Geoff Manaugh
8.5.22
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An Arctic Cruiselish
The ice caps have disappeared and so have everyone’s jobs. How will Masato find meaning in the Novo-Arctic?
Jessica Powell
7.29.22

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The Binding of Isaac
A stunning work of speculative fiction about how racism and colonialism become violently embedded in the future.
Tochi Onyebuchi
7.18.22
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Fostering
A dark work of speculative fiction about the cost of programming a replacement for humans.
Ray Nayler
7.11.22
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Terraform Is Back With a Book. Join Us As We Watch Worlds Burn
Motherboard’s short speculative fiction imprint is publishing an anthology of our best work with MCDxFSG Originals.
Brian Merchant, Claire Evans
6.23.22