Science Fiction

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Acceptance

The texture of this final volume comes to mirror the uneasy, perplexing experience of its characters.

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The Blob

It’s about the regimented structure of small town life, the relationships between the older and younger generations, and the individual’s tendency to lose their personality as they are absorbed into a larger community.

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The Puppet Masters

Heinlein’s pulpy writing style is very fresh and witty, intelligent yet refraining from self-seriousness.

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RoboCop

RoboCop is of a rare breed, offering something to chew on for the popcorn crowd, the social philosophers, and the cyberpunks alike.

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Fiend Without a Face

It’s a competent, spicy, and occasionally surreal sci-fi film from the Atomic Age.

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Tremors

I find myself rewatching Tremors more often than many films that I consider favorites.

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Sandworms of Dune

This is cynical money-grubbing. On principle I am opposed to the burning of books, but I’m also opposed to throwing up, gouging out my own eyes, and holding a grudge against someone I’ve never met. This book makes me want to do all of those things.

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Slaughterhouse-Five

It’s disjointed, almost too happy to change its train of thought on a dime, but the jagged mosaic in its fullness is absolutely brilliant.

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Frequency

There’s something universally compelling about humanity’s desire to conquer time and death that make Frequency feel wholesome and life-affirming.

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Hard Boiled

An action-packed cyberpunk comic where the protagonist perceives a false reality as real.