Three Miles Down by James Hamilton-Peterson

Happy Trieste Day! It’s the fifty-seventh anniversary of the Bathyscaphe Trieste’s descent to the bottom of the Marianas Trench. At Continue reading →

Explorations by Robert D. Ballard & Malcolm McConnell

Every day in the calendar has been claimed several times over for various religious or historical reasons, to say nothing Continue reading →

Creating the Innocent Killer by John Kessel

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card has an enormous appeal to teens. Admittedly I’m not one of them, as I Continue reading →

When Dickens met Dostoevsky by Eric Naiman

The non-fiction I recommend here appears primarily because it is entertaining. While I say this with every non-fiction article, I Continue reading →

The Poetry of Fantasy by Mary Quella Kelly

I must admit, when I would read The Lord of the Rings in my teens I would usually skip over Continue reading →

Last Seen on September 10th by Mark Fass

Every death is a tragedy, especially the violent and unexpected. But the more famous an event is, the more the Continue reading →

Somehow, I Don’t Think We’re in Kansas Anymore, Toto by Harlan Ellison

I’d never heard of the TV show ‘The Starlost’ before I found this essay. By Ellison’s account, the show is Continue reading →

Disneyland with the Death Penalty by William Gibson

I have never been to Singapore, and I’m not interested in how accurate this article reflects the city in 1993. Continue reading →