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The Ship Who Sang: AT in SF

April 19, 2018February 7, 2019

I wrote about John Scalzi’s assisted tech series, Lock In and Head On. It’s an interesting series from a disability culture series in many ways, but especially because there’s so little sci-fi really focused on assistive tech as a major plot issue. There’s lots of assistive tech around sci-fi, but not as a central point. … Continue ReadingThe Ship Who Sang: AT in SF

Early Science Fiction (A Medievalist on the Chemical Wedding)

May 31, 2016February 7, 2019

Last week The Guardian had a piece on the “first science fiction book,” an alchemy fantasy from 1617. I haven’t read The Chemical Wedding (though there’s a Kickstarter, now funded with 60k, that’s producing a new edition), but I was instantly skeptical of the “first” claim, so took to Twitter to ask for ideas of precursors. Juliet O’Brien, … Continue ReadingEarly Science Fiction (A Medievalist on the Chemical Wedding)