Speculative Fiction Posts
Science fiction and post-apocalyptic fiction: robots, wastelands, imagined futures, and the research behind OA Allen's metaphysical science fiction novel The Bright Dark.
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First Robots in Fiction
Was Frankenstein’s creature the first robot in science fiction? Tik-Tok, Čapek, the golem and a long line of automata say the answer is much older and messier.
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Post Apocalyptic or Post-Apocalyptic or Postapocalyptic?
A tongue-in-cheek case for dropping the hyphen from "post-apocalyptic"—and why search engines and plain laziness might matter more than the rulebook.
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The Ontology of Ether
Cosmology, consciousness, and unseen forces in The Bright Dark, with a creation story from the world after the apocalypse.
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Wasteland
Merriam-Webster says a wasteland is barren and spiritually arid. So why does the word feel so good to write? A dig through etymology, Chernobyl, and 1838 law.