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What Really Matters in an Argument

June 15, 2021June 22, 2021 ~ Richard Rabil, Jr.

“The only part of an argument that really matters is what we think of the people arguing." So goes one line in this passage from Kim Stanley Robinson's sci-fi novel about settlers on Mars. I think it's more true than we want to admit.

How to Be Brave in a Pandemic

April 4, 2020August 7, 2020 ~ Richard Rabil, Jr.

What is courage, and how do we get more of it to face the difficult days ahead? Insights from sci-fi, art, and social activism.

Book Review: ‘Doomsday Book’ by Connie Willis

April 8, 2019November 13, 2019 ~ Richard Rabil, Jr. ~ 1 Comment

Connie Willis' award-winning sci-fi novel 'Doomsday Book' is one of the few time travel stories where a female perspective forms the core of the drama. Is it worth the read?

Stars Beyond Our Reach

February 9, 2019March 21, 2019 ~ Richard Rabil, Jr. ~ 2 Comments

Traveling to the nearest star would require a generation ship. Can such a thing be done? As sci-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson explains with alacrity and precision, no, it can't.

Facebook Was Foreshadowed in 1909 (and a Score of Other Things You Didn’t Know about Science Fiction)

February 6, 2019February 16, 2019 ~ Richard Rabil, Jr. ~ 1 Comment

Why is 'Frankenstein' considered the mother of the genre? How did we go from seeing so many utopian stories to dystopian ones? Where did the word "robot" come from? Will SF ever be recognized as "true" literature?

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