In my upcoming book Strange Stars: David Bowie, Pop Music, and the Decade Sci-Fi Exploded, I of course talk a lot about David Bowie. But I cover tons of other sci-fi-influenced… Read more »

Let’s face it, The New York Times has not really put its back into speaking out against the war that the Trump administration is gleefully waging on a majority of citizens in this… Read more »

A long time ago, in a political and economic climate far, far away, Star Wars was a movie. Now, it’s a whole lot of things, a nebulous expanse of cultural space… Read more »

If you feel pity for George R. R. Martin, subject to constant onslaught by angry fans whenever he is seen doing anything other than finishing his Song of Ice and… Read more »

A long time ago, at an imprint not so far away… On Friday, a release posted to Starwars.com revealed a forthcoming anthology from Del Ray Books, Ballantine’s sci-fi imprint. Called… Read more »

Just as it’s getting impossible to look at the news without ralphing, at last comes something I actually want to read: ten bazillion reviews of the new “Star Wars.” It struck… Read more »

For any of you who clicked this headline expecting a ripoff of Mallory Ortberg’s brilliant series on medieval monks, prepare to be disappointed. But for everyone else who finds anachronisms… Read more »

“As the left hand I got to eat frogs, hit people, smoke a hookah.” It’s fair to say that this is probably not how most librarians describe their previous jobs.… Read more »

Despite having written about comic books pretty frequently here at MobyLives (including last year’s Free Comic Book Day), I’ve never been what you’d call a “Comic Book Person.” Though I’ve… Read more »