I read an interesting book this month, the sort of hard science fiction story I don’t get to read as much as I used to. Taming the Perilous Skies, by Phil Marshall, is set in the year 2076. The novel explores a world transformed by anti-gravity technology—until that technology catastrophically fails, plunging the globe into chaos. At the heart of the story is Jack Woods, a national security official grappling with personal loss, and Brian Medlock, the aging physicist behind the breakthrough theory known as Persistence. Their intertwined journeys navigate grief, responsibility, and the metaphysical implications of a technology that…
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Politics in the Stars: How Genre TV Got Real at the 2025 Emmys
Science fiction and fantasy have always been political. From Orwell’s dystopias to Roddenberry’s utopias, genre storytelling has long served as a mirror—sometimes cracked, sometimes crystal clear—reflecting the anxieties, injustices, and hopes of the real world. At the 2025 Emmy Awards, that tradition was alive and well. Several of the night’s biggest genre winners didn’t just entertain—they challenged, provoked, and questioned. And they did it with stellar performances and visionary direction that elevated the message without losing the magic. Andor: Bureaucracy, Rebellion, and the Cost of Resistance Andor isn’t your typical Star Wars story. There are no Jedi mind tricks, no…