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John Scalzi - Why We Love Our Post-Apocalyptic Flicks
John Scalzi - Why We Love Our Post-Apocalyptic Flicks
Before I begin this week's column, I'd like to mention something which I don't think I've mentioned before, which is: Hey, kids, I take requests! If there's something you'd like me to address here on AMC, involving science fiction and fantasy movies, why not shoot me an e-mail asking me about ...
John Scalzi Interview
John Scalzi Interview
nethspace.blogspot.com — A nice little interview with John Scalzi. (more) John Scalzi Interview
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SF Signal — ... the genies back in the bottles...By contrast, literary science fiction is often set after such an event has already happened, sometimes a good deal after, and throws us in medias res into a world in which part of the fun of the narrative is working out how the world in the tale differs from the world we know and part of the theme lies in examining how these changes act as a lens to illuminate some aspect of humanity that we take for granted." John Scalzi on Why We Love Our Post-Apocalyptic Flicks. John C. Wright informs us that a ...

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