Dear SF/F fans and conrunners, There has been a lot of talk lately about race and representation at SF/F conventions, and many conrunners are looking for advice on what to do to create communities fans of color want to join. Before working on making fannish convention culture more inclusive, awareness of what the current culture […]
“Nerd.” “Jock.” “Dweeb.” “Meathead.” For too long, people have used these words to hurt each other, to divide themselves into meaningless tribes. One tribe the gatekeepers of tech, comics, and calculators, bending the intangible to their will. The other tribe the gatekeepers of body, physicality, and fitness, chiseling raw flesh into statuesque forms. Both perpetuating […]
Uncanny Magazine would like to thank the following people for supporting us on Patreon. This magazine would not be possible without their support. Space Unicorn Ranger Corps COMMANDERS Adam Leff, Bliss Ehrlich, Dain Unicorn, Daniel Sales, David Mackie, Didi Chanoch, Hisham El–Far, Jayme Lundeen, Jessica Wolf, Stanley Cupcake Space Unicorn Ranger Corps LIEUTENANTS Adam Barton, Ai […]
(Author’s Note: I wrote this essay in late November; I saw Star Wars: The Force Awakens on opening night, December 17. Now I’m excited to write a second essay, but everything I wrote here still stands.) I was in high school when Star Wars: Episode I hit theaters. And I was psyched. At this point only […]
Mental health and neurodiversity are both complicated issues. A whole world of complicated. Treatments and results vary wildly, and society can still be deeply unsympathetic to those whose chronic illness is not immediately visible. As someone who has many friends and family members affected by conditions such as (but not limited to) depression, bi–polar disorder, […]
My elementary school was a place that thought nothing of throwing children out into the schoolyard for a wild 45 minutes of unsupervised daily activity. The playground was filled with proper danger—a real merry–go–round, an honest–to–god see–saw, and the infamous monkey bars from which, at least once a year, some lucky child fell and came […]
Uncanny Magazine would like to thank the following people for backing our Year Two Kickstarter. This magazine would not be possible without their support. Anne M Gibson, William T. McGeachin, David A. Wohlreich, Dionne Obeso, Benjamin C. Kinney, Edmund Schweppe, Elizabeth McCarty, Thomas Bull, Parris P McBride–Martin, Dave Heyman, Jim Brucker, Kay Taylor Rea, Chanie Beckman, […]
Glotolog, n., stand. Intergalactic, current: Dominant sapients Tau Ceti 8 noted for the practice of frument, an art form combining aspects of Terrestrial hog–calling, Martian slipping involuntarily upon the ice, and Uranian drof (lovingly nurturing the growth of slowly maturing crystals by enfolding them in all eight of one’s limbs). (HTSWW, 3). My county library […]
Everybody knows the old adage: don’t judge a book by its cover. To the relief of writers everywhere, however, readers ignore it all the time. Cover art is a book’s first opportunity to impress a reader—if it’s not begging to be read, there are a million others waiting. As hard as the author has worked […]
Uncanny Magazine would like to thank the following people for supporting us on Patreon. This magazine would not be possible without their support. Space Unicorn Ranger Corps COMMANDERS Adam Leff Didi Chanoch David Mackie Stanley Cupcake Bliss Ehrlich Jessica Wolf Dain Unicorn Hisham El–Far Daniel Sales Jayme Lundeen Space Unicorn Ranger Corps LIEUTENANTS Doctor Who: On […]