“It is not incumbent upon you to complete the work, but neither are you at liberty to desist from it.”—Rabbi Tarfon I was tremendously lonely my first year in high school. My parents had insisted I go to a prep school they could barely afford instead of going to the local high school with all […]
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I was a Babylon 5 fan. Absolutely, unconditionally, and no surrender. Nothing would induce me to watch Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9). It was a rip–off. It was the same story, but not as good. It was a different story, so not as good. Worst of all it was… Well, it was Star Trek, […]
If there is a dog–whistle, code–word, red–flag phrase in today’s comic book reviews, it’s Diversity. Used by supporters it means broadening the field of fiction to include stories of all people, by all people. Used by critics it means a weak story and bad writing that is nonetheless promoted as good because it erases the […]
As an author of various flavors of science fiction and fantasy, I’ve spent most of my life deliberately creating mythologies. I deal in gods and demons, heroes and villains, dragons, imps, tricksters… Maybe that last one most of all. My first successful novel was WebMage, which ends with the protagonist backing into becoming a power […]
So you want to start a podcast. That’s great! Podcasting is still a very open medium, like blogging, where anyone can participate, provided they have some basic tools. It’s new enough that individual podcasts are just as easy to find as ones created by large organizations. The playing field is relatively level at the moment, […]
I grew up feeling like an alien. I don’t think that’s a particularly unique way to feel, especially when we achieve teenagedom: there’s a reason so many connect to stories of adolescent outsiders who don’t know where they fit, from Holden Caulfield to Angela Chase to Tris Prior. But of course we all have specificities […]
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, Stanley Cupcake Space Unicorn Ranger Corps LIEUTENANTS Ai Lake, Amy, Besha […]
Just fear me, love me, do as I say, and I will be your slave. I may have thought about this offer a bit over the years. Yes, yes, all right: I’ve spent hours of my life on it. I know from talking to other women who first saw Labyrinth in their mid–teens that I’m […]
When Labyrinth came out in 1986, I was 11 years old. (I hit menarche that year and was part of the first sixth grade class in my home town to move from the elementary school to what was still called junior high. Good times.) I had no idea who David Bowie was. Honestly, to this […]