books RIP Tom Robbins, author of "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" Ellsworth Toohey

poetry This poem perfectly captures AI-induced rage Jennifer Sandlin

History How a 1958 magazine cheered America's slide into installment debt Ellsworth Toohey

Technology Claude Opus 4.7 identified a writer from 125 words she'd never published Ellsworth Toohey

books Orwell predicted the AI slop novel in 1949 Ellsworth Toohey

amazon Despite it all, Neil Gaiman's Good Omens to get one more season Grant St. Clair

science fiction "There Is No Antimemetics Division" short film Ellsworth Toohey

science fiction Dead sci-fi author debugs reality in Ben H. Winters' "Benjamin" Gareth Branwyn

books John Shirley's guide to wrecking your career in science fiction John Shirley

art Survey finds "very negative" attitude toward generative AI in games Rob Beschizza

science fiction From vibranium to unobtainium: the periodic table of made-up stuff Ellsworth Toohey

nostalgia From 1979-1995, Omni featured the best science fiction minds predicting our future Séamus Bellamy

BREAKING BAD Better Call Saul creator's new series "Pluribus" drops cryptic donut-licking teaser Séamus Bellamy

writing Lawrence Block's advice on surviving as a writer Séamus Bellamy

science fiction Dark sci-fi genius wrote at superhuman speed — Barry Malzberg Ellsworth Toohey

rpgs Tabletop gamer's gift guide for 2024 Gareth Branwyn

fantasy Peter Bebergal's "Appendix N" in a revised, expanded edition Gareth Branwyn

science fiction Famed DOS-era word processor WordStar 7 made available for modern machines Rob Beschizza

writing Stephen King's shameless self-promotion on NY Times' "best books" list amuses and outrages Natalie Dressed

creative writing Ray Bradbury used 98 dimes to write the first draft of "Fahrenheit 451" on a coin-operated typewriter Mark Frauenfelder