politics Umberto Eco's chilling warning: 14 signs of fascism Mark Frauenfelder

books Umberto Eco looks for a book in his private library Rob Beschizza

media theory In 1935, a critic predicted how mass media would enable fascism Ellsworth Toohey

mistakes Authors leaving AI prompts and responses in their novels Rob Beschizza

canada Worried academics run for the Canadian border Séamus Bellamy

Republicans GOP lawmaker loses assignment after racist tweet Rob Beschizza

books New online class about mind-bending science fiction writer Philip K. Dick taught by the stars of PKD scholarship David Pescovitz

television Amazon has a bunch of Spider-Man TV shows on the way Devin Nealy

literature Get lost in one of 50 contemporary books over 500 pages long Gareth Branwyn

deaths Clive James, 1939-2019 Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Thanks to an article about why science fiction great John M Ford's books are out of print, they're coming back Cory Doctorow

happy mutants SO LATE SO SOON: fun, genre-celebrating SF for young readers (of all ages!) Harry Tynan AKA Moose Malloy

computer science The history of a Zorklike programming interpreter is a tale of language, art, code and literature Cory Doctorow

books Umberto Eco on unread books Rob Beschizza

deaths Umberto Eco, 1932-2016 Rob Beschizza

Eat the Rude: Hannibal Lecter meets the 99% Mark Dery

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