We Will Rise Again: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope is the book I go to when the news cycle makes it feel like protest is noise, … Read more
Most of us scroll past news about climate, war and space launches feeling both overwhelmed and weirdly numb; Orbital asks what happens if we are forced to look at Earth—our … Read more
A stranded astronaut uses real science to solve impossible problems—and teaches us how to think under pressure. The Martian by Andy Weir is a relentlessly practical survival story where “work … Read more
When your star starts dimming, you don’t need a hero—you need a teacher with a lab notebook. Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary solves the problem of how ordinary scientific thinking … Read more
You think you know what a “hunting novel” is—until the prey isn’t the point, the hunters aren’t in charge, and the land itself is the real protagonist. Grass solves the … Read more
What if a heist didn’t steal a thing but planted it—right in your sleeping mind? Christopher Nolan’s Inception film is a 2010 science-fiction heist epic that I keep returning to … Read more
What does it mean to be human in a world of our own artificial creation? This is the haunting, central question that Ridley Scott’s 1982 science fiction masterpiece, Blade Runner, … Read more
What makes a film truly timeless? 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick, answers this question with a resounding testament to the power of cinema. Released in 1968, this … Read more