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Get to know about various nonfiction books and authors with the Lightspeed Magazine. Lightspeed is a digital science fiction and fantasy magazine. The magazine also offers a variety of nonfiction features, including feature interviews, Q&As with our authors that go behind-the-scenes of their stories, book and media reviews, and more.
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1w ago
Speculative fiction has a long history of engaging with aliens from other worlds. But we have fellow Earthlings all around us and research is indicating that the Western modern gaze has missed crucial things about other species: that they feel, they communicate, sometimes in such sophisticated ways (as in the case of cetaceans) that we can’t figure it out ..read more
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1w ago
If you’re looking of a deeply imaginative story packed with wonderful characters and—yes!— , Chris Kluwe’s recommends Amber Chen’s new novel ..read more
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2w ago
Looking for a terrific anthology full of scary and thoughtful stories? Arley Sorg recommends The White Guy Dies at the End , edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker ..read more
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2w ago
For years now, I’ve been trying to work through my despair about climate catastrophe and what looks to me like the onrushing extinction both of our species and many others. How do we keep going in the face of annihilation? (Some people are more optimistic about all of this than I am, and I hope they’re right ..read more
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2w ago
If you’re looking for a story wrestling with grief, death, spirits, and mythology, Aigner Loren Wilson recommends Chikọdịlị Emelụmadụ’s 2023 novel ..read more
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1M ago
I was very interested in the horrifying aspects of time as a menacing, material force—something that could eat you. But I ultimately became much more interested in the in which time might function this way: the addictive substances that might be used to pacify kids who can “see” the future ..read more
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1M ago
My stories originate from those places I don’t expect them to be born. They also come at the time I don’t want them to—like when I’m about to finally attempt an eight-hour sleep. And this story is not an exception. I have always wanted to write a story with a blend of my culture—the Yoruba culture—its myths and legends, but every attempt at this had always been unrealistic ..read more
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1M ago
Are you looking for your next juicy read? Aigner Loren Wilson recommends The Eyes Are the Best Part ..read more
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1M ago
I’ve been blessed with lots of elders in my life, and as a result I tend to overestimate how long people in general tend to live. But there are weird actuarial patterns—if you can make it to certain ages, you’re likely to make it farther—and that fascinated me, especially as I look at my loved ones with hope and trepidation ..read more
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1M ago
I was literally invited to six weddings in 2022, and the one I attended in Rhode Island was so lovely, I had to channel it into writing on the train back (I have stories based on some of the other weddings too.) Some of the emotional thrusts are based on my own experience, but I’ll let you guess which ..read more