THE USONIAN

Telescope Jack

A tour-guide ordeal at the summit of Mount Wilson

Nov 27 • 

Harrison Blackman

The Master and Margarita

Paratexts, villains and ambiguities in Mikhail Bulgakov's masterpiece

Nov 13 • 

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October 2025

The granddaddy of them all

From "The Thing" to "Prometheus," all sci-fi horror owes Lovecraft a cold one

Oct 9 • 

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"The Cortège" and our ambiguous cybernetic present

Welcome to "Clanker City": an exploration of automation's impact on Los Angeles

Oct 2 • 

Harrison Blackman

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September 2025

Monster Dogs

A closer look at maybe the weirdest novel ever

Sep 11 • 

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August 2025

Now Entering the Real Twin Peaks

"That gum you like is going to come back in style"

Aug 28 • 

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The Art of Time in Fiction

How should we "write time" in fiction? Joan Silber has some answers

Aug 21 • 

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Case Q. Kerns's "Habitat"

An inventive debut sci-fi novel reminiscent of David Mitchell and Philip K. Dick

Aug 7 • 

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July 2025

Now Entering Oppenheimer Land

If Oppie only knew that Los Alamos would end up a creepy strip mall

Jul 31 • 

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Cryptonomicon

The lack of propulsion in Neal Stephenson's doorstop "thriller"

Jul 17 • 

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An early warning system for the internet

My new feature story takes us down the rabbit hole

Jul 10 • 

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June 2025

The Wildcat Behind Glass

Karen Emmerich on her new translation of Alki Zei's classic novel

Jun 26 • 

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