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"The Cortège" and our ambiguous cybernetic present
Welcome to "Clanker City": an exploration of automation's impact on Los Angeles
21 hrs ago
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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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Harrison Blackman
1
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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Harrison Blackman
2
The Art of Time in Fiction
How should we "write time" in fiction? Joan Silber has some answers
Aug 21
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Harrison Blackman
2
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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Harrison Blackman
4
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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Harrison Blackman
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Cryptonomicon
The lack of propulsion in Neal Stephenson's doorstop "thriller"
Jul 17
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Harrison Blackman
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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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Harrison Blackman
2
June 2025
The Wildcat Behind Glass
Karen Emmerich on her new translation of Alki Zei's classic novel
Jun 26
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Harrison Blackman
2
Mount Rushmore: Four Favorite Novels
A post in which I channel those cool Letterboxd movie-ranking videos
Jun 19
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Harrison Blackman
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David Lynch
On his unique legacy shading the history of Hollywood cinema
Jun 12
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Harrison Blackman
Night Film
Multimodal storytelling in Marisha Pessl's thriller
Jun 5
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Harrison Blackman
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