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lesbian empires

Greet Your New Lesbian Overlords!

With Y: The Last Man wrapping up and turning into a movie, the science fiction cliche of the female-dominated planet is red-hot once again. The cosmos is safe for our red-blooded spacemen to venture to worlds where there are no men, or where men are subjugated and the women wear funny headgear. But what about the subset of gynarchic cultures where everyone's a lesbian? It turns out science fiction is full of those, too, and it's time they got the appreciation they deserve. More »

1:30 PM on Mon Mar 10 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
4,970 views, 35 comments

Latest by lquilter: ... and missed the mutant lesbian squid-ish sex in Anne Harris' Accidental Creatures: The lesbians are coming, indeed. more »

science fiction

5 Reasons To Stop Reading Science Fiction

Science fiction is doomed! The genre is a toothless wreck, praying to overdose on its pain meds, says a gang of critics. (Actually, they're only talking about the books, and only the books shelved under "science fiction.") The reasons why SF is obsolete or pointless or dead depend on which rant you read. But here are the main ones: More »

1:30 PM on Tue Dec 11 2007
By charliejane
1,370 views, 5 comments

the postman

Must See: The Postman

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale.

Title: The Postman
Date: 1997

Vitals: A simplistic tale of a guy who fights evil fascists in a post-Apocalyptic United States by re-establishing the postal service.




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10:21 PM on Sun Sep 30 2007
By Annalee Newitz
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