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Stainless Steel Rat Author Defects To Russia

Classic science fiction author Harry Harrison says America is becoming a totalitarian state, and praised Russia for its interest in literature, according to an interview published in the Russian newspaper Pravda. The Stainless Steel Rat author, visiting Moscow for a convention, said America violates its own constitution and behaves undemocratically towards the rest of the world, but any totalitarian regime "is bound to collapse sooner or later." He didn't actually praise Russia's government, but did say Russians are much more avid readers, and science fiction consumers, than Americans. But he criticized Russian science fiction for emphasizing ideas over action or characters. [Pravda]

12:05 PM on Tue May 27 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
1,322 views, 49 comments

Latest by n/a: @RAHfanboy: I hear you loud and clear on the hateful atheists. There are certainly jerks on both sides of the issue. From my experience, and I've been around fundamentalists all my life, most of them simply don't understand the evolution/creationism more »

anti-heroes

Why Do Anti-Heroes Rule Science Fiction?

The first time I ever read the word "anti-hero," it was in an article about science fiction, and it's always seemed a very science fictional type of word — like anti-matter, or anti-gravity. Science fiction has its share of one-dimensional white hats, but the characters who capture our imagination are usually the morally blurred rascals, who have their own best interests at heart. You never quite know what an anti-hero will do next. Here's our guide to the roots of science fiction's greatest anti-heroes. More »

10:54 AM on Fri Apr 25 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
7,763 views, 88 comments

Latest by cloudhunter: Brilliant list [seeing Mal, Gully Foyle, and Spider Jerusalem in one list is Made Of Win]. Only complaint: Where's John Constantine? more »

triviagasm

All the Best Futuristic Guns for Your Holster

Science fiction has three iconic images that definite the genre: aliens, rockets, and rayguns. Whether due to our obsession with phallic guns, or the idea that a laser pistol is just too cool to pass up, the scifi gun has endured since H.G. Wells introduced them as a "Heat-Ray" in 1898's War of the Worlds. As good old Han Solo would later say, "Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid." Read on for our list of the best things that go PEW PEW PEW! More »

11:00 AM on Wed Jan 23 2008
By Kevin Kelly
7,943 views, 65 comments

Latest by CarrerCrytharis: ...Megatron? more »