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Maja Simonsen (Chiad), Ragga Ragnars (Bain), and Ayoola Smart (Aviendha) in Season 2 of Amazon Prime's The Wheel of Time
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The Wheel of Time

Baseball, Bene Gesserit, and the Maidens of the Spear

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5B with a hacksaw, haloed by light in Dust Bunny
Featured Essays
Dust Bunny

A Family of Monsters: On Dust Bunny and Fighting for the Love We Deserve

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Top-down photo of an apple pie with a lattice top
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worldbuilding

How to Make an Apple Pie: Building the Ecology of an SFF Universe

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Painting of two young girls reading a book
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Mark as Read

The Books That Keep Us Company

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
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The Legend of Zelda

What Breath of the Wild Has To Say About Storytelling (and Life)

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Photo of a sunrise over water
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Writers on Writing

Finding the Space Between Utopia and Dystopia

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Up-close photo of turkish delight
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Fantastic Feasts

The Fantastical Food of Fantasy Fiction

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Art Carney in the Twilight Zone episode "Night of the Meek"
Featured Essays
The Twilight Zone

Good People Also Get What’s Coming to Them: Revisiting The Twilight Zone’s Christmas Episodes

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Gonzo and Rizzo behind an apple cart in a scene from The Muppet Christmas Carol
Featured Essays
The Muppets

The Secret Weirdo Underbelly of The Muppet Christmas Carol

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Daniel Craig in Wake Up Dead Man
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Wake Up Dead Man

Entirely Too Many Thoughts About Wake Up Dead Man

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collection of 20 John Varley book covers
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john varley

Looking Back at the Work of John Varley, 1947-2025

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Walker Scobell as Percy Jackson and Leah Jeffries as Annabeth Chase in season 2 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians
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Percy Jackson

To New Beginnings: Growing Past Percy Jackson

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“There is an art to smiling in a way that others will believe. It is always important to include the eyes; otherwise, people will know you hate them.”

N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season

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