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Nader Elhefnawy

Nader Elhefnawy has taught literature at several colleges, while reviewing and writing about science fiction. His published works include Cyberpunk, Steampunk and Wizardry, a history of science fiction focusing on the genre's most recent decades, and the novel The Shadows of Olympus. You can find him online at his blog, Raritania, and email him here.

Nader Elhefnawy in our archives

Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Winters edited by Sarena Ulibarri, Non-Fiction, Issue 30 March 2020
Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers edited by Sarena Ulibarri, Reviews, Issue 4 March 2019
Dervish is Digital by Pat Cadigan, Reviews, Issue 29 August 2011
Son of Heaven by David Wingrove, Reviews, Issue 23 May 2011
Empress of Eternity by L.E. Modesitt Jr., Reviews, Issue 28 February 2011
Autumn Rain by David J. Williams, Reviews, Issue 25 October 2010
New Model Army by Adam Roberts, Reviews, Issue 28 June 2010
The Trade of Queens by Charles Stross, Reviews, Issue 31 May 2010
The Age of Ra by James Lovegrove, Reviews, Issue 26 April 2010
Intelligent Design edited by Denise Little, Reviews, Issue 21 December 2009
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, volume 3, edited by Jonathan Strahan, Reviews, Issue 16 November 2009
Wireless by Charles Stross, Reviews, Issue 31 August 2009
Ages of Wonder, edited by Julie E. Czerneda and Rob St. Martin, Reviews, Issue 22 June 2009
Regenesis by C. J. Cherryh, Reviews, Issue 25 May 2009
Gears of War: Aspho Fields by Karen Traviss, Reviews, Issue 23 February 2009
Revisiting the Victorian Techno-thriller, Articles, Issue 23 February 2009
The Last Theorem by Arthur C. Clarke and Frederik Pohl, Reviews, Issue 10 November 2008
Neuropath by Scott Bakker and Blindsight by Peter Watts, Reviews, Issue 25 August 2008
From Console to Celluloid: Uwe Boll and the Art of Adapting Video Games for the Big Screen, Articles, Issue 11 August 2008
Elric: The Stealer of Souls (Chronicles of the Last Emperor of Melniboné: Volume 1) by Michael Moorcock, Reviews, Issue 14 July 2008
Ascendancies by Bruce Sterling, Reviews, Issue 24 March 2008
Mindscape by Andrea Hairston, Reviews, Issue 28 January 2008
Settling Accounts: In at the Death by Harry Turtledove, Reviews, Issue 1 October 2007
The Man Who Melted by Jack Dann, Reviews, Issue 6 August 2007
HARM by Brian Aldiss, Reviews, Issue 16 July 2007
Lexx at Ten, Articles, Issue 9 July 2007
Settling Accounts: The Grapple by Harry Turtledove, Reviews, Issue 5 February 2007

The Butcher’s Heart

By: AnaMaria Curtis

“Did you know,” the witch says, “that a witch has no heart of her own?”

Outsiders, Off-worlders {how quickly one carves out a corner of the cosmos, / claims a singular celestial body as [o u r s] in the scope of infinity}

Departure: New Selene Station 21:56

By: K. M. Praschak

Lunar enby folks across here

Monday: The 2024 Ignyte Award for Best Novel Shortlist, Part One

Wednesday: The 2024 Ignyte Award for Best Novel Shortlist, Part Two

Friday: A Place Between Waking and Forgetting by Eugen Bacon

By: Maya C. James

Issue 28 Oct 2024

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackened Husk of a Planet

By: Adeline Wong

Podcasts, SH@25

SH@25 Episode 3: An interview with Arkady Martine, and a reading of her poem 'Cloud Wall'

By: Kat Kourbeti
By: Arkady Martine
Podcast read by: Kat Kourbeti

Issue 21 Oct 2024

Faith is a Butterfly Resting on a Rotting Eye (or The Art of Faith)

By: Gabrielle Emem Harry
Art by: Shan

Cornhusk Doll With Face

By: Meagan Chandler

SOMETIMES I WISH GHOSTS WERE REAL SO I COULD SAY ALL THE THINGS

By: Steve Witherspoon

Podcast: Folk Hero Motifs in Tales Told by the Dead

By: KT Bryski
Podcast read by: Devin Martin

Monday: Cinderwich by Cherie Priest

By: Rebecca Turkewitz

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Wednesday: The Black Orb by Ewhan Kim, translated by Sean Lin Halbert

By: David Hebblethwaite

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Friday: Wheel of the Infinite by Martha Wells

By: Electra Pritchett

Issue 14 Oct 2024

By: David Bowers-Mason

By: Emma Goldman-Sherman

Podcasts, SH@25

SH@25 Episode 2: An Interview with Kate Heartfield

By: Kat Kourbeti
By: Kate Heartfield

Monday: The 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Shortlist, Part One

By: M. L. Clark

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Wednesday: The 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Shortlist, Part Two

By: M. L. Clark

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Friday: The Nightward by R. S. A. Garcia

By: Joy Sanchez-Taylor

Issue 7 Oct 2024

The Aquarium for Lost Souls

By: Natasha King

fursonas are not enough, i need to be a moss-coated mech

By: Wren Douglas

By: Sonya Taaffe

Podcast: A Recipe for Life, A Tonic for Grief

By: Christopher Blake
Podcast read by: Emmie Christie

Monday: Foul Days by Genoveva Dimova

By: Ian J. Simpson

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Wednesday: The Other Side Of The Mirror by Dana Evyn

By: Racheal Chie

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Friday: The Shrieking of Nothing by Jordan A. Rothacker

By: Dave Fitzgerald

Issue 30 Sep 2024

Worlds I Didn't Hear

By: Brian Hugenbruch

The Battle Verses of Prufrock J. Alfred

By: Rachel Rodman

Articles, Non-Fiction

In Other Wor(l)ds

By: Shrinidhi Narasimhan

Columns, Non-Fiction

Stories From The Radio: The Slide - Danger Point

By: Kuzhali Manickavel

Podcasts, SH@25

SH@25 Episode 1: A Long-Awaited Celebration

By: Kat Kourbeti
By: Michael Ireland

Monday: Capitalism: A Horror Story by Jon Greenaway

By: Aran Ward Sell

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Wednesday: The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister

By: Sally Parlier

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Friday: Good Night, Sleep Tight by Brian Evenson

By: David Lewis

Issue 23 Sep 2024

#000000: From the Permanent Collection

By: LeeAnn Perry
Art by: nino

By: Jennifer Mace

By: Marisca Pichette

Monday: Speculative Poetry and the Modern Alliterative Revival: A Critical Anthology edited by Dennis Wilson Wise

By: Daniel A. Rabuzzi

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Wednesday: When Shadows Grow Tall by Maressa Voss

By: Tristan Beiter

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Friday: The Future by Catherine Leroux, translated by Susan Ouriou

By: Duncan Lawie

Issue 16 Sep 2024

By: Marie Brennan

[time wrinkles]

By: Emily O Liu

Monday: In the Shadow of the Fall by Tobi Ogundiran

By: Archita Mittra

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Wednesday: The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Older

By: Safia H. Senhaji

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Friday: Shadows Rising by Rohan Monteiro

By: Sneha Pathak

Issue 9 Sep 2024

Aubade from the After Days

By: Mary Soon Lee

By: Ali Householder

Monday: The 2024 Olympics Closing Ceremony directed by Thomas Jolly

By: David Lewis

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Wednesday: MADNESS by Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué

By: Octavia Cade

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Friday: Luminous Beings by David Arnold and Jose Pimienta

By: Nileena Sunil

Issue 2 Sep 2024

By: Emma Johnson-Rivard

Veiling the Statues

By: Raven Jakubowski

By: Elis Montgomery

Monday: The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar

By: Electra Pritchett

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Wednesday: The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir, translated by Mary Robinette Kowal

By: Rachel Cordasco

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Friday: This Ravenous Fate by Hayley Dennings

By: Ian J. Simpson

Issue 26 Aug 2024

Azimuth, Editorials, Non-Fiction

A Hugo Award - And More!

By: Gautam Bhatia

The Final Trick

My Favorite Taiwanese Folktale

By: Caroline Hung

Articles, Non-Fiction

Africanfuturism Beyond the Future

By: Jenna Hanchey

Columns, Non-Fiction

Science Fiction is an Intellectual Technology

Critical Friends, Podcasts

Critical Friends Episode 12: Canon-Building with Abigail Nussbaum

By: Aishwarya Subramanian and Dan Hartland

Monday: From the Belly by Emmett Nahil

By: E. C. Barrett

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Wednesday: Rose/House by Arkady Martine

By: Vanessa Jae

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Friday: Technical Slip: Collected Stories by John Wyndham

By: Octavia Cade

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