Strange Horizons - Non-Fiction

What does it mean to be good? How can a person lead a moral life? Is it a matter of determined application of free will? Is your will determined for you?

Reviews

One Cut of the Dead

By: Mazin Saleem

8 May 2019

Alongside comedy, then, is camaraderie: the camaraderie of collective art-making, especially when that art is made live and against the odds

Reviews

Mother of Invention edited by Rivqa Rafael and Tansy Rayner Roberts

By: Adri Joy

6 May 2019

Without anything but the broadest unifying theme, there's something a little magical in how effectively Mother of Invention hangs together.

Reviews

The Half God of Rainfall by Inua Ellams

By: Maureen Kincaid Speller

3 May 2019

You may be wondering what happens to demigods in the modern era. Apparently, they all play basketball, because where else can a demigod shine?

Reviews

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

By: Dan Hartland

1 May 2019

Freshwater is an attempt to tell not a universal story but a specific one, to provide not a global explanation but a precise balm.

Articles, Non-Fiction

The State of Play of Nigerian SFF Today

By: Mazi Nwonwu

29 Apr 2019

The writers are here, the stories abound, it’s the telling that only needs to be done.

Reviews

The Rosewater Insurrection by Tade Thompson

By: Gautam Bhatia

29 Apr 2019

Like the best SF, The Rosewater Insurrection sets up genuine and deep ethical and moral conflicts, and refuses us the easy luxury of straightforward resolution.