Strange Horizons

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?

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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

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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The Doll’s Alphabet by Camilla Grudova

By: Paul Kincaid

26 Apr 2019

The semiotics of the sewing machine is clearly something that deserves closer study.