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Francis Gene-Rowe teaches science fiction, game writing and fantasy at the University of Surrey. Francis is the London Science Fiction Research Community's longest standing co-director, and also serves as Councillor of the British Science Fiction Association and judge for next year's Clarke Award. Areas of interest include Philip K. Dick, William Blake, Ursula K. Le Guin, tabletop gaming, anti-racism, ecology, speculative poetry, critical dystopia, situated knowledges and goblin futures. Contact Francis via Instagram at @francisgenerowe.


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15 Jun 2026

Despite the two hundred and fifty-two million years that separate us, I feel close to you tonight, dear trilobites.
Queer how the sea makes no bed to set a clock by
We did not call it resurrection. We are not careless with words.
Friday: House of Margins by Tloto Tsmaase 
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