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Science Fiction
Interviews with writers of science fiction and scholars of science fiction about their new books.
June 11, 2026
Earth 7: A Novel, (Graywolf Press 2026)
Well, that’s about it for the story of planet Earth, poor Earth, reduced to not much more than a piece of burnt coal. But, as Deb Olin Unferth shows i…
June 9, 2026
Earth 7
With thanks to “forever” plastics, the earth has reverted to sand and dust. Dylan has been raised by her scientist mother, in a pod under the sea, and…
June 7, 2026
Reimagining the Human in Contemporary French Science Fiction
The study of French science fiction – even in France – remains an underexploited field. Only recently have French literary scholars been able to gain …
June 5, 2026
Contemporary French and Francophone Futuristic Novels
Contemporary French and Francophone Futuristic Novels: The Longing to be Written and its Refusal (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) sheds a new light on the m…
April 15, 2026
Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Science Fact
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to watch a double sunset on Tatooine, stand among the sand dunes of Arrakis or gaze at the gas-giant plan…
March 15, 2026
Flaxman Low
Flaxman Low, literature’s first professional, full-time “occult detective”—that is, an intrepid investigator who deploys the scientific method when ta…
November 10, 2025
In “Pluribus” An America Without Division, But At What Price?
It’s The Pop Culture Professors, and we analyze the first two episodes of Vince Gilligan’s new series Pluribus. The show posits an extraordinary inter…
September 29, 2025
Alien: Earth Episode Analysis
It’s The Pop Culture Professors, and we conclude our analysis of the FX series Alien: Earth with episode 7, “Emergence” and episode 8, “The Real Monst…
September 15, 2025
Alien: Earth Episode Analysis: In Space, No One… and The Fly
It’s The Pop Culture Professors, and we continue our analysis of the FX series Alien: Earth with episode 5, “In Space, No One…” and episode 6, “The Fl…
September 11, 2025
New Story of the Stone
What happens if you took one of the classic characters of Chinese literary fiction and dropped him into early 20th-century China? That’s the premise…
September 6, 2025
I Want Golden Eyes
This interview is with one of the translators, M. Lynx Qualey. A girl must save herself and her family after discovering her society's secrets in thi…
September 4, 2025
Alien: Earth Episode Analysis: Metamorphosis and Observation
It’s The Pop Culture Professors, and we continue our analysis of the FX series Alien: Earth with episode 3, “Metamorphosis” and episode 4, “Observatio…
September 2, 2025
Positive Obsession
A magnificent cultural biography, Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler (Amistad, 2025) charts the life of one of our greatest w…
August 7, 2025
Planetary Boundaries are Non-Negotiable
With influential series on California, on the terraforming of Mars, and on human civilization as reshaped by rising tides, Kim Stanley Robinson has …
July 21, 2025
A Fiction Writer’s Guide to Peace
Superhero violence and graphic action sequences are prevalent on the screen and on the page, but this book takes an alternative route with practical g…
June 21, 2025
The Midnight Project
NBN host Hollay Ghadery interviews Christy Climenhage, the author of the highly-anticipated science fiction thriller, The Midnight Project (Wolsak & W…
June 7, 2025
Tell Me Pleasant Things about Immortality
In this NBN episode, Hollay Ghadery speaks with Lindsay Wong about her short story collection, Tell Me Pleasant Things About Immortality (Penguin, 202…
May 18, 2025
The Politics of Andor (Season 2, Episodes 10-12): Freedom and Order
It’s the UConn Popcast, and we continue our analysis of Andor season 2 with the conclusion to the series. We break down, analyze, and explain the poli…
May 11, 2025
The Politics of Andor (Season 2 Episodes 7-9): Truth and Discipline
It’s the UConn Popcast, and we continue our analysis of Andor season 2 with episodes 7-9. We break down the politics of these episodes, focusing on …
May 3, 2025
The Politics of Andor (Season 2 Episodes 4-6): Too Much Information
It’s the UConn Popcast, and we continue our analysis of Andor season 2 with episodes 4-6. We break down the politics of these episodes, focusing on th…