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Uncanny Valley Theater: Rossum’s Universal Robots

Posted on 10 November 2023 by Suhail Rafidi

Last night’s performance of Rossum’s Universal Robots was the Tin Man’s heart! Some executive nerds of our Science Fiction Reading Group snagged front row seats at San Francisco’s imaginative and intimate Cutting Ball Theater (277 Taylor St. 94102) for a … Continue reading →

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Uncanny Valley Digest: Bloodchild by Octavia E. Butler

Posted on 28 August 2020 by Suhail Rafidi

Our Octavia Butler discussion gleamed like a beetle’s carapace! Potent imagery and penetrating themes abound in this thought-provoking, and creepy, short story. A human child living in a human preserve on an alien planet is about to come of age. … Continue reading →

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Uncanny Valley Digest: All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Posted on 17 August 2020 by Suhail Rafidi

Our All Systems Red discussion was an after dinner mint! Martha Wells kicked off her Murderbot Diaries with this well received adventure novella. Weighing in at just under 100 pages, it is reputed to be a potent and accessible gateway … Continue reading →

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