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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: Cordwainer Smith Redux

Posted on 26 July 2019 by Suhail Rafidi

Our Cordwainer Smith discussion twanged like a rubber rock band! We’ve read Cordwainer Smith before, but wanted to drill down a little deeper. For good background information, below is a link to a 2018 piece in Johns Hopkins Magazine on … Continue reading →

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Beowulf and the Fate of Music

Posted on 24 October 2018 by Suhail Rafidi

Before medieval European civilization developed anything as novel as a “book,” “scroll,” or “codex,” there was the mind of the storyteller. The storyteller was given a special seat by the fire, fed for knowledge, and oft given full attention. The … Continue reading →

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