Awards are, of course, subjective, but they tell us that the work we do is seen and appreciated by the community that we are a part of. They are an important reminder that a space such as this holds meaning and value. So, thank you.

On the bus, my mother presses her forehead against the one-eyed vulture in the glass

Here goes the legend of Aunt Tiger. In the dead of night, she knocks at your doorstep.

Perhaps, then, Africanfuturism does not require a Western sense of the future, because Africanfuturism is also now.

Science fiction is part of our world, and is much more than the presence of stories with the furniture (robots, aliens, rocket ships, cyborgs) of the genre. It is the way we respond to changes and technology.  It is a palette of reactions and discussions palpable in classrooms, headlines, and news rooms every hour every day.

In this episode of  Critical Friends , the  Strange Horizons SFF criticism podcast, Aisha and Dan discuss the knotty question of "the canon": what is it, how is it formed, who is it for? They do so in conversation with the critic Abigail Nussbaum, whose new reviews collection, Track Changes , has just been published by Briardene Books.

Awards are, of course, subjective, but they tell us that the work we do is seen and appreciated by the community that we are a part of. They are an important reminder that a space such as this holds meaning and value. So, thank you.

On the bus, my mother presses her forehead against the one-eyed vulture in the glass

Here goes the legend of Aunt Tiger. In the dead of night, she knocks at your doorstep.

Perhaps, then, Africanfuturism does not require a Western sense of the future, because Africanfuturism is also now.

Science fiction is part of our world, and is much more than the presence of stories with the furniture (robots, aliens, rocket ships, cyborgs) of the genre. It is the way we respond to changes and technology.  It is a palette of reactions and discussions palpable in classrooms, headlines, and news rooms every hour every day.

In this episode of  Critical Friends , the  Strange Horizons SFF criticism podcast, Aisha and Dan discuss the knotty question of "the canon": what is it, how is it formed, who is it for? They do so in conversation with the critic Abigail Nussbaum, whose new reviews collection, Track Changes , has just been published by Briardene Books.