Out-of-Body Experiences: Recent Israeli Science Fiction and Fantasy
“Common themes exist among some if not all of these books: the fluidity of identity in our social media world, …
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Brave New Golems
As pop culture monsters, golems may not have the cachet of zombies or vampires but they haunt us nevertheless, as shown …
The Inklings
Had you the good fortune of being present at a gathering of the Inklings, you might have witnessed J. …
What Does an Acclaimed Israeli Sci-Fi Writer Have to Tell Us about the Israel of Tomorrow?
“To this familiar Tel Aviv scene, however, with its characteristic mix of squalor and charm, Tidhar has added cyborgs, chip-implanted …
Why Are There No Great Israeli Superheroes?
Age of Ultron, this year’s Avengers film sequel, has generated $1.4 billion worldwide at the box office so far, a …
Jews of Dune
Frank Herbert’s Dune, often named as the greatest science fiction novel ever written, turns 50 this year. Set thousands of …
Meet the New Weird
Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach trilogy of sci-fi / horror novels is contemporary, in some ways even trendy. The cast of …
The Once and Future Jews of Dan Simmons
Science fiction writer Dan Simmons is the author of more than two dozen novels. Not all of them are science …
Down the Israeli Rabbit Hole With Shimon Adaf
the matter of science fiction is the geography of reason; of horror, the geography of anxiety; of fantasy, the geography …
Sex and Game of Thrones
Like most of America, I’m currently making my way through George R. R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire series. …
The Disappointment of Smaug
I loved the first Peter Jackson Hobbit film, and if I am cooler now towards his three amazing Lord of …
Riding Leviathan: A New Wave of Israeli Science Fiction and Fantasy
“Rabbinic conspiracies, Leviathan-riding heroines, a top-secret Israel Defense Forces demon-hunting unit, ghosts and amnesiacs, a gay messiah—all these can be …
On Hiding
King Louis XIII, according to the journals of his physician Heroard, played hide-and-seek with soldiers as a small boy, and …
