Sweatpants & Culture | Octavia E. Butler: Hope in Science Fiction
“Question: Octavia?” “Answer: You mean that tall girl who’s always writing?” “Question: Who is Octavia Butler? Where is she headed? Where has she been?” [...]
Speculative Fiction
Sweatpants & Pop Culture | George R. R. Martin’s 69th Name Day
Today, we are celebrating the birth of author, screenwriter, producer, and emotional sadist, George R. R. Martin. Source Born in Bayonne, New Jersey, on September 20, 1948, [...]
Sweatpants & Culture | Celebrating the Life of Octavia Butler on Her Seventieth Birthday
Octavia Butler opened up the science fiction genre to a more diverse readership. Today would have been her 70th birthday. [...]
Sweatpants & Pop Culture | National Science Fiction Day 2017
As we roll into the new year, let’s celebrate that genre that helps inspire us to build a better future. [...]
