Speculative fiction

How close are we to a dystopia?

The dystopian threats of the future

Can we get accustomed to the unpredictable? Can we prepare ourselves for something that wreaks havoc with plans and daily rituals? The truth is that we have to start coming to terms with the fact that extreme weather phenomena will not be an occasional occurrence from now on, that it will hit us with increasing intensity and that its impact will become all the harder to calculate.

Fantasy, crime, or novel?

The cultural tier has to do with language and public imagination. The strategy is far more insidious than just taking part in public debate. Anti-choice propaganda is relentless, loud, gruesome and repetitive. It ignores reality, it appeals to deep-felt anxieties. It can be brutal, as with images of cut-up, bloody foetuses paraded in front of schools or driven around on the sides of vans.

Anne Rice, the gothic novelist best known for writing "Interview with the Vampire," died on Dec. 11 aged 80, her family said.

"In her final hours, I sat beside her hospital bed in awe of her accomplishments and her courage," her son Christopher Rice said in a post on her Facebook page.

He said she died of complications from a stroke.

With a goal to remind people about the value of the world and life itself, a Turkish artist has been turning waste materials such as stone, glass, bone and metal into "post-apocalyptic" artworks to express the importance of life through his works.

Fantasy writer George R.R. Martin has signed a five-year deal with HBO, the studio said on March 29, raising hopes among "Game of Thrones" fans for countless more adventures set among the dragons and warring families of Westeros.

A sequel to Game of Thrones, entitled "House of the Dragon," has been commissioned by HBO, WarnerMedia reported.

The new epic fantasy world of George R.R. Martin will follow events that happened 300 years before the events of the hit television series "Game of Thrones" and is based on the book "Fire and Blood", AFP reported.

The most anticipated 2019 movies aren't exactly the most original bunch. Most of them are sequels and adaptations, but we're still excited!

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