Welcome to Flashback: Revisiting New Wave Science Fiction and Fantasy.
So, how did we end up here, with me critically reviewing science fiction and fantasy magazines from my childhood? The answer isn’t complicated — as with most writers doing solo projects on the internet it’s because I want to.
But it’s a little more interesting than that, trust me.
For those who already know me, I spent more than 15 years covering LGBT politics, arts, and entertainment. Ten years later, I miss writing about culture, whether interviewing creators or reviewing movies, games, books, and more.
I don’t miss writing about politics; one thing 2016 and onward has taught me is that leaving journalism when I did was a damn good choice.
But while I’ve missed writing about culture, culture commentary has exploded since the mid-aughts, with mainstream media, indie outlets, YouTube, TikTok, and more flooding the zone with evaluations, re-evaluations, exegeses, and recaps of any cultural work with a critical or comme…
