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John Crowley

John Crowley is the author of Little, Big and the Ægypt cycle. His most recent novel is Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr. He teaches at Yale University.

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Arts in Society

A World of Electric Children

Science fiction author Ted Chiang wrote the story for the Academy Award–winning film Arrival. Now his new collection of short stories gives us further glimpses of possible futures.

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Arts in Society

The Private Edward Gorey

The cult artist and author proves an evasive subject for biography, a fact that would surely have delighted him.

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Arts in Society

A Postcard from Ursula

A science fiction writer remembers his early correspondences with Ursula Le Guin.

John Crowley

Arts in Society

Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr

On this day, the Crows of the region joined the history of People, and their own history began.

John Crowley

Arts in Society

Inside Every Utopia Is a Dystopia

A new biography of Norman Bel Geddes, designer of the Futurama, tells the story of American innovation.

John Crowley

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Stranger Things: The Rise and Fall of UFOs and Life on the Moon

Let's all move to the moon.

John Crowley

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Paul Park’s Hidden Worlds

Paul Park’s fantasy troubles the line between fiction and reality.

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Forget Harry Potter

Adults Should Read Joan Aiken's Wolves.

John Crowley

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American Counterworld

Remembering Ray Bradbury (1920–2012)

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Arts in Society

Unpacking

It’s strange to think of Katchor’s work as lifelike, but there it is. Its lifelikeness is partly a function of the felt possibility of ongoing randomness inherent in the comic-strip mode.

John Crowley

Arts in Society

Life Work

Nicholson Baker grows up.

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Worldmaker

Remembering Thomas Disch.

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