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Sandra Newman’s ‘The Country of Ice Cream Star’ Is a Heavy Read
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Sandra Newman’s ‘The Country of Ice Cream Star’ Is a Heavy Read

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Jeremy Estes
/ 23 April 2015
There’s talk of war, rape, disease -- all things we associate with the worst of adulthood. But Newman never lets us forget that these are children.
The Future Is Always Now: ’21st Century Science Fiction’
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The Future Is Always Now: ’21st Century Science Fiction’

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Jeremy Estes
/ 4 February 2014
Science fiction was never really about predicting the future so much as it was extrapolating and speculating on possible futures.
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‘Welcome to the Greenhouse’: Getting Comfortable with Uncomfortable Ideas

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Jeremy Estes
/ 4 April 2011
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After So Long, the Quest Itself Becomes the Quest In ‘Doctor Who: Underworld’

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Jeremy Estes
/ 19 July 2010
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Who Dropped the Bomb on Me? ‘Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon’

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Jeremy Estes
/ 18 July 2010

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