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Review of 1984 by Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov's 1980 critique of Orwell's novel 1984, written as the year approached, examining what Orwell got right and…
Richard Williams' A Christmas Carol: An Appreciation
An appreciation of Richard Williams' Oscar-winning 1971 animated A Christmas Carol, which mimics Victorian engravings an…
Robert Fulford on the Person from Porlock
Robert Fulford's column on Coleridge's famous person from Porlock, the visitor who supposedly interrupted Kubla Khan, an…
Rocky Horror: A Virgin's Guide
A first-timer's guide to the audience participation rituals of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, from callback lines and pr…
Royal Tenenbaum's World of Futura
Type designer Mark Simonson catalogs Wes Anderson's obsessive use of the Futura typeface in The Royal Tenenbaums, from b…
Samuel L. Clemens to Orion Clemens, 1874
Mark Twain's 1874 letter to his brother written on his newly bought typewriter, typos and all, presented with notes and…
Sci-Fi Interfaces: Hackers
A design critique of the computer interfaces in the 1995 film Hackers, looking at which screens and visual effects were…
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Scrooge McDuck and the Frankish Kings
A rabbit-hole essay on why Scrooge McDuck is called Dagobert in German, tracing the name from a Disney translator back t…
Searching for the Self-Loathing Woman Writer
A long read asking whether famous women writers hated themselves or were writing about a world that hated them, weighing…
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Selling Dystopia: Early Promotional Artwork for Metropolis
A blog post gathering the striking posters, brochures and promotional art made for Fritz Lang's Metropolis, many adapted…
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Separated by a Common Language
A linguist's blog dissecting the differences between British and American English, one word or expression at a time, wit…
SF Writers At War
A blog essay on how Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov and L. Sprague de Camp worked side by side at the Philadelphia Navy Ya…
Shmoop
Study guides that break down classic novels, poems, and plays with a witty, conversational tone, aimed at making literat…
Short Little Difficult Books
A reading list of challenging, stylish and formally inventive novels short enough to finish in a day, with a few lines o…
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Sincerely, John Hughes
A woman recounts how a teenage fan letter turned into a years-long pen-pal friendship with filmmaker John Hughes, and wh…
SmokeLong Quarterly
A leading flash fiction magazine publishing free stories under a thousand words, often paired with author interviews and…
Some of the Most Fun Cryptic Clues Ever Written
A collection of the cleverest, most devious and silliest cryptic crossword clues, each explained step by step so even ne…
Someone Stole My Car and Now I Own Hundreds of Vinyl Records
A wry true story from Los Angeles about a stolen car, the odd chain of events that followed, and the stash of vinyl reco…
Something Awful
A pioneering comedy forum and website from 1999 whose community spawned foundational internet memes and meme-format cult…
Soundworks Collection
A site collecting interviews and video profiles of the sound designers and composers behind major films and games.
Spotlight On Romeo Muller
Rankin/Bass historian Rick Goldschmidt profiles Romeo Muller, the writer behind Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty t…
Square Theory
A delightful essay born in a crossword Discord server on why some wordplay clues and puns feel so satisfying, with a sim…
SR-71 Blackbird Speed Check Story
A pilot's classic anecdote about the SR-71 Blackbird, where a speed check over the radio turned into a lesson in who rea…
Stand-up Maths
Comedian-mathematician Matt Parker's site collecting his recreational math projects, puzzle challenges, and playful inve…
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