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SPRING 2025 FINALE: ONE YEAR OF SYNTHESIZED SUNSETS
Today marks exactly one year since the first post on Synthesized Sunsets. To celebrate the occasion, Gordon and Kevin take a look back at how it all…
Jul 16
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XX: A Career in Science Fiction Criticism w/Rich Horton
This week we spoke with long time Science Fiction reviewer and anthologist Rich Horton. We talked about his experience in the early internet sci-fi…
Jul 10
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Gordon
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Rich Horton
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Addendum: Shunrō Oshikawa, ChatGPT, and the Birth of the "Pre-Translator"
An AI translation, for instance, may be nothing like a human-crafted translation.
Jul 10
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Kevin
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Addendum: Shunrō Oshikawa, ChatGPT, and the Birth of the "Pre-Translator"
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Hugo Awards Review #4: The Ministry of Time + Someone You Can Build a Nest In
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Jul 7
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Kevin
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Gordon
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Hugo Awards Review #4: The Ministry of Time + Someone You Can Build a Nest In
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Reference: The SFF Magazine Canon (now with foreign magazines)
Last week, I posted a comprehensive guide to the major SFF magazines, as well as a general overview of how the current landscape came to be.
Jul 1
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Kevin
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Hugo Awards Review #3: The Tainted Cup + A Sorceress Comes to Call
Two fantasy novels from Robert Jackson Bennett and T. Kingfisher
Jun 29
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Kevin
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Hugo Awards Review #3: The Tainted Cup + A Sorceress Comes to Call
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The SFF Magazine Canon
Last month I talked about “The Web Fiction Canon”, which ended up being by far our most popular post.
Jun 27
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Kevin
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Shunrō Oshikawa, ChatGPT, and the Birth of the "Pre-Translator"
How LLMs could help open up whole new worlds of literature
Jun 24
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Kevin
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Shunrō Oshikawa, ChatGPT, and the Birth of the "Pre-Translator"
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Translation: The Great Moon Race! (1907)
A classic Japanese sci-fi short story by Shunrō Oshikawa, translated by Kevin Kodama w/ assistance from various computer models
Jun 19
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Kevin
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Translation: The Great Moon Race! (1907)
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XIX: Characterizing Rational Fiction w/ Alexander Wales
The week we were joined by prolific author of rational fiction Alexander Wales.
Jun 13
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Gordon
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Hugo Awards Review #2: Alien Clay + Service Model
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Jun 7
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Kevin
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XVIII: Chinese Sci-Fi Fandom w/ Regina Kanyu Wang
This week we hosted Regina Kanyu Wang, an award-winning writer and editor of Chinese science fiction.
Jun 2
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Kevin
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