Archive - Synthesized Sunsets

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Synthesized Sunsets is a magazine and podcast about speculative fiction, romantic art, and the evolution of popular culture.

Jul 26 •

SUMMER INTRO: THE SOLAR ISSUE

Welcome to the fifth season of Synthesized Sunsets: a seasonal mag about speculative fiction and the future of pop!

Jul 26 •

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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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 •

Hugo Awards Review #4: The Ministry of Time + Someone You Can Build a Nest In

Jul 7 •

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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 •

June 2025

Hugo Awards Review #3: The Tainted Cup + A Sorceress Comes to Call

Two fantasy novels from Robert Jackson Bennett and T. Kingfisher

Jun 29 •

The SFF Magazine Canon

EDIT: We now have a complementary reference post with a comprehensive magazine list.

Jun 27 •

Shunrō Oshikawa, ChatGPT, and the Birth of the "Pre-Translator"

How LLMs could help open up whole new worlds of literature

Jun 24 •

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 •

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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