Genre Breakdown

Introduction: As with many genres, the exact origin and nature of steampunk is open to debate. It is believed that the term was coined by author K. W. Jeter as a way to describe his own oeuvre as well as

This week, I’ll be taking a look at another genre, or subject, near and dear to my own heart. Let me start with a confession: when I list my favorite movies, I inevitably tend to list titles one might classify

When it comes down to it, giant humanoid robots have to be the least tactically sound instruments of war to emerge from the imaginations of the science fiction community. Unlike tanks, they can be felled with a well-placed tree, tripping

Few genres are as steeped in nihilism as cyberpunk. Often set in near-future worlds, the books, films, and games of the cyberpunk genre often examine the intersection between high technology and the fringe of society. Characters aren’t simply confronted with

In reality, the life of pirates was not unlike the life of a man without society in Hobbes’ estimation: “solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short.” Conditions on sailing vessels were dire and grim, and the peril of travel across the