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The lead-up to Kennedy’s circus of sci-fi fantasists and food bloggers provides an object lesson in how the left cedes fertile political territory to the right.
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Annie Levin, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
The production designer, whose collaboration with writer-director Guillermo del Toro dates back nearly 30 years to the sci-fi drama Mimic, was briefed on the adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic long before del Toro’s script was written.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 10 Feb. 2026
This is either the milieu of an early-nineties sci-fi novel or something close to a naturalistic portrayal of contemporary San Francisco.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
The stats behind Musk’s sci-fi claims Though Musk often positions his companies as philanthropic enterprises devised to expand consciousness and tackle existential questions, there is a clear financial incentive behind his dealings and his statements.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 9 Feb. 2026
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Annie Levin, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
The production designer, whose collaboration with writer-director Guillermo del Toro dates back nearly 30 years to the sci-fi drama Mimic, was briefed on the adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic long before del Toro’s script was written.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 10 Feb. 2026
This is either the milieu of an early-nineties sci-fi novel or something close to a naturalistic portrayal of contemporary San Francisco.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
The stats behind Musk’s sci-fi claims Though Musk often positions his companies as philanthropic enterprises devised to expand consciousness and tackle existential questions, there is a clear financial incentive behind his dealings and his statements.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 9 Feb. 2026
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“Sci-fi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sci-fi. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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