by Zackary Russell | Jun 20, 2024 | Theology and Culture
Cyberpunk has a lot to say about the future world we’re all beginning to inhabit. The common themes of these stories are: Advanced technology invades all of life Corporations wield more power and influence than government Rampant crime plagues every block...
by Zackary Russell | Jun 13, 2024 | Theology and Culture
“High-tech, low life.” That was the phrase I kept running across a few years ago when I started asking, “What is cyberpunk? What makes the genre unique?” It’s a pretty good summary. Cyberpunk stories envision a world teeming with...
by Zackary Russell | Feb 8, 2024 | Interviews
Since 2020, I have been a premium subscriber to The Babylon Bee, which gives me access to the headline forum. There, alongside thousands of other subscribers, I pitch headlines for the Bee staff to consider using in an article. So far I’ve had a dozen headlines...
by Zackary Russell | Dec 22, 2022 | Newsletter
Imagine the first Christmas on an alien planet. How might this tradition look and feel familiar, yet strange? What would be different about a snowball fight in lower gravity? Religious elements like Christmas celebrations are often missing from modern science fiction....
by Zackary Russell | Oct 12, 2022 | Podcast
This episode is Part 5 of our “Fiction’s Chief End” series on the Fantastical Truth podcast. We’ve been exploring the fundamental questions off and on, whether fiction itself is beneficial to the Christian, and whether specific genres have...