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Among the many alien species in "Star Wars," the Wookiees are known not only for their height and strength but for their unshakable loyalty. Native to the forest planet Kashyyyk, Wookiees live high in the wroshyr trees, where survival depends on trust and cooperation. Their most respected custom is the life debt—a lifelong promise of service to someone who has saved a Wookiee...

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War Without End

Joe Haldeman's "The Forever War" appeared in 1974, a time when the United States was still reckoning with the Vietnam conflict and its long shadow.

Science fiction had always reflected the concerns of its age, and Haldeman, who had served as a combat engineer in Vietnam, used the genre to express truths that traditional war novels could not reach. His st...

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Piter de Vries, the Twisted Mentat of House Harkonnen, remains one of the most unsettling minds in Frank Herbert's "Dune." He combines brilliance and cruelty in equal measure, thinking with flawless precision yet taking pleasure in pain. Readers and filmgoers remember him as a reminder that intelligence without morality is a danger greater than any weapon.

Origins and Cont...

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In "Star Wars," two great powers rise to shape the fate of the galaxy. The Galactic Empire and the First Order both promise unity and peace through control.

Their banners, soldiers, and starships look the same, yet the worlds behind them could not be more different. Each regime grows from the ruins of a broken order and reveals something unique about the nature of tyran...

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This Week in Classic Science Fiction

On November 23, 1963, British viewers met a strange traveler in a blue police box. The program was "Doctor Who," and the first story was "An Unearthly Child."

No one knew this quiet Saturday broadcast would mark the beginning of one of television's longest journeys. The show was meant to teach history and science through adventure, ye...

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