Welcome to Unnecessary Reboots, a series in which I write a plot synopsis for a 2020 reboot of a film that doesn’t need one, because I’m a bad person.
Rebooting You’ve Got Mail, a quintessentially 1998 film, may seem insane, until you consider that it’s actually based on a Hungarian play from 1937, and also, that there’s no such thing as sanity or common decency here.
The Hugo Awards are an interesting set of awards. Decided by those who choose to attend or to support the operation of a given year’s World Science Fiction Convention, the Hugos are a blend of a popularity contest and an industry award, voted on by fans and professionals alike. Even though the award is essentially a popularity contest–to the point where it has been famously skewed by voters working towards a political agenda–it still has a lot of clout within the sci-fi community. Despite some ballot-rigging, the finalists, and doubly so the winners, tend to be a representation of the great things happening in sci-fi.
It’s true: I’ve decided, on top of everything else going on in my life, to take the NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) plunge.
Handbook for Mortals by Lani Sarem is a YA novel about Las Vegas and the supernatural that was recently poised to debut at #1 on The New York Times bestseller list. But Twitter quickly caught onto the fact that this monumental debut wasn’t all it seemed–and the YA book community has exploded.
Let’s talk about what all has been learned and what we might think about this.
the wolves are howling
tell them
I’ll be out in a minute.
I just need another second
with these warm sheets
with this serenity
this human self
before I walk out
dress myself in full moon
rip away my skin
and lope away with them
tell the wolves
i’ll only be a minute
i just need
to remember what it is to be outside
to be me
instead of this quiet
human mess
between the sheets
tell the wolves
i haven’t forgotten
i just need
a minute.