"Part of being a kid is to explore the world around you"

Bestselling writers Neil Gaiman and Susanna Clarke talk with Salon about fairies, folk tales and fighting the tyranny of realism.

Readers respond to articles on Hitler's Jewish psychic and Robert Brooks' vision of the future.

Was the redoubtable detective a mouthpiece for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's spiritual beliefs?

Film Salon bloggers respond to Sony's bizarre decision to fire Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire and start over

Why Patrick Bateman killed, the meeting of Sleater-Kinney and more.

The science fiction writer suggests an author who never disappoints.

The “world isn’t f*cking flat!" Tyson explained on Larry Wilmore's show last night

A new exhibit sheds light on the pair's unique friendship -- and the intellectual curiosities they shared

Tyson is right that people have the right to believe what they want—but not when it leads to exploitation and abuse

Waithe argues that major stars like Denzel Washington and Will Smith could be funding independent films

A software engineer creates "visual music" for the centennial of "The Rite of Spring"

As the master of self-reinvention -- from Ziggy Stardust to the Thin White Duke to Normal David -- he became the most influential rock star of the post-Beatles era.

Who (or what) is Baphomet, you ask? Consult your local metal band to find out

The opioid crisis and the pandemic are at least psychologically linked, as isolated people turn to drugs to cope