In the Oscars season, the same could be said for the new trend of Disney’s live-action adaptations, or films like “Dune: Part Two” or “Wicked,” which merely retell a story that has already been told for decades. Thus, there is seldom much creative freedom in a cover band, or...
In the past, “god-emperor” has been used by historians and subjects to describe the Roman and Japanese emperors; Jesus Christ; and massive, immortal, psychic human-worm hybrid Leto II Atreides from Frank Herbert’s sci-fi novel God Emperor of Dune. It is unclear which god-emperor the ...
So what follows here is an attempt to really reckon with the alt-right and its fellow travelers: to organize and catalogue influences, philosopher-kings, and shit-posting foot soldiers; to track the movement’s history, its future, and the story of how the modern internet made it possible; ...