[NEWS] Five science fiction links: Catherynne Valente, Babylon 5, Star Wars, Janelle Monáe, numbers

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• Lawyers, Guns and Money recently took a look at the way the great author Catherynne M. Valente made use of culture as a force in her briliant Space Opera.


• I quite enjoyed this oral history of Babylon 5, over at Syfy.


• MEL Magazine hosts this great article arguing the strength of The Last Jedi is that it does not give in to the wishes of fans.


• Vox's exploration of the Afrofuturism of Janelle Monáe's work really laid out these influences on her for me.


• James Nicoll recently asked an interesting question at Tor: Where is all the science fiction dealing with depopulation, with population decline?