October 31, 2021
by Amanda Weiss Dear Reader, Welcome to HIVEMIND Volume 1 Issue 2: Japan x Future. Our second issue explores Japanese visions of the future, American visions of Japan, and allRead More
October 31, 2021
by Rebecca Seippel We spoke with Masahiko Inoue about his short story, But First, a Toast (Shukuhai wo mae ni shite). Toast is a fictionalized account of Inoue’s experiences visiting the 1995 Son of Famous Monsters of Filmland world convention held in Universal City, California. Read the story here, publishedRead More
October 31, 2021
By Will Slater This conceptual piece explores the cross-cultural flow of cyberpunk by imagining a pen pal exchange between canonical Japanese and American cyberpunk works. March 13, 1982 Friends in America, Ugh, I’m so sickRead More
October 31, 2021
by Sofi Sanders From Godzilla and Mothra to Rodan and Gamera, many of Japanese science fiction’s most recognizable characters belong to the kaijū or monster, film genre. Godzilla (1954), the inimitable grandfather of theRead More
April 28, 2021
by Amanda Weiss, Will Slater, and Sofi Sanders Dear Reader, We are so excited to introduce the world to HIVEMIND: Global Speculative Fiction! With April 2021 marking the inaugural issueRead More