FIRST DRAFTS OF THE FUTURE

A special section devoted to science fiction: its appeal, its legacy. It is a genre defined by possibilities. But what those possibilities are—and where they lead us—has everything to do with where we’ve been.

BUSTER KEATON’S LAST STAND

Production for The General  involved guns, bombs, fires, and the blowing up of a bridge in a tiny Oregon town. When the filming was over, the comedic legend’s career was in tatters. Forty years later, the movie was hailed as a masterpiece.

DEAR INGA, LOVE JACK

Danish beauty Inga Arvad was a scoop-driven journalist courted by royalty, the Nazis, and a young John F. Kennedy—before finding peace in the West. An unlikely tale of reinvention, redemption, and enduring love.

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