Swordplay

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Atlanta

Donald Glover's show navigates the Atlanta rap scene with surreal precision

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Outer Wilds

The most meditative space exploration game — about curiosity and loss

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Invisible Man

Ellison's novel about Black American invisibility is the literary foundation hip-hop keeps returning to

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Dune

Herbert's foundational epic — ecology, religion, and empire across the stars

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Arrival

Denis Villeneuve's quiet masterpiece about language, time, and choice