Swift had read Cyrano, and Gulliver is a cunning variation on the by then conventional themes of science fiction, one in which islands are substituted for planets. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He had written a science fiction novel called The Lazarus Door, which was wildly popular. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

H. G. Wells in The Time Machine explored these possibilities as have countless other writers of science fiction. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its account of a voyage to the moon marks the beginning of science fiction in English. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I thought that was just some science fiction myth.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Yet many of the ideas of science fiction, like submarines and travel to the moon, have become matters of science fact. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the past decade, science fiction had become popular in radio, comics, and film. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Some people—science fiction writers and artists, for instance—have speculated on what other beings might be like. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m right next to one of the biggest private libraries in the world,” said Billy, meaning Eliot Rosewater’s collection of science fiction. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Congress admonished the brain busters not to waste taxpayer money on “science fiction” and dreams of manned spaceflight. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells, though it is a work of science fiction, would be turned down because the word war appeared in its title. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or does that sound like science fiction to such big geniuses! Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the publication of his novels The Time Machine and The Island of Doctor Moreau in the mid-1890s, he became known for his innovative scientific romances, today known as science fiction. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Mr. Keeney was already at his desk, reading another paperback science fiction book. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Rosewater said an interesting thing to Billy one time about a book that wasn’t science fiction. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

No science fiction or fantasy is going to help me. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Kepler, on the other hand, lectured on astronomy in schools, published extensively and often at his own expense, and wrote science fiction, which was certainly not intended primarily for his scientific peers. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the meantime two scientists had developed a theory about HeLa that sounded far more like science fiction than anything Rifkin had come up with: HeLa, they said, was no longer human. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

But my favorite message from God in Dad’s science fiction novel was this: Lie down and let me eat you. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Carl Sagan in Cosmos raised the possibility that if you traveled downward into an electron, you might find that it contained a universe of its own, recalling all those science fiction stories of the fifties. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Imaginary time may sound like science fiction but it is in fact a well-defined mathematical concept. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have no idea. I can’t read it. But a lot of her jobs are junky self-help books that she complains about. She’s more of a science fiction fan.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

These opening lines of H. G. Wells’ 1897 science fiction classic The War of the Worlds maintain their haunting power to this day.* Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

To relax, he read science fiction and studied Einstein’s theory of relativity. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Time travel was science fiction in nineteen seventy-six. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

So in order to have any human interest in their stories, science fiction writers had to suppose that we would one day discover how to travel faster than light. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anger sends out a strange energy, like a force field in a science fiction movie. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Cosmic strings may sound like pure science fiction but there are reasons to believe they could have formed in the early universe as a result of symmetry-breaking of the kind discussed in Chapter 5. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Delilah rushes to the only bookstore in the city that miraculously carries Howie Maldonado’s science fiction novel, The Lost Twin of Bone Bay. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Perhaps they have a different sort of spaceship or ray gun, but in battle—and science fiction loves to portray battles between civilizations—they and we are rather evenly matched. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a dizzying experience, as though time had sped forward in a science fiction novel, to suddenly hug one’s fully grown child. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

American television viewers tuned in religiously to science fiction television programs like Space Patrol and Tales of Tomorrow. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The first astronauts, those chosen few, experienced what once was only found in science fiction books. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Though the Casimir force—a mysterious, phantom force exerted by nothing at all—seems like science fiction, it exists. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The idea of wormholes between different regions of space-time was not an invention of science fiction writers but came from a very respectable source. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went to the library and used a part of my day reading science fiction, and in its marble washroom I changed my bandage. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A standard motif in science fiction and UFO literature assumes extraterrestrials roughly as capable as we. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It takes forward thinking to write science fiction. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fantasy and science fiction dazzled her, especially The Lord of the Rings. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Kilgore Trout became Billy’s favorite living author, and science fiction became the only sort of tales he could read. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my father’s science fiction book, the one that caused such a tremendous stir, all the aliens who’d come here through Lazarus Doors took the names of angels from the Bible and from the Koran. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

A closely related problem that is also of concern to writers of science fiction is rapid interstellar or intergalactic travel. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It came about because Kepler wrote one of the first works of science fiction, intended to explain and popularize science. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the science fiction movie, he had biceps as thick as fireplace logs and used them to swat off evil droids. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Both sets of ideas passed into the public imagination through Sunday supplements and science fiction. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if the science fiction I had read all my life were coming true. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tissue culture was the stuff of racism, creepy science fiction, Nazis, and snake oil. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Thereafter, Tasmania’s population of 4,000 hunter-gatherers remained out of contact with all other humans on Earth, living in an isolation otherwise known only from science fiction novels. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“What we heard from our daughter made it sound like there was a science fiction movie unfolding at the school.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Some of the planets sound ominous, like something you’d find in a science fiction movie set in some alien world—“alien world” as in world with aliens, not non-Earth world. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Both were about her mother’s cells, and neither was science fiction. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Dad likes to give me old-time science fiction. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When the Great Six inspected my library record and found it top-heavy with adventure and science fiction, they prescribed appropriate doses of Steinbeck, Faulkner, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But by then she had set her sights on science fiction, having published her first story, “Nor Custom Stale,” the year before in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Joanna Russ, Who Drew Women to Sci-Fi, Dies at 74 2011-05-08T07:23:01Z

Mr. Williamson first made his professional mark at 17 as the youngest contributor to EC, the publisher of somewhat notorious horror tales, as well as combat stories and science fiction. Al Williamson, ?Flash Gordon? Comic Artist, Dies at 79 2010-06-21T04:04:00Z

Yellow Blue Tibia riffs on the heavily politicised history of Soviet science fiction to create the ultimate in paranoid conspiracy theories. Adam Roberts: last of the SF writers 2013-02-15T11:09:00Z

He wrote his doctoral thesis on Marxism and international law, and began submitting short stories, unsuccessfully, to science fiction magazines, before an agent took him on. Squid?s Meaty Role in China Mi?ville?s ?Kraken? 2010-07-23T22:21:00Z

Matheson was great at mixing horror and science fiction, and rooting the fantastical in everyday reality. Charlie Higson's top 10 horror books 2010-09-08T10:53:00Z

But it wasn’t a hard sell for the biology obsessed 14-year-old who had already learned that science fiction was a way to dream on a grand scale. Denis Villeneuve’s dreams of ‘Dune’ reach the big screen 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z

But being a science fiction writer, Mr. Gibson, 69, decided to explore it. Sci-Fi Writer William Gibson Reimagines the World After the 2016 Election 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

The three most critically acclaimed science fiction and fantasy movies of 2017 so far are Wonder Woman, Thor: Ragnarok and Logan, all of which performed well at cinemas. Has Blade Runner 2049's failure killed off the smart sci-fi blockbuster? 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z

Certainly, there are key works in science fiction that push us to consider non-capitalist futures. Why can't sci-fi and fantasy imagine alternatives to capitalism or feudalism? 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z

As always, the good ship Comic-Con comes with a lot of barnacles – offerings that really don’t belong at a convention dedicated to science fiction and fantasy but nonetheless come along for the ride. ArtsBeat: Comic-Con: What Channel Are They Promoting Again? 2013-07-18T22:30:38Z

The BBC science fiction show “Doctor Who” has a new eponymous hero, and this time it’s a woman. After 12 Men Over 54 Years, ‘Doctor Who’ is a Woman 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z

The mail-order game he creates, a science fiction story, is a strand in the braid. John Darnielle on 'Wolf in White Van,' on National Book Award longlist 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z

But the place of Iain M Banks in science fiction is already assured, and permanent. Iain Banks: 'A star whose light will travel a long way' 2013-06-10T16:56:34Z

The award was originally set up after a grant from Clarke himself, with the aim of promoting British science fiction. Sub-genres battle for Arthur C Clarke SF award 2010-03-31T11:08:00Z

This novel, which I just began, is a major departure for Seattle author Griffith, a science fiction author and essayist. Fall books: Six must-read titles by Northwest authors 2013-08-23T21:23:08Z

While Mr. Cameron has seen enormous success outside of science fiction — see “Titanic” — a majority of his career has been dedicated to futuristic fantasies. James Cameron on Science Fiction, ‘Avatar’ and the Challenges of a ‘Terminator’ Reboot 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

David Miscavige chairs the board that oversees the church, founded in the 1950s by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard. Niece of Scientology leader plans tell-all book 2012-09-25T02:16:04Z

On the calendar, there are official days for cream puffs and science fiction, but rarely one that encourages exploration, whether at home or abroad, a gap that Obscura Day aims to fill. A Day to Explore, Above Ground and Below 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z

Volker Sattel’s “Under Control,” a strikingly photographed essay film with a pronounced flavor of retro science fiction, journeys through a succession of active, abandoned and repurposed nuclear power plants in Germany and Austria. Movies: Somber Themes Dominate Berlin International Film Festival 2011-02-16T12:30:06Z

The second season of “The Expanse” premieres Wednesday at 10 p.m. and maintains the drama’s status as one of the most compelling science fiction series of recent years. “The Expanse”: Syfy’s futuristic drama returns and looks more probable than ever 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z

Fact, fantasy and science fiction mingle in this script, produced by Ars Nova and SoHo Rep, which unites an imagined Civil War soldier with the real-life artificial intelligence pioneer Ada Lovelace. Theater Listings for Oct. 2-8 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

“The Fifth Season” recently won the Hugo Award for best novel, one of the top literary prizes for science fiction and fantasy writers. N. K. Jemisin on Diversity in Science Fiction and Inspiration From Dreams 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z

He turned down the role of the Doctor in Doctor Who after the departure of Jon Pertwee but later appeared in an episode of the longrunning science fiction series as a villain opposite Tom Baker. Actor Graham Crowden dies at 87 2010-10-21T17:11:00Z

It splices together scenes from science fiction movies in which urban landscapes are filled with stereotypical “Asian” signifiers, but the actual characters are almost exclusively white. Asian-American Artists, Now Activists, Push Back Against Hate 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z

While continuing his acting career Richard was a popular figure at comic book conventions, science fiction forums and even hosted his own cruise ship events.” Richard Hatch, Battlestar Galactica's original Apollo, dies at 71 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z

The stories are a kaleidoscope of types and forms — fantasy, science fiction, verse, contemporary and graphic. ‘Black Boy Joy’ brings together 17 stories of positivity 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z

Do you want to mention some of the more optimistic books of environmental science fiction available? Review | Let’s talk about how science fiction has dealt with environmental change. It’s not all depressing. 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

The new “The Incredible True Story” is a concept album built around the rapper’s love of science fiction and anime. Logic looks to take his career to the final frontier 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

Today, when most prizes for literary fiction are limited to book-length works, the major science fiction awards — the Hugos and the Nebulas — include short fiction categories. The Fantasy Master N.K. Jemisin Turns to Short Stories 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z

An Animated Space Odyssey Beginning with accidentally sprayed Russian mucus and ending with deliberately deployed American urine, the plot of “Mars” owes at least as much to bodily fluids as it does to science fiction. | 'Mars': An Animated Space Odyssey 2010-12-03T00:27:00Z

In a Super Bowl ad, it announced that it would debut a new film in the science fiction “Cloverfield” franchise directly after the Super Bowl. Review: ‘The Cloverfield Paradox,’ Netflix’s Surprise Release, Unleashes Chaos 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z

Ben H. Winters’s apocalyptic detective story “The Last Policeman” contains an earth-shattering element of science fiction that lifts it beyond a typical procedural. Dear Match Book: I’m Seeking Satirical, Semifantastical and Stand-Out Literary Fiction 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z

For instance, science fiction’s longtime gadfly Charles Platt sent me the first two volumes of his autobiography, “An Accidental Life.” Review | One critic’s summer reading list: From a scandalous memoir to obscure literary journalism 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z

Then there’s the issue of variety – should it be five fantasy novels and five science fiction ones to be fair and even? The best science fiction and fantasy of 2019 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z

Jim’s under-explained transition through hazy stages labeled Incarnation, Examination and Debut leave the speculative portions of this science fiction lacking calories. Reviews: New Books From Anne Roiphe, Nickolas Butler and More 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

Pratt’s ballads feel more like memories than songs, and her voice sounds more like science fiction than singing. Perspective | Best music of 2019: Lana Del Rey sings lullabies about the end of America 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z

The user scored the video to Hans Zimmer’s otherworldly instrumental track “Cornfield Chase” from the 2014 science fiction film “Interstellar,” adding to the ambience. A Human-Size Spider Web Is Getting a Boost From TikTok 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z

Some writers are using science fiction and fantasy tropes to describe grim current political realities. Middle Eastern Writers Find Refuge in the Dystopian Novel 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z

Why did he choose to tell a character-driven alien invasion film as opposed to a more traditional Hollywood-style science fiction story? "Captive State" director Rupert Wyatt on sci-fi, commercial failure and the age of Trum 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z

He's hoping to eventually become a science fiction writer and director. SHOW BITS: The show must go on 2013-01-14T01:34:10Z

He played Admiral William Ross in a dozen episodes of "Deep Space Nine," the 1990s iteration of the science fiction series. 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' actor Barry Jenner dead at 75 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z

Especially when this reality was considered impossible science fiction only last week. Review | ‘The Princess Bride’ and other fantastical novels to help you escape reality 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z

In my 20s I got through a great deal of science fiction; this enthusiasm developed into an abiding interest in cosmology, which still satisfies some vague spiritual itch. Martin Amis Is Committed to the Pleasure Principle in Books 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z

In many ways, filmmakers found that making the new "TRON" movie was helped by the kind of technology that was introduced as science fiction in the original film. "TRON:Legacy" movie brings video game world to life 2010-07-23T23:19:00Z

They’re very different shows, though, demonstrating that the genre — the Mideasterner? — can be as flexible as the western or science fiction. The Mideasterner, TV’s Most Flexible Genre 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

Memorable science fiction thinks the unthinkable so we don't have to. 'Interstellar' explores outer and inner spaces 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

A big inspiration is an old-timey kind of science fiction, from back when the genre was not dominated by its dystopian strain. And for His Next Trick, Hopping Genres 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z

He started the Lunar Codex during the coronavirus pandemic to send his own work, including his science fiction books, to the moon before deciding to expand the scope. A Time Capsule of Human Creativity, Stored in the Sky 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z

His short story “A Martian Odyssey” may read a little awkwardly in places due to its pulp nature — it was published in 1934 in Wonder Stories magazine — but it changed the science fiction field. Review | Beyond ‘Dune’: Let’s talk about science fiction and fantasy novels about ecology and climate change 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z

Wheeler said he believes the popular science fiction movie will resonate with the Navajo people with its universal theme of good versus evil. Native American tribe plans to dub 'Star Wars' in Navajo 2013-05-02T01:14:08Z

The futuristic science fiction franchise was revived, spun off, big-screened; Burton was a regular and became a director too. LeVar Burton keeps the sunlight shining through the Reading Rainbow 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

In many cases, they’ll say, “I’m not writing science fiction or fantasy – it may look similar, but it’s not.” ArtsBeat: Q. & A. With ?Game of Thrones? Author 2011-04-01T12:30:50Z

There’s a strand of apocalyptic science fiction which seems to imagine that most people are just waiting for an excuse to become a cannibal. Naomi Alderman Was Writing a Pandemic Novel Before the Pandemic Hit 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z

"In science fiction, once a generation there are one or two voices that capture the times the same as bands do," says the comics writer and novelist Warren Ellis. Jeff Noon: a life in writing 2013-04-20T07:29:01Z

The Shine anthology of optimistic science fiction aims to reverse that trend by bringing together some of the most optimistic visions of our future in one volume. The bright side of science fiction 2010-04-01T10:08:00Z

There is not a clue that anyone who lives here is a writer, much less America’s greatest living science fiction writer. Ursula Le Guin Has Earned a Rare Honor. Just Don’t Call Her a Sci-Fi Writer. 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z

His appearance in Ridley Scott's science fiction bonanza is likely to earn him yet more plaudits and box-office success. Michael Fassbender 2012-05-19T23:03:25Z

Bradbury brought not only futuristic vision but literary sensibilities to science fiction and fantasy writing. Science fiction author Ray Bradbury dead at 91 2012-06-06T15:12:29Z

Anthony Burgess didn’t read science fiction Topics: Anthony Burgess, Jonathan Lethem, LA Review of Books, , science fiction, This article originally appeared on the L.A. Anthony Burgess didn’t read science fiction 2012-11-21T20:13:00Z

“And then one day the two just mixed, and I decided I wanted to do science fiction in South Africa.” Mandela in the Movies: 10 Films About Apartheid 2013-12-06T21:21:59Z

Like summer megahit Stranger Things, the intriguing new show about a 20-something woman looks to combine elements of science fiction, mystery and horror. Netflix Is Dropping a Mysterious New Show. Here’s What We Know 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

“Lemonade” is less a dramatization than a daydream, infused with black magic, embracing — if only notionally — African tribalism, science fiction, menstruation and witchcraft. Beyoncé Unearths Pain and Lets It Flow in ‘Lemonade’ 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z

In a career spanning 56 years, she has published more than 40 books that crisscross the literary spectrum, from historical novels to science fiction, poetry, short stories, children’s books and nonfiction. Margaret Atwood, Digital Deep-Diver, Writes ‘The Heart Goes Last’ 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z

Vlahos does a compelling job of weaving science fiction into contemporary culture. Young Adult Dystopian Fiction That Feels Pretty Real 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z

Writing for science fiction and fantasy magazine SFX, which he is guest editing this month, Pratchett said the popular television programme "breaks most of the laws of narrative". Pratchett attacks Doctor Who 2010-05-04T13:50:00Z

With the explosion of science fiction from the late ’30s onward, female robots and androids abounded. Review | In Ros Anderson’s ‘The Hierarchies,’ a robotic heroine longs for a better life 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z

It’s heavy on intrigue, politics and court machinations and utilizes the tried-and-true science fiction trope of transplanted memories. Review | ‘Dune’ is a classic space opera. Let’s talk about other great works in this genre. 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z

Writers, said the science fiction author Isaac Asimov, fall into two groups: "Those who bleed copiously and visibly at any bad review, and those who bleed copiously and secretly at any bad review." How not to handle bad reviews 2011-03-30T11:24:16Z

He’s adrift in the service of The Martian, Ridley Scott’s adaptation of Andy Weir’s best-selling science fiction novel. The Martian: Matt Damon gets spaced out in Ridley Scott's isolation thriller 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z

Once that process switches into high gear, the potential for the sort of breakdown that was once science fiction starts to look all too real. Climate apocalypse is here, now: Science fiction has become our new reality 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z

For those of you who want science fiction for grown-ups there are still some good pickings out there: "The Arrival", "The Expanse" series, "Under the Skin". ‘Avengers,’ the Most Lucrative Movie Franchise Ever, Is Wrapping Up. Why? 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z

All modern science fiction consists of a series of footnotes to H.G. Review | The copyright has expired on thousands of books. Here are the best ones to read. 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z

It is the role of science fiction to ask hard questions about society. "Captive State" director Rupert Wyatt on sci-fi, commercial failure and the age of Trum 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z

“Kevin already had a portfolio of real cool science fiction material,” Mr. Mills said. Kevin O’Neill, Comics Artist With a Taste for the Lurid, Dies at 69 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

To a degree it’s science fiction wrapped in an explosive package. Strangers on a Train, With Explosives 2011-04-01T23:46:02Z

You might remember the concept from a plot twist in a science fiction movie, but it’s still a tough idea for our temporal brains to grasp. Review | Eyehategod’s high-gravity metal can connect you to the heavens 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z

That conversion process causes a slight delay, while the imaginary yellow fish in Douglas Adams’s comedy science fiction series translated instantaneously. The Latest in Translation Devices 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

The most striking art is provided by the incomparable Harvey Kurtzman, who later created Mad magazine for EC, and Wally Wood, a fine artist of atmospheric science fiction. ArtsBeat: Old Nightmares Revisited in “Weird Fantasy” 2014-05-05T17:16:47Z

"In science fiction, we dream," he told The New York Times. Science fiction author Ray Bradbury dead at 91 2012-06-06T15:12:29Z

I am reading the “Nebula Awards Showcase 2017: The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy” because the truth coming out of the White House is weirder than science fiction. Review | A former congressman asked his old colleagues for book suggestions. Here’s their list. 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z

Editor's note: for the second installment of our summer reads series, we've ceded the floor to Duane Wilkins, science fiction/fantasy expert at Seattle's University Book Store. What's hot: Summer reading tips in science fiction, urban fantasy and steampunk from a Seattle expert 2011-07-10T22:48:04Z

It’s like, “Guys, we’ve all made a lot of money doing science fiction. Let’s take casual science-fiction fans who don’t know the literary underpinnings of the source materials and let’s draw those roots back.” James Cameron on Science Fiction, ‘Avatar’ and the Challenges of a ‘Terminator’ Reboot 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

TV dramas, particularly science fiction ones, find themselves negotiating the line between episodic adventures and advancing a series story arc. Outcasts: season one, episode two 2011-02-08T22:00:03Z

Ultimately, “Blackfish” is a book about power structures and the way that privilege is built on the backs of the disenfranchised — wrapped in an action-packed science fiction thriller. Review | Best science fiction and fantasy books out this month 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z

This is also the title of Brian Stableford’s new anthology of “pioneering science fiction” from Britain, the United States and France. Michael Dirda on the evolution of science fiction 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z

Marc loves science fiction, and candidly, “loves” seems rather too mild a description. Chelsea Clinton: By the Book 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

Had I known it was horror, not science fiction, I wouldn’t have watched it. Without Dave: Life After “Late Show with David Letterman” 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z

These days, it sometimes seems that half of our award-winning novels could legitimately be labeled fantasy or even science fiction. Review | In praise of pretty books 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z

And while Scott veered away from science fiction after 1982's "Blade Runner," he always wondered if there might be a fresh way back into that "Alien" universe. Director Scott revives 'Alien' DNA in 'Prometheus' 2012-06-05T17:39:09Z

There’s a certain dialogue that goes on between generations of writers, particularly science fiction and fantasy writers, because we’re part of this subculture. George R. R. Martin on the One 'Game of Thrones' Change He 'Argued Against' 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z

Like a scene in a science fiction movie, actor Robbie Amell stands inside a giant aluminum globe, staring into hundreds of bright lights and a half-dozen cameras pointed at him. At CounterPunch Studios, actors' digital doubles come to life 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z

Now our military engages three objects, and we demand firm answers while thrilling to the possibility of spycraft or science fiction, or reverting to deadpan humor. There’s a ton of crap in the sky we haven’t shot down (yet) 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z

Steampunk, a fantasy genre where steam technology still dominates the industrial landscape, is currently the driving force in science fiction. What's hot: Summer reading tips in science fiction, urban fantasy and steampunk from a Seattle expert 2011-07-10T22:48:04Z

Are there any science fiction books you would elevate to the canon? For William Gibson, Seeing the Future Is Easy. But the Past? 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

The University of Washington scored a coup last week, luring four top computer scientists from other universities to work on stuff that still seems like science fiction. Science fiction, science are big in Northwest — especially right now 2012-07-02T03:48:04Z

China Miéville expertly mixes science fiction, fantasy and surrealism in this gripping collection. Best science fiction and fantasy books of 2015 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

“The Real History” splits its examination of science fiction into four parts. BBC America’s ‘Real History’ is Science Fiction 101 2014-04-16T20:07:37Z

Once upon a time, a human organ transplant was the stuff of science fiction. Here is the one way marijuana use can kill you 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z

He has argued that “we live in a big science fiction novel we are all writing together” — but he’s not sure if it’s going to be a utopian or dystopian one. A Sci-Fi Writer Returns to Earth: ‘The Real Story Is the One Facing Us’ 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z

When Bezos founded Blue Origin in 2000, naming it after that pale blue planet where humans originated, he called upon one of his favorite science fiction writers, Neal Stephenson, to be an adviser. In This Space Race, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk Are Competing to Take You There 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z

Set during a time when “the rain is endless and heavy with sludge” and featuring an apocalyptic cult, “We Destroy the Moon” might, like a few of the other stories, be termed science fiction. Review | The appeal of ‘And I Do Not Forgive You’ is hard to articulate but impossible to resist 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z

I read a lot of science fiction, short stories as well as novels, Ted Chiang, Kelly Link. How Karen Joy Fowler’s Grandfather Lied His Way Into a Who’s Who 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z

I found it interesting that you’ve said science fiction is still struggling to be legitimized artistically. James Cameron on Science Fiction, ‘Avatar’ and the Challenges of a ‘Terminator’ Reboot 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

An early reader, he developed a taste for the science fiction magazines of the day, known as pulps for their poor-quality paper. Frederik Pohl, Worldly-Wise Master of Science Fiction, Dies at 93 2013-09-03T16:42:10Z

Banks, whose other books included "The Crow Road" and "Complicity", also wrote science fiction under the name of Iain M Banks. Scottish author Iain Banks dies of cancer, aged 59 2013-06-09T17:07:41Z

The first reviews are in for , the veteran British film-maker's first science fiction project in more than three decades, and they are broadly positive. Prometheus has landed … to mixed atmospheric readings 2012-06-01T13:59:40Z

The author, who penned 27 novels and more than 600 short stories, was often credited with elevating the much-maligned reputation of science fiction. Bradbury 'a bright burning spark' 2012-06-06T17:44:08Z

This seems meant to assuage the fears of unsuspecting viewers who might think they would be looking at fat people with money, the presence of which, on television, would feel like science fiction. Television Review: A Sitcom With More Than Empty Calories 2010-09-19T22:35:00Z

For a book that has inspired so much science fiction over the past 50 years, from “Star Wars” to “Alien,” filmed adaptations have proved difficult. Denis Villeneuve’s dreams of ‘Dune’ reach the big screen 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z

The event will include comics exhibits, a cosplay showcase, a panel discussion on how black women are represented in science fiction and, for those 9 and older, a virtual-reality experience on Afro-feminism. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

In the 1950s he began writing science fiction full time. Harry Harrison, a Prolific Writer of Satiric Science Fiction, Dies at 87 2012-08-18T02:52:27Z

His four-part masterpiece, “The Book of the New Sun,” sometimes looks like fantasy, sometimes like science fiction, but there’s no uncertainty about its magnificence — it is a work that repeatedly takes your breath away. Review | Beyond George R.R. Martin: A critic’s pick of science fiction and fantasy 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z

"Adr1ft" may look like a work of science fiction, but in reality it's one of the most deeply personal video games of 2015. 'Adr1ft' helps 'shamed' game designer pull his life back together 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

Ironically, Martin began his career as a science fiction writer in the 1970s by writing short stories. Here's How George R. R. Martin Would Improve HBO's Game of Thrones 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z

How big is the science fiction genre in Switzerland? Swiss go sci-fi 2010-05-05T10:08:00Z

Serling’s Twilight Zone flourished because it disguised its regular ventures into taboo territory behind a comforting veil of science fiction, horror and fantasy tropes, and because its writing was absolutely top notch. Do we really need a Twilight Zone revival in the era of Black Mirror? 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z

There is nothing in the premise of 1st Born to suggest a science fiction theme, which might lead one to assume that its sequel’s robot lead won’t even be playing a robot. Lights, camera, automation: should robots replace human actors? 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

“It seems like a story from science fiction.” Animals Sly Enough to Surprise David Attenborough 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

Growing up in Newark’s industrial Ironbound district, Wayne and his older brother, Alan, devoured comic books, science fiction, radio serials and movie matinees at the Adams Theater. Wayne Shorter, Intrepid Saxophonist and Composer, Dies at 89 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

There’s a strong science fiction element in this novel, which greatly adds to the comedy, but do you consider this a work of science fiction?  “It’s a literary novel that ate a pulp paperback”: Novelist John Wray on “The Lost Time Accidents” as science fiction, romance and seedy Third Reich thriller 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

Stylish, cryptic puzzle of a science fiction movie that sees a group of strangers trying to escape from a prison of booby-trapped cubed rooms. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2012-10-12T23:05:40Z

Now the Museum of the Moving Image, in partnership with the Czech Center New York, is presenting a new digital restoration of the film, based on Verne’s science fiction and presented with English subtitles. Spare Times for Children for July 10-16 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

In this less pressured environment science fiction became, in the opinion of the English novelist J.G. The Hero’s Journey: The idea you never knew had shaped “Star Wars” 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z

Nix also read from his most recent novel, Confusion of Princes, which is partly dedicated to classic science fiction writers Robert A Heinlein and Andre Norton. Garth Nix gives Edinburgh audience sneak preview of Old Kingdom prequel 2012-08-19T16:19:36Z

For a character who is more cynical, we now live a cyberhell that not even science fiction could have anticipated. ‘The Rise and Fall of Great Powers,’ by Tom Rachman 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z

I remember I read Ursula K. Le Guin when I was a kid and loved her books, but they were definitely science fiction and fantasy. "I want to believe": Alice Hoffman is always seeking magic, practical and otherwise 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z

At that point I hadn't even committed the cardinal sin of writing science fiction, so my nose was still relatively clean. Iain Banks: the final interview 2013-06-15T07:07:55Z

This is a guy with genuinely radical ideas, writing in a genre, science fiction, that is, like most genres, populated by merely faux-radical ideas. Seven Books I?m Looking Forward to in 2012 2011-12-07T09:58:46Z

Here is a very real and true thing: 2017 is making it really hard to be a science fiction writer. During Trump's present, it's gotten hard to write the future, says John Scalzi 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z

I think of your work as being largely shaped by science fiction and fantasy, but this book is closer to a haunted house story or horror story. David Mitchell is over the genre wars: “Confining an entire genre as being unworthy of your attention is a bizarre act of self-harm” 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z

Fredric Brown gained immortality with “Knock,” the most famous science fiction short-short of all time: “The last man on earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door.” A summer book list like no other 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z

It’s also why I really love science fiction. Total Recall Director Talks Remakes, Relevance and Real-Life Paranoia 2012-08-02T12:00:34Z

As a genre, science fiction offers a vision of the future. Walter Koenig: "Star Trek" is a welcome respite from the infamy of the Trump administration 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z

Apple’s streaming service, already home to “See,” “For All Mankind” and “Amazing Stories,” doubles down on traditional science fiction with a pair of ambitious projects. Fall TV 2021: The 31 Shows to Watch 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

Obama has provided a list of his favourite film and TV science fiction to Wired magazine, which he recently guest edited, taking in everything from Blade Runner to Star Wars and Star Trek. Barack to the future: what can we learn from Obama's sci-fi movie list? 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

After immense success with a line of Golden Age mysteries, it recently added imprints devoted to classic weird tales, women’s novels from before World War II and early science fiction. Review | Muriel Jaeger, a trailblazing science fiction author, deserves a new look 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z

As superheroes and science fiction continue to draw in big bucks for Hollywood, conventions have become increasingly influential places to showcase upcoming films or shows. Kapow! Superheroes come to Britain 2011-04-08T15:40:44Z

I think that there’s this tendency to look at genre fiction, science fiction and fantasy, as escapist. Leigh Bardugo on bringing her Grisha YA trilogy to a close 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z

“Stellar,” a trippy piece inspired by Afrofuturism, jazz and science fiction, is a digital work for the Baryshnikov Arts Center, available for two weeks starting June 7. A Choreographer Finds His Way, Getting Lost in the Stars 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z

They pause together and look up into the light, out into the cosmos, as people in science fiction films do. Review: An Afrofuturist Trip to the Lunarverse 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z

“Particulates” marries her interest in geometry — she’s used the hyperboloid before, most famously in her 170-foot-tall public sculpture “Mae West” — to her interest in science fiction. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief is a forensic examination of the religion invented wholesale by the science fiction writer L Ron Hubbard, 50 years ago. Alex Gibney interview: journey into the seductive world of Scientology 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z

If Dante popularised the idea of a literal underclass, it was carried into the realm of science fiction by HG Wells. Parasite, Us and the movies' subterranean blues 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z

Borderlands is a geek paradise — it specializes in new, used and rare science fiction, horror and fantasy. Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s Enduring San Francisco 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z

I didn’t think reality would catch up to science fiction so quickly. Lisa Joy on ‘Reminiscence,’ ‘Westworld’ and the Lure of Techno-Noir 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z

I mean, it's something out of a science fiction novel, you know — and now it's really happening. Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne: We're the only band "used to playing in space bubbles" 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z

Ambitious, cerebral science fiction on the big screen is hard to find. Oblivion trailer adds to the intrigue 2013-01-25T11:11:03Z

At the same time it's difficult to keep that career viable when you're so associated with one character and one genre, science fiction. George Takei: Is "Star Trek" fandom over? 2010-08-05T01:01:00Z

Mr. Keyes received the Hugo Award for his original short story and the Nebula Award for his novel, both in recognition for achievements in science fiction or fantasy. Daniel Keyes, author of the classic book ‘Flowers for Algernon,’ dies at 86

But from the jump, Phillips’s book is also operating in the realms of science fiction and body horror, becoming a wondrously demented commentary on the slipperiness and duality of the maternal state. Our Autofiction Fixation 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z

Posted to Harvard Study Suggests Working From Home Could Hurt Your Career “Suzanne, The numbers for paranormal are incomplete, since that sub-genre is usually included in science fiction, thrillers, young adult and romances....” Got 200K? Buy Steinbeck's Library 2010-06-21T17:54:21Z

The Netflix series is not quite science fiction, though there are spaceships, and the cast and cinematic production signal a significant budget. With ‘Upload,’ Greg Daniels Takes a Leap Into the Great Unknown 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z

Their characters co-starred in a short-lived but much-beloved science fiction series called "Spectrum." 'Firefly's' Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk reunite for 'Con Man' Web series 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

Later I watched a lot of movie and TV science fiction and fantasy. Michael Grant's top tips for writing YA 2013-04-03T10:44:43Z

In 2004, he opened up about joining the Church of Scientology, an organization suspiciously structured like a pyramid scheme, purported to be a religion, founded by the science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard. Tom Cruise, our messy messiah of movies 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile, science fiction author Mary Robinette Kowal challenged her friends and fans to “mail at least one item through the post every day” in February, excluding Sundays and national holidays. ArtsBeat: Notable Authors Give Snail Mail a Boost 2012-02-03T17:39:13Z

“There’s definitely some kind of a feedback loop between science fiction and technological fact,” he said. Science Fiction Writers Take a Rosier View 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z

A thread running through Mr. Giger’s work was the uneasy meshing of machines and biology, in a highly idiosyncratic blend of science fiction and surrealism. H. R. Giger, Artist Who Gave Life to ‘Alien’ Creature, Dies at 74 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z

“It wasn’t science fiction to me,” he said. Janusz Glowacki, Polish Playwright of Terror and Dark Humor, Dies at 78 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z

Physical power in female science fiction characters is often attributed to supernatural or technological endowments. The new “Doctor Who” review: Jodie Whittaker takes control of the TARDIS 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z

It is definitely not science fiction, and not quite fantasy either. Ursula Le Guin Has Earned a Rare Honor. Just Don’t Call Her a Sci-Fi Writer. 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z

His work informed the imagination of writers and filmmakers like Stephen King, Steven Spielberg and James Cameron, and helped transport science fiction out of the pulp magazine ghetto and into the mainstream. An Appraisal: Ray Bradbury, Who Made Science Fiction Respectable 2012-06-07T02:58:01Z

Let me close with a pair of wide-ranging essay collections, the first by Barry N. Malzberg, the notoriously mordant science fiction author and critic, the second by Douglas A. Anderson, a distinguished expert on J.R.R. Review | This is getting weird: Critics on horror, science fiction and fantasy 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z

These are performances unparalled across three famous genres: action, horror and science fiction. Sorry, Ridley Scott: Sigourney Weaver is the only true Alien scream queen 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z

There's history, noir, drugs, surrealism, politics, sex, literature, crime, Vonnegutian science fiction and a dark, distorted Svejkish air about the protagonist.For all its fine aspects, I read it at one remove. Tips, links and suggestions: Tell us about the books you are reading today 2013-01-08T15:28:03Z

I’d read extensively in science fiction, speculative fiction, utopias and dystopias ever since my high school years in the 1950s, but I’d never written such a book. Margaret Atwood on What ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Means in the Age of Trump 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

Rather than science fiction, the comic is closer to amiable French sex farce, but fired by Barbarella’s erotic energy. A French Siren Returns 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z

A science fiction fan and video whiz, he built a robotic sentry gun in his dorm room at Boston University that shot pellets at intruders if they moved. How to Take a Class From Serena Williams and Usher 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Rex Features The last episode of Doctor Who ended weeks ago now, but interest in the world's longest-running science fiction show is eternal. Every Doctor Who villain since 1963 - as a spreadsheet and visualised 2010-07-16T11:34:00Z

I thought that science fiction with a sea creature was the best. Film: Cannes Honors Cult Filmmaker and an Original Hollywood Rebel 2011-05-19T11:16:14Z

Romance is another major category, followed closely by science fiction and fantasy. How TikTok Became a Best Seller Machine 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z

BRITT: My book is an attempt to replicate on the page what it’s like to talk to me in real life when I’m conflating weird opinions about science fiction with random personal anecdotes. “An emotional Benjamin Buttoning”: The inside secrets of 6 new books that will top your fall reading list 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z

He started writing science fiction in high school. Ted Chiang’s Soulful Science Fiction 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

The interesting thing about science fiction is that it’s always relevant. Sigourney Weaver discusses why she signed on for the new 'Alien' video game 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

The term "science fiction" made him nervous: he did not want to be shut up in a box. Margaret Atwood on Ray Bradbury: the tale-teller who tapped into the gothic core of America 2012-06-08T21:55:20Z

And let's not forget the profligacy of imagination that underpins his science fiction. Iain Banks, my Fife friend and storyteller extraordinaire 2013-04-03T16:39:26Z

If you want to start a never-ending debate, just wonder aloud whether “Alien” is horror or science fiction. Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z

Once a dream of science fiction, human hibernation is looking more realistic than ever. Weekend Reading: Human Hibernation, Abuse in the Protestant Church, Who Is Alex Trebek? 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z

“The idea was to use science fiction as a metaphor for the issues of the time – the civil rights movement, African-Americans’ struggle for equality, the peace movement during the Vietnam war, the cold war. Star Trek’s George Takei: ‘I’d take a female friend to premieres. Then go out to a gay bar’ 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

Willis's two-volume time travel sequence, Blackout and All Clear, was voted winner of science fiction's most prestigious prize by members of the World Science Fiction Society. Connie Willis wins 11th Hugo award 2011-08-23T11:12:58Z

Okorafor is not the only black woman beating a path in the sometimes hostile and isolating world of science fiction. ‘So many different types of strange’: how Nnedi Okorafor is changing the face of sci-fi 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z

It’s fitting that the week Bradbury leaves us, The New Yorker releases a special issue devoted to science fiction. Ray Bradbury: The man who made sci-fi respectable 2012-06-06T20:30:00Z

Many great shows are based on science fiction and fantasy novels, from old classics like “The Tripods” and “Buck Rogers” to today’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” and N.K. Review | Let’s talk about science fiction and fantasy books that would make for great TV 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z

Star performance ... detail from the cover of Jack Glass by Adam Roberts The worst thing that ever happened to science fiction was getting confused with genre fiction. Adam Roberts: last of the SF writers 2013-02-15T11:09:00Z

Her 2011 collection, “Life on Mars,” which won the Pulitzer, is inflected with dystopian themes and tropes from science fiction. Tracy K. Smith Is the New Poet Laureate 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z

At its best, science fiction asks big questions. Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z

To sell somebody on the idea of paying for a science fiction movie and saying it's all in Elizabethan dialogue - that's a recipe for not getting a green light. Much Ado About Joss Whedon 2013-06-14T07:15:50Z

Mr. Pohl was involved in publishing science fiction since he was a teenager, when he served as a literary agent for his science fiction-writing young friends. Frederik Pohl, Worldly-Wise Master of Science Fiction, Dies at 93 2013-09-03T16:42:10Z

Incorporating video projections and real footage from NASA, the performance will combine science fiction and solid science. Spare Times for Children for Jan. 3-9 2014-01-02T23:21:44Z

Yet there’s more to this quest than might appear because along the way Kogonada is upending the noxious stereotype of the “stoic” Asian, a familiar cliché, including in science fiction. ‘After Yang’ Review: Do Androids Dream of Sheep, Babysitting, Being? 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z

Its executives simply wanted to replicate the massive commercial success of Star Wars and plumped on a science fiction script that writer Dan O’Bannon had been shopping round Hollywood. Dr Alien, PhD: the horror classic that academia loves 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z

Willis, a writer of science fiction, has chosen 59 stories spanning 150 years and representing a range of styles and genres, from ghost stories to westerns, to show the spirit and evolution of the holiday. New & Noteworthy, From Christmas Stories to a Photographer Nanny 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z

He used old-school tools like mattes and miniatures to enhance science fiction films before digital effects animation became the industry standard. Douglas Trumbull, Visual Effects Wizard, Dies at 79 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

“It looks both a little retro and up to the minute, like warm science fiction.” The Artistry of Inconspicuous Quality 2010-05-02T18:00:00Z

Ultimately, “Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis” juggles too many elements: vampires, extraterrestrials, etheric bodies, cellular regeneration, theology, Theosophy, ancient legend and bygone science fiction among them. Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles is looking a little long in the tooth 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

But once artists decide to explore science fiction, challenges await them. Cyborgs Onstage, Robots in the Wings 2010-12-30T23:58:33Z

With The King's Speech on the best film shortlist are True Grit, The Social Network – based on the founder of Facebook – science fiction thriller Inception and Black Swan. The King's Speech on course to wear Bafta crown 2011-01-18T19:44:17Z

Itch by Simon Mayo Review by Sophia This is a science fiction book, so boys might like it more than girls. Group Review Selection 2012-12-31T12:00:00Z

Spurred on by the popularity of “Star Wars” the networks invested in science fiction and fantasy, delivering the first iteration of “Battlestar Galactica” in 1978 and “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” a year later. Viewing Like It?s 1979: Science Fiction and Fantasy 2011-09-17T23:45:19Z

“Parasite” is more noir than science fiction, farcical until it turns melodramatic. It’s Bong Joon Ho’s Dystopia. We Just Live in It. 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z

He also made a number of guest appearances in science fiction series Fringe, which ran until 2012. Nimoy reveals he has lung disease 2014-02-06T12:48:49Z

The Friends of the Parks said in its federal lawsuit that the proposed "Lucas Museum of Narrative Art," which will include artifacts from his hit science fiction film series, violates the U.S. Chicago parks group sues over planned George Lucas museum 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

The science fiction drama "Falling Skies" launches its fifth and final season. TV This Week, June 28 - July 4: 'Snowpiercer' and more 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

A woman as the Doctor is a big deal in the traditionally patriarchal, often rabidly insular world of science fiction. Review: The Doctor Regenerates, and So Does ‘Doctor Who’ 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z

“Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis” falters when it veers from supernatural into science fiction. Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles is looking a little long in the tooth 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

“I don’t read science fiction,” Burgess hissed, taking his revenge now. Anthony Burgess didn’t read science fiction 2012-11-21T20:13:00Z

Artificial Intelligence, the science fiction film with a robot version of Pinocchio that Kubrick planned in the early 1990s and which Steven Spielberg later directed. Stanley Kubrick was planning children's film before his death 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z

They discovered that they both loved anime and science fiction. They Bonded Over Anime 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z

There’s an old joke about the golden age of science fiction being 12 — that is, the age when young people discover and then devour as much sf as they can find. Review | Let us praise the giants of science fiction: Campbell, Asimov and, yes, L. Ron Hubbard 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z

Most science fiction comes true if you live long enough. Why did it take so long to adapt Octavia Butler? 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z

But I think his success with that film, it really helps people working in the science fiction genre, because it just opens people's eyes to its potential. A Minute With: Christopher Nolan on his 'Interstellar' challenge 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z

Is it true, as Kincaid suggests, that "science fiction has lost confidence in the future"? Christmas gifts 2012: the best science fiction 2012-11-28T14:05:04Z

He was nominated more than 40 times for Hugo Awards, among the most prominent prizes in science fiction, and won three times for editing. David G. Hartwell, Literary-Minded Editor of Science Fiction, Dies at 74 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z

Ray was the last living member of a “BACH” quartet — writers who transformed science fiction from a pulp magazine ghetto into a genre for hardcover best-sellers. Ray Bradbury, American optimist 2012-06-06T17:45:00Z

Shikasta's allegorical meaning also makes it an awkward fit within science fiction, a genre that tends to take its spaceships and alien visitations literally. Summer voyages: Shikasta Re: Colonised Planet 5 by Doris Lessing 2013-07-22T12:26:12Z

Photograph: Allstar As a huge fan of science fiction and the Alien movies, Lindelhof admits that it was sometimes tough to maintain his objectivity. Prometheus: the making of a new myth 2012-05-25T23:01:00Z

To assert your unassailable realness, you must be skeptical of whatever reality you’ve been dealt — which means that rap music, much like science fiction, perpetually refuses to accept the world as it stands. Philip K. Dick was a sci-fi prophet. Did he predict the unraveling of Kanye West? 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z

Nimoy's final great TV appearance came in the Fox science fiction series "Fringe," in which he played reclusive scientist William Bell. Leonard Nimoy: On TV he was much more than Mr. Spock 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

The remarkable success of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story suggests audiences continue to be inspired by movies straddling the divide between science fiction and fantasy. Sci-fi and superheroes in 2017: can Luke Skywalker save us from Hollywood's bleak year ahead? 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z

I know series creator Ben Richards has said he intended the show to be about "human dignity" but where was the science fiction this week? Outcasts: series one, episode seven 2011-03-06T23:27:01Z

I generally avoid science fiction and historical fiction. Ian Frazier Wishes Somebody Would Write About the World’s Largest Beaver Dam 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z

The scholar and author, most recently, of “Why Religion?” tends to avoid reading science fiction: “Religious traditions already are packed with fantasy stories.” Elaine Pagels: By the Book 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

Appropriately enough, among Zivkovic’s many literary honors is an award named after Stanislaw Lem , the great Polish science fiction author, whose works are similarly inventive, playful and enigmatic. The narrative seductiveness of Zoran Zivkovic 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

“He was associated with almost everything good that happened to me in science fiction.” Science fiction writers meeting in Lawrence 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

There’s a long literary strain of science fiction and fantasy that draws on African and African-American folklore, from masters like Ben Okri and Octavia Butler, and a deep tradition of magical realism in African-American literature. Nnedi Okorafor and the Fantasy Genre She Is Helping Redefine 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z

For decades, science fiction writers have been drawn to the subject of ecology: the study of the interconnection between living beings and their environment. Review | Beyond ‘Dune’: Let’s talk about science fiction and fantasy novels about ecology and climate change 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z

He mainlined fantasy, horror, science fiction and drama growing up, and started as a fanboy. Max Landis Is a Hollywood Disrupter With an Attitude 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

More even than most science fiction, near-future sci-fi offers a kind of dialectic between what is right now and what might be. What Black Mirror, Her and the near-future genre tell us about tomorrow 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z

Mr. Conquest and Mr. Amis also shared a love of science fiction that they indulged by editing “Spectrum,” a series of five anthologies that presented quality science-fiction stories from the 1940s and ’50s. Robert Conquest, Historian Who Documented Soviet Horrors, Dies at 98 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z

Bangkok’s reality is both real and surreal enough without entering the realm of science fiction. Two Thai Novelists Explore Bangkok’s Swirl of Remembering and Forgetting 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z

BBC2 will also air a four-part history of science fiction, called My God, It's Full of Stars: A Journey to the Edge of Science Fiction. BBC2 gets radical with Melvyn Bragg documentary 2013-06-12T12:54:24Z

She wore Day-Glo colors and brought in saxophones and science fiction. How Poly Styrene Broke the Mold 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z

The trick is to avoid letting it become a science fiction that takes you over and sends you down the spiraling ramp and out of the Guggenheim in a zombielike state. Art Review: ?Pop Objects? and ?1960s Monochrome? at Guggenheim - Review 2012-01-12T21:55:15Z

She led me into reading science fiction and fantasy, from Robert Heinlein to Anne McCaffrey. Motherlode Blog: 'A Wrinkle in Time' Turns 50 2012-02-01T00:05:36Z

Specifically, let’s talk about the great science fiction and fantasy novels that have wowed us on the big screen. Review | Let’s talk about ‘Starship Troopers’ and other science fiction and fantasy novels that wowed us on screen 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z

Bowie, who died in January, wrote "Lazarus" with Irish playwright Enda Walsh, based on the science fiction novel, "The Man Who Fell to Earth." Michael C. Hall heads London run of Bowie musical 'Lazarus' 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z

Yet he also found time to serve as science fiction editor at Bantam Books in the mid-’70s. Frederik Pohl, Worldly-Wise Master of Science Fiction, Dies at 93 2013-09-03T16:42:10Z

Crime and the fantastical genres – science fiction, fantasy and horror – are perhaps closer than it would seem at first glance. Crime fiction: Evidence points to a clash of genres 2012-07-19T08:15:53Z

A staple of best-seller lists, he has written children’s books and biographies as well as works of science fiction and fantasy. James Patterson Apologizes for Saying White Writers Face a ‘Form of Racism’ 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z

“The Chambermaid,” Lila Avilés’s quietly stunning debut feature, is a work of closely observed workplace realism, but at times it achieves the strangeness and intensity of science fiction. ‘The Chambermaid’ Review: Amid Luxury, an Entrancing Drudgery 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z

And that doesn't mean I'm not going to do an action movie again, or a thriller again, or a science fiction movie. How Christophe Lambert went from action flops to arthouse acclaim 2010-06-17T21:30:00Z

"Lexicon" is a strange combination of romance, thriller and science fiction. Review: `Lexicon' explores the power of words 2013-06-17T13:51:08Z

The person who took me to the movie told me, “You see that person? It’s Isaac Asimov, the greatest science fiction writer ever. And here are the books.” Is a “Star Trek” future possible? “You can have anything you want at any time, anywhere, on demand” 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z

The novel won four top science fiction awards, including the Hugo Award, and was later adapted into a computer game. Science fiction writer Frederik Pohl dies at 93 2013-09-03T18:49:29Z

For the second year in a row, however, science fiction fans who wanted to follow the ceremony live online had difficulties. ArtsBeat: ‘Redshirts’ Takes Hugo Award for Best Science-Fiction Novel 2013-09-02T15:48:47Z

Before signing on to make it in a blaze of publicity in 2009, Scott had spent 27 years away from the science fiction genre with which he made his name. New Blade Runner film to be directed by Ridley Scott 2011-08-19T10:50:36Z

The theme from the BBC science fiction series “Dr. Who” is instantly recognizable. Review: Exploring the Work of Delia Derbyshire, an Unsung (but Often Heard) Pioneer 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z

An amusing detail of “8 1/2” is that the film that the beleaguered Anselmi is trying to get off the ground is science fiction. Fellini’s “City of Women” 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z

Mingling technology “solutions” with crystals, and media communications with folkloric energy and healing materials, Ms. Cameron-Weir has concocted a glamorous but slightly paranoid science fiction in which past, present and future are effectively compressed. New York Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

Other significant communities on Tumblr focus on science fiction, comic books, small independent presses and literary fiction. Tumblr a place for readers and favorite authors to connect 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z

He recalled his childhood discovery of fantasy and science fiction, adventures that primed his future. Ray Bradbury and the fever of inspiration 2012-06-06T20:50:17Z

They considered science fiction and fantasy lesser forms of fiction. Ray Bradbury and the fever of inspiration 2012-06-06T20:50:17Z

But they bonded over science fiction and music, swapping books and albums. Science Fiction Meets Music (Fanatically) at Jupiter Disco 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

At its best, Star Trek is a science fiction series about humanity’s ability to expand its horizons and overcome differences. Star Trek's 10 Most Villainous Villains 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

Her writing life started early: A science fiction fan as a child, she started crafting her own stories when she was 10 years old. For Japanese Novelist Sayaka Murata, Odd Is the New Normal 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z

Instead they wield weapons, lead other characters and exist in film genres – such as horror, dystopian science fiction and post-apocalyptic settings – where strong male characters have usually dominated. Bella beats Bond as Twilight movie topples Skyfall from box-office peak 2012-11-24T16:22:26Z

Based on short stories by the rising science fiction star Ken Liu, “Pantheon” is a story about the consequences of uploading human consciousness to the cloud that has a family resemblance to “The Matrix.” A Thanksgiving Binge Menu: 7 Fall Shows You Might Have Slept On 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z

One of a handful of Greek novels that were passed down to us, True History reads like a 1920s science fiction story from a pulp magazine, featuring aliens, interplanetary war, and a truly humongous whale. Dan Vyleta's top 10 books in second languages 2011-02-16T12:01:20Z

Mary Shelley, the author of that famous bit of early science fiction, was born in 1797. 'Sleepy Hollow' Recap: Ben Franklin Taps His Inner Frankenstein 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z

Even though early science fiction was largely dominated by male authors, women like Burdekin produced some of its most disturbing and original work. Review | Forget the bestseller list: These lesser-known works deserve your attention 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z

Near-future science fiction focuses on issues we’re grappling with, imagining what the world will be like in just a few decades. Travel to the near future with these sci-fi reads 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z

Its latest movie, the science fiction film "Pacific Rim," is scheduled to be released by Warner on July 12. Universal lures 'Dark Knight' producer Tull from Warner Brothers 2013-07-10T08:01:20Z

It’s also highly personal for Gibson, drawn from his childhood memories of Wytheville, the southwest Virginia town where first devoured science fiction as a boy in the mid-1950s. ‘The Peripheral’ Isn’t Really About the Future 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

What is the role of science fiction in this social and political moment? "Captive State" director Rupert Wyatt on sci-fi, commercial failure and the age of Trum 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z

He first envisioned the book as a graphic novel, then realized that he had an outline for a novel that combined elements of science fiction and mystery. YouTube Star Hank Green Will Publish His First Novel Next Year 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z

Fantasy, horror and science fiction are porous genres, allowing for, and even encouraging, cross-fertilization. Review | This is getting weird: Critics on horror, science fiction and fantasy 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z

As a science fiction writer, he obviously likes to work on a grand scale. ‘The Massacre of Mankind’: a sequel to H.G. Wells’s ‘The War of the Worlds’ 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z

It was a period of creative turmoil in science fiction, when a group of writers known as the New Wave sought to elevate genre writing by emphasizing literary style and character development. Frederik Pohl, Worldly-Wise Master of Science Fiction, Dies at 93 2013-09-03T16:42:10Z

My reading habits also changed this year, from fictional crime and mystery, which are my mainstays, through pandemic and science fiction and now to books like this one. What the country is reading during the pandemic: Dystopias, social justice and steamy romance 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z

Asimov himself wrote and edited over 500 works and was famed for his science fiction novels. Never-before-published Isaac Asimov essay reveals the secret to true creativity 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z

In the second gallery their visions become more distinct but share an element of science fiction. Art Review: Surrealist Partners in Painting, but Don?t Call Them a Team 2011-06-09T21:07:50Z

The novelist Isaac Asimov once defined science fiction as art contending with “something that is not yet so.” Cyborgs Onstage, Robots in the Wings 2010-12-30T23:58:33Z

In an interview with science fiction magazine Galaxy’s Edge, George R.R. George R.R. Martin Explains Why He Kills Off 'Game of Thrones' Characters 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z

To have him gone is closing the door, for the culture of science fiction and the literature of science fiction.” Is there any reason to read? 2012-06-08T00:00:00Z

This mythical character exists mostly in old westerns, hard-boiled detective stories, action flicks and science fiction. Eastwood, Wayne, Gosling -- Hollywood's lone wolves 2011-09-17T00:01:00Z

Brown, for instance, is the author of the most famous short-short in all science fiction: “The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door.” Science fiction: ‘The Madonna and the Starship,’ by James Morrow

What's left out are the extremes: popular and so-called "genre" stories — romance, thriller, science fiction — and experimental, avant-garde stories. '100 Years of Best American Short Stories' is vital yet flawed for loading the canon 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z

High Place is an ominous presence, and Moreno-Garcia, who is one of the science fiction and fantasy columnists for The Washington Post, uses its grim atmosphere to great effect. Review | ‘Mexican Gothic’ is a creepy, intoxicating mystery that’s almost impossible to put down 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z

"Transcendence," the heavily promoted science fiction thriller starring Johnny Depp as an artificial intelligence researcher, was a disappointing fourth with $11.2 million, according to studio estimates provided by tracking firm Rentrak. 'Captain America' soars again, tops 'Rio 2' to win U.S. box office 2014-04-20T16:26:28Z

With “Star Wars,” Seabrook observes, science fiction took a leap into the commercial mainstream, and the public’s perception of the genre was forever changed. Sunday Reading: The Allure of Science Fiction 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z

I've loved horror and science fiction movies ever since I was young. A Minute With: Horror king John Carpenter on "The Ward" 2011-06-08T12:59:45Z

He was one of the first science fiction writers to escape the "pulp" magazines and to be published in the "slicks". Neil Gaiman: A man who won't forget Ray Bradbury 2012-06-06T20:46:31Z

Most of the novels I encountered aren't easily classified as science fiction or fantasy. Gotta get back in time: The current explosion of time travel novels goes beyond sci-fi and fantasy 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z

“Wild landscapes, weird nature, science fiction — this really should be my jam,” the writer says of “Dune,” by Frank Herbert. The Classic Novel That Robert Macfarlane Just Couldn’t Finish 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z

Garland, who's explored science fiction in much of his work, was a sounding board for the book's ideas and a very early reader of the novel. Novelist Kazuo Ishiguro on the film adaptation of 'Never Let Me Go' 2010-09-29T21:17:00Z

He amassed items from pop culture, science fiction, costume history and military history. Opening Paul Allen’s Treasure Chest 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z

But Saturday marks the end of 2D screenings of the science fiction epic, which also dramatizes the forced eviction of a people -- a politically sensitive subject in China. 2010-01-19T14:44:00Z

I know sophisticated readers, devoted science fiction fans, who can’t stand it, finding Herbert’s prose inept, the action ponderous, and the whole book clumsy and tedious. Perspective | ‘Dune’ has long divided the science fiction world. The new film won’t change that. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

"It irritates the hell out of me when people won't touch my book because they see it's science fiction," he said. Clarke award: the rise of sci fi shows you can't judge a book by its genre 2013-05-02T10:19:04Z

Varla Jean Merman's Big Black Hole The drag performer sends up all things science fiction in a new solo comedy with music. L.A. theater openings, March 27-April 3: 'Rain,' 'Future Thinking' and more 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

When he was poking around the internet several years ago and stumbled on a photo of the jump-suited Biospherians in their glass-paned habitat, he assumed it was from a science fiction movie. 'It's useful for viewers today': the film about a two-year voluntary isolation 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z

There are are only two truly great science fiction movies. Why Hollywood doesn't get sci-fi 2010-10-15T11:49:00Z

It's good work as this show, despite the premise, was a bit coy on the science fiction aspect at first. Falling Skies: episode seven 2011-08-16T21:01:01Z

Here, the realities of childhood disease meld readily with science fiction and spirituality. Best graphic novels of 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

But he’s become best known for his deeply researched utopian stories, which use science fiction as a framework to explore alternate social, economic and political systems. A Sci-Fi Writer Returns to Earth: ‘The Real Story Is the One Facing Us’ 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z

“Alternate history, in my opinion, is a more demanding game,” says the author of “Agency” and other science fiction novels, “if only because conventional historical fiction, like history, is itself highly speculative.” For William Gibson, Seeing the Future Is Easy. But the Past? 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

But Crowley’s attempt to frame the novel as science fiction is, I think, only half right. Reimagining a Shadowy Medieval Brotherhood That Probably Didn’t Exist 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

Virtual reality — once the stuff of science fiction — is still in its infancy. A Virtual Reality Revolution, Coming to a Headset Near You 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

I can write a Western, I can write an erotic novel, I could read all the science fiction, short stories, literary stories, and they're all new because nobody put black people in those stories. Walter Mosley on the fantasy of Whiteness and how Dubya was worse than Trump 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

And that leaves us with the final pick: the coolest time-traveling car in the history of science fiction. "The Big Bang Theory" and real science, from Leonard's wedding vows to the "Time Machine" prop 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

Authors recommend forthcoming SF Gateway titles I have mentioned before that one of my favourite occupations is trawling secondhand bookshops, and that my favourite section within those bookshops is the science fiction and fantasy shelves. Thousands of SF classics return to earth as ebooks 2011-07-26T11:48:31Z

It was an enormous idea, the stuff of science fiction. Rewards Of The Road 2011-02-02T23:00:00Z

But it tethers her as well, and she attacks the library’s science fiction section with an autodidact’s frenzy. Generations of Exiles Collide in Post-Katrina New Orleans 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z

Like a science fiction story, the technology is advancing faster than we can figure out what to do with it or how to manage it. Oh, the humanity! Stop using AI to pitch stories 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z

He wanted to write science fiction like they did, literate stories without ray guns or limits on the depth of your imagination. Chabon ties it all together in 'Telegraph Avenue' 2012-12-13T17:42:53Z

After reading Mr. Hall’s adaptation a few years ago, he came to a different conclusion: “I thought this science fiction has become our reality,” he said. ‘Network’ in an Age of Fake News and Fury 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z

He joked that as an agent in the 1950s he represented 90 percent of the world’s science fiction writers at the time and still went broke, Gunn said. Science fiction writers meeting in Lawrence 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

Scott is currently promoting his first science fiction film in more than three decades, Prometheus, which revisits the universe he created for 1979's Alien. Blade Runner sequel will reunite Ridley Scott with original screenplay writer 2012-05-18T11:06:23Z

In recent decades even science fiction, once abundantly optimistic about the future, has been overwhelmed with pessimism. The bright side of science fiction 2010-04-01T10:08:00Z

Ms. Rotor’s expansive definition of classics applies to genre, too — she has brought more horror, science fiction and fantasy under the Penguin Classics mantle. Penguin Classics and Others Work to Diversify Offerings From the Canon 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z

But now that I was living in the LA area I finally understood: that story wasn't really science fiction, in fact it was barely fiction. In Los Angeles, Ditching the Car for an Eco-Friendly Trip 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z

First, the editor is one of our half-dozen best living science fiction writers. Review | Books make the best gifts. Here are seven surprising choices for the readers on your list. 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

Early on, he became smitten with fantasy, science fiction and comic books. George R. R. Martin Wants More ‘Game of Thrones,’ Too 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z

The Saturday night mayhem also fits snugly with the channel’s effort to broaden beyond science fiction. The Thing That Ate Saturday Night 2011-01-14T20:17:29Z

The other science fiction novel I recommend is Maurice Carlos Ruffin’s “We Cast a Shadow,” in which a black lawyer wants his son to undergo an expensive procedure that will render him white. The best science fiction and fantasy of 2019 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z

“What we used to think of as science fiction has become part of the kit we need to describe contemporary reality.” ‘The Peripheral’ Isn’t Really About the Future 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

The book also offers a glimpse of how Robinson’s time in the wilderness instilled a reverence for the natural world that saturates his science fiction. A Sci-Fi Writer Returns to Earth: ‘The Real Story Is the One Facing Us’ 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z

"I sometimes describe it as a kind of emotional science fiction," she said. U.S. writer A.M. Homes denies Hilary Mantel literary treble 2013-06-05T21:43:01Z

Edelman is a science fiction writer whose stories have appeared in numerous magazines and have been collected, most recently, in “What We Still Talk About.” Review: ‘Ray Bradbury Unbound’ by Jonathan R. Eller

Several more novels followed, but “Dune” stands apart, an enduring classic of 20th century science fiction. Review | Beyond ‘Dune’: Let’s talk about science fiction and fantasy novels about ecology and climate change 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z

In the late 1990s, she started producing meticulously crafted sculptures of cyborgs — perfectly proportioned female bodies morphed into characters from manga and science fiction, with strange-looking limbs and armor. An Artist in Pursuit of Balance 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z

It is part thriller, part Ealing comedy and part dystopian science fiction. The Boulting brothers: holy fools 2013-07-26T13:00:19Z

Among his most famous works were the 1982 Indian epic "Gandhi," which went on to win eight Oscars including best director and best film, and science fiction adventure "Jurassic Park." British actor and film director Richard Attenborough dies: BBC 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z

As a writer, Shatner has penned several science fiction novels and memoirs of his experience exploring the strange new worlds of Star Trek fandom. Forever Captain Kirk: William Shatner opens up about “fandom frenzy” and 50 years of “Star Trek” 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

On Tuesday, Variety revealed that a new script is now being written by Brian Miller, the screenwriter of 2011 found footage science fiction movie Apollo 18. Reddit thread inspires Warner Bros time travel movie 2013-01-16T12:25:43Z

Cameron argued that science fiction is now more relevant than ever as humans become more dependent on machines. 'Avatar' director Cameron traces roots of sci-fi movie explosion 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

In an interview at his comfortable Malibu home, Springfield — who grew up in Australia before following his show-biz aspirations to L.A. — said the book grew out of his childhood obsession with horror and science fiction. Rick Springfield can rock a sci-fi novel too 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

It's not until the 7-10 slots that we find true escapist entertainment in the form of a science fiction epic, two beloved musicals and a spot-on romantic comedy. Zag-At the Movies: "Real People" Pick Their "Best Films" 2010-10-21T16:10:00Z

If they choose to proceed on that belief, science fiction will lose a term that's been a part of its canon since its inception. Superheroes, space marines and lawyers get into copyright fight 2013-02-07T11:03:10Z

“It sent me on a path of being obsessed with science fiction and an intergalactic economy,” she said at the party. A Harvard Professor Goes ‘Star Wars’ Crazy 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z

"To be honest, I never thought I was doing a science fiction movie," he told the BBC in an exclusive interview in Los Angeles. Oscars: Gravity 'not sci-fi', says Cuaron 2014-02-28T08:38:19Z

I often steer clear of reviewing SyFy’s offerings, not because I don’t like science fiction, but because there’s often so little to say about the shows. SyFy’s ‘Dominion’: Survivng the post-apocalypse with some low-rent angels

The series also narrates the history of the times we have lived through: not only abstruse science fiction, it is political journalism in coded form. The return of Star Wars: an evil empire in Jedi clothing? 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z

Syfy's effort to reclaim the science fiction and fantasy area arrives amid a rush of science fiction programming from major networks and cable channels. Syfy seeks hits with new dramas in the mold of 'Battlestar Galactica' 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z

And the lyrics were crafted as carefully as the soundscapes, using space travel and science fiction as metaphors for drug dependency and feeling out-of-step with the world. At last, Failure a success | Concert preview 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z

Is it science fiction dressed up as philosophy? ‘The Anomaly,’ Part Airplane Thriller and Part Exploration of Reality, Fate and Free Will 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z

She's perhaps best known for her groundbreaking 1969 science fiction novel "The Left Hand of Darkness," widely considered one of the best novels in the genre as well as a landmark of feminist literature. Ursula K. Le Guin will receive National Book Foundation award 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

Yet while fantasy and science fiction authors are great at imagining new forms of magic and technology, authors aren't so good at imagining different political systems. Why can't sci-fi and fantasy imagine alternatives to capitalism or feudalism? 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z

No science fiction author of his generation had a more polished or more poetic prose style — a skill that stood out all the more given the slap-dash sentence of his pulp fiction contemporaries. Ray Bradbury: The man who made sci-fi respectable 2012-06-06T20:30:00Z

I hope that social media will be there to document that painful moment, so that future unnecessary unbuildings can go back into the realm of science fiction—or children’s books. Saving Buildings with Social Media 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z

In this mind-bending, time-twisting science fiction novel with faint political undercurrents, people begin suffering from false memory syndrome, remembering lives they never led. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

SAT Trade gently used science fiction or fantasy novels, DVDs, and magazines or purchase for $1-$2, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

In 1956 he won a special Hugo award as the most promising young talent in science fiction. Robert Silverberg: The Philip Roth of the science fiction world 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z

Watt’s literary science fiction is engaging and stunningly bleak, but he asks all the right questions about our evolution. Best new science fiction and steampunk

While the company dabbled in comedy and science fiction, its most sustained and successful movies were gothic costume dramas that revisited the classic Universal Pictures monsters. Hammer Makes ?The Woman in Black? With Daniel Radcliffe 2012-01-27T23:30:09Z

But more than that is a vast body of work, much of it science fiction, that made him one of the most influential of all British writers. JG Ballard archive acquired for British Library 2010-06-10T15:10:00Z

On top of that, it's become a welcome and refreshing face in the world of inclusive casting in science fiction. "Star Trek: Discovery" Season 3 trailer: Rousing apeeches restore faith in the Federation 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z

If you think science fiction is still dominated by men, think again. Think science fiction is dominated by men? Think again. 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

When I first talked about it they said, "That's science fiction, you don't write science fiction." A.M. Homes, too, has met this guy at a reading: “I don’t read books by women” 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z

Swift is an effervescent blend of revisionist history, fantasy and science fiction. Review | Best new science fiction and fantasy this month 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z

Fans of all kinds of science fiction will find something to enjoy in this noteworthy collection. Think science fiction is dominated by men? Think again. 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

You’ve talked about how often science fiction writers get the future wrong. For William Gibson, Seeing the Future Is Easy. But the Past? 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

While he dreamed of becoming an artist, he was drawn into the world of cinema when he was asked to create a dragon for a low-budget science fiction movie in 1956. Italian special effects master Rambaldi dies at 86 2012-08-10T18:50:19Z

Until recently, the idea seemed like pure science fiction. Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z

With genre, too, as it intersects science fiction, found footage, experimental horror, documentary. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z

The official is Charity Dean, who sounds a little like the half-crazed scientist in a science fiction movie, suddenly realizing that the aliens are about to land. Michael Lewis Chronicles the Story of Covid’s Cassandras 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z

The premise is intriguing, but the murder mystery is possibly the least interesting part of this science fiction romp, a busy action story with moments of unexpected depth. A Human Cloning Error and Existential Questions Fuel This Science Fiction Romp 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z

ALMODÓVAR: When I was writing the movie a year before, it was like science fiction. Q&A: Almodóvar on unearthing the past in ‘Parallel Mothers’ 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z

When science fiction succeeds on screen, it is because it preserves the ideas and visions that are the heart and soul of the genre. Why Hollywood doesn't get sci-fi 2010-10-15T11:49:00Z

This year’s conference will also honor the work of Frederik Pohl, a well-known figure in science fiction and a longtime visitor to the conference and the related Intensive Institute on Science Fiction. Science fiction writers meeting in Lawrence 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

Back then, Mori was saved from isolation by the library and a science fiction book group that opened the door to global SF fandom and thus the wider world. Jo Walton's Among Others: 'It's a mythologisation of part of my life' 2012-10-02T12:18:49Z

He has written history plays, mystery plays, biographical plays, political plays, science fiction plays and plays composed of gleefully bad grammar. Mac Wellman, a Playwriting Mentor Whose Only Mantra Is Oddity 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

It is a science fiction novel where the crew members of a spaceship — both human and artificial — are transformed after they encounter strange objects on a planet called New Discovery. French Authors Lead International Booker Prize Shortlist 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z

Banks sometimes spoke of his science fiction books as a writerly vacation from the demands of literary fiction, where he could "pull out the stops", as he himself put it. Iain Banks dies aged 59 2013-06-09T17:22:02Z

So who are the bright new writers reimagining Indian fantasy and science fiction today? Perspective | Let’s talk about wonderful Indian science-fiction and fantasy novels 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z

Within the pages of New Worlds, Moorcock created a literary revolution, one that would have science fiction fans calling for his head. The Anti-Tolkien 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z

Clarkesworld is a prestigious online science fiction and fantasy magazine that has been publishing monthly for nearly 20 years. Oh, the humanity! Stop using AI to pitch stories 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z

Whatever you call it, that film launched the most profitable movie franchise in history and changed all kinds of things: Fashion, product design, merchandising, movies and perhaps even science fiction itself. How “Star Wars” changed the world: “It feels real in a way the stuff on ‘Star Trek’ probably doesn’t” 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z

On the plus side, he got some of his best reviews in ages for the new science fiction action movie, Edge of Tomorrow. Is Tom Cruise Still a Movie Star? 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

A thriller with an evil corporation at its center, it suddenly becomes a science fiction novel at the end, complete with a meteorite hidden in the ice. Review | The perfect science fiction, fantasy and genre-bending tales for the chilly days ahead 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z

“He is responsible for setting a tone for science fiction that haunts this genre to this very day,” she said. John W. Campbell Award Is Renamed After Winner Criticizes Him 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z

This is a nascent, evolving, truly global kind of science fiction — and it’s exciting to wonder what we’ll find next. Review | The weird, the wacky, the underappreciated: A new look at science fiction and fantasy 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z

Even as Kline makes science fiction, his form embraces nostalgia. Josh Kline: Living in the Ruined World 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z

It's hard to reconcile Superman's principles with the values of science fiction author Orson Scott Card. Orson Scott Card isn't the right man to write Superman 2013-02-14T14:15:00Z

That, to me, is the best science fiction. Rashida Jones and Mike Schur on Their 'Black Mirror' Episode 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

A number of years ago I worked with James Cameron on a project and he said one of the smartest things to me I've ever heard about writing science fiction. Comics and sci-fi powerhouse J. Michael Straczynski has an incredible origin story of his own 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z

The science fiction writer has the privilege of remaking the world. Joanna Russ, Who Drew Women to Sci-Fi, Dies at 74 2011-05-08T07:23:01Z

Three new science fiction books capture our taste for storylines involving societal or environmental collapse in a future that has begun to feel perhaps not so distant. These dystopian science fiction stories show us all the ways the world can end 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

“The Old Drift” is an impressive book, ranging skillfully between historical and science fiction, shifting gears between political argument, psychological realism and rich fabulism. Salman Rushdie Reviews a Sweeping Debut About the Roots of Modern Zambia 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

That trend may shift, however, now that there is a renewed interest in literature – science fiction and otherwise – that explores the effects of a changing global climate. “Dune,” climate fiction pioneer: The ecological lessons of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi masterpiece were ahead of its time 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

"The Purge: Anarchy" is expected to lose the weekend to 20th Century Fox's science fiction reboot "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes," which collected $10.45 million Friday in its second week of release. Box office: Friday audiences binge on 'The Purge: Anarchy' 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z

"All of science fiction asks big 'What if?' questions," Peck said, walking through the exhibition last weekend while crews added the final touches in time for a June 9 opening. 'Icons of Science Fiction' show at EMP|SFM blasts off 2012-05-30T22:34:05Z

He sat in his living room, in a home he designed himself, in front of a bookshelf full of science fiction titles — his favorites include works by Isaac Asimov and the Polish writer Stanisław Lem. He Invented the Rubik’s Cube. He’s Still Learning From It. 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z

The received thinking in Hollywood is that science fiction is a risky area of film-making. Gravity likely to be less weighed down than Ender's Game 2013-05-10T13:59:00Z

The intermingling of science fiction and reality will be one of the central topics of this year’s Campbell Conference, an annual event 35 years in the running. Science fiction writers meeting in Lawrence 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

Time will tell if the film, about a surgeon rushing to space to save an ailing cosmonaut, will become a science fiction classic. The Year Space Got Sexy All Over Again 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z

The world is never not catching up with science fiction, for better or worse. During Trump's present, it's gotten hard to write the future, says John Scalzi 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z

It filtered African-American history through the lens of science fiction, projecting a utopia in which race and gender were fluid, and existing social inequities corrected or transcended. Review: A Nuyorican Artist’s Career Survey: Loud, Proud and Timely 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z

Most of his science fiction features the bombastic Professor George Edward Challenger, who discovered dinosaurs and cavemen in “The Lost World” and awaited cosmic disaster in “The Poison Belt.” Do we need another book about Sherlock Holmes? 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z

The show is also a big-idea science fiction fantasy, of course, and that is both a strength and a weakness. ‘War of the Worlds’ Review: Dystopia à la Française 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z

"I guess there's a connotation that science fiction lacks gravitas," said Cuaron. Oscars: Gravity 'not sci-fi', says Cuaron 2014-02-28T08:38:19Z

At the back of the store, Matthew Nsubuga, 28, was staring intently at a shelf of science fiction books called S.F. As London Bookstores Reopen, Eager Readers Return 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z

He clearly loves science fiction and wants you to understand why. How great science fiction works 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

To me it's just a pure work of science fiction, probably the most influential science fiction novel in the last 25 or so years. Is William Gibson's Neuromancer too vast for the big screen? 2010-05-14T14:45:00Z

A restrained, earthy work of science fiction, Heaven’s Vault sees you play as Aliya, an archaeologist searching space for a vanished scholar. The Best Video Games of 2019 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

I don’t like — in any medium except sometimes print — science fiction, fantasy or horror. The Shows I’m Afraid to Look Forward To 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

Looking for the phone so that it'll be right next to her if it rings, she finds a book of science fiction left open by her partner and begins to read. Fatal attraction 2011-08-26T11:04:47Z

If science fiction creators agree on one thing, it's that changing the course of human events is tricky. '12 Monkeys' evolves into clever, fast-paced thriller 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

Peart, unused to the tedium of touring, would read obsessively and soon the science fiction and autobiography and "junior philosophy" he was consuming turned into lyrics for his new band. Rush: 'Our fans feel vindicated' 2011-03-24T21:29:01Z

I don’t recall any affection for soul music, or science fiction, or food in general. David Bowman and the Furry-Girl School of American Fiction 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z

Someday, the annotated edition of “The Revisionaries” will be stuffed with footnotes referencing children’s books, Bible verses, science fiction, philosophical treatises, noir mysteries and ancient histories. Review | A.R. Moxon’s ‘The Revisionaries’ might be the weirdest novel of the year 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

Steampunk is really just historical SF; and Adam Roberts has written superb works, such as , featuring science fiction tropes in a historical setting. The Edinburgh literature festival that could change history 2013-04-11T15:28:06Z

The first zines appeared in the 1930s, when science fiction enthusiasts began to self-publish and trade their own volumes of fan fiction. Anatomy of a Zine: When Magazines Go Indie 2011-09-03T20:00:00Z

Comic Con started in 1970 when a group of about 100 science fiction fans in San Diego got together to swap comic books. Saudi gamers get together at kingdom's first-ever Comic Con 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

Having gone to Catholic school, I recognize that it's just all those demons and angels with wings and some science fiction stuff and whatever else I loved, with some Saturday morning cartoons mixed in there. Comics author Brian K. Vaughan on his global hit "Saga" and making art in troubled times 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z

As boys, they mostly read the same science fiction. Elon Musk and the Failure of Our Imagination in Space 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

Q. Will you take another pass at writing for film or television, maybe reviving the science fiction plot for another network? Salman Rushdie on His New Novel, With a Character Who Floats Just Above Ground 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z

He received a degree in Italian literature in 1954 from Kyoto University and later worked as a magazine editor, a factory foreman and a comedy scriptwriter before turning to science fiction. Sakyo Komatsu, Japanese Science Fiction Writer, Dies at 80 2011-08-10T16:25:10Z

They helped established the paperback market for science fiction, Westerns and other genres. Paperback pioneer Betty Ballantine dead at 99 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z

Absent that, it is the role of science fiction to point to that horizon. Comics and sci-fi powerhouse J. Michael Straczynski has an incredible origin story of his own 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z

A lifelong fan of comic books and science fiction, he kept a shelf crowded with action figures and wore T-shirts emblazoned with the Superman “S” logo. Wayne Shorter, Intrepid Saxophonist and Composer, Dies at 89 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

“It was like being in the center of a science fiction movie,” he said on his website. Pete Turner, Photographer, Dies at 83; Used Rich Color to Alter Reality 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z

In that sense, “Terminal Boredom” provides a historical capsule and an interesting mirror to the American science fiction of the same period. Review | Let’s talk about the best — and newest — science fiction and fantasy story collections 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z

Some of the best science fiction deals with gloomy or dire topics, and often without happy endings. Bill for compulsory science fiction in West Virginia schools 2013-04-19T15:16:24Z

Nine dancers, three musicians, two martial-arts experts and a calligraphist, all from Europe and Asia, unite on stage to conjure up a fascinating world that verges between science fiction and present-day life. In Transit Blog: In Paris, Honoring the 'God of Manga' in Dance 2012-05-11T12:00:19Z

The title evokes science fiction, and the gorilla echoes “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Movie Review: Godfrey Reggio’s ‘Visitors’ Is a Slow Parade of Faces 2014-01-23T13:00:01Z

I wasn’t a science fiction fan, but the show won me over anyway. Is it better to leave our favorite childhood shows and movies in the past? 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

Besides, there’s no shortage of great science fiction just waiting to be adapted to the silver screen. Harrison Ford To Star In 'Blade Runner 2' 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z

Visitors to your apartment could be reminded that, like the TARDIS, your Phone Booth is part of a rich science fiction history of time machines. "The Big Bang Theory" and real science, from Leonard's wedding vows to the "Time Machine" prop 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

It's a science fiction war movie shot like a YouTube record of a natural disaster -- only much more so. Time to declare war on the shaky camera 2011-03-15T20:16:00Z

He was always my favorite science fiction writer because what he did was rooted in reality. Writers, filmmakers react to Ray Bradbury's death 2012-06-06T19:58:08Z

The City and the City, which has already won Miéville the UK's top two science fiction prizes, the Arthur C Clarke and British Science Fiction Association awards, is very different to Bacigalupi's novel. China Mi?ville and Paolo Bacigalupi tie for Hugo award 2010-09-06T13:42:00Z

I read too much science fiction to mess with anything. Sheena Easton: ‘My dream dinner party guests? Interesting women’ 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z

The general tone was that the visual identity of Space Force is drawing from Hollywood science fiction. Space Force Uniforms Meant to Capture the Vastness of Space 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z

The term, which was coined in 1994, describes a cultural movement that pulls from elements of science fiction, magical realism, speculative fiction and African history. "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" continues the series’ quest to recover and celebrate lost cultures 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z

“The harder your science fiction, the more likely you are to be using terms other people are using,” he said. Tracking the Vocabulary of Sci-Fi, from Aerocar to Zero-Gravity 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z

I’ve always had a fondness for those kind of science fiction/adventure stories, the male warrior in an exotic, alien land, overcoming physical challenges and confronting the fears of difference. John Carter: Andrew Stanton's Martian Mission Impossible 2012-03-08T16:11:02Z

You’ve probably never rooted for giant lobsters before, but when science fiction meets ethnography in “A Darkling Sea,” you will. The five best science fiction/fantasy books of 2014

An avid reader of science fiction, he believed in time travel and extraterrestrial life. Did John McCracken Make That Monolith in Utah? 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z

The author had previously written two science fiction novels in the late 70s and early 80s, The Dark Side of the Sun and Strata. Terry Pratchett enters parallel worlds of science fiction 2010-06-16T13:51:00Z

“It haunts me like a dark, low-budget science fiction movie from the Fifties, seen on a black-and-white TV.” ArtsBeat: A Strange, Familiar Place in ‘Planetary Omnibus’ 2014-02-20T21:09:02Z

Together they've made "Insurgent" into less of a youthful romance and more of an action-heavy science fiction story, the kind of rat-a-tat tale that used to star grown-ups before teens ruled the box office. 'Insurgent' smartly gives the Divergent Tris room to run 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

Her 1969 novel, “The Left Hand of Darkness” won the Hugo and Nebula awards, which are given to recognize the best works of science fiction and fantasy. U.S. author Ursula K. Le Guin dies at 88: family 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

"I think that there's a little too much fake-seriousness in science fiction and superhero movies today," he says the day after his film's UK premiere. Galaxy's quest to put fun in fantasy 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

Today, movies grounded in science fiction are among the biggest draws at box offices. 'Avatar' director Cameron traces roots of sci-fi movie explosion 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

"I can enjoy 'Harry Potter' and 'Star Trek,' but I really appreciate hard science fiction," said Thorne, who has an executive producer credit on the film. Kip Thorne, the scientist who slipped through a wormhole 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z

Possibilities like that could exist in science fiction. Tom Frank interviews Barbara Ehrenreich: “You’re the anti-Ayn Rand” 2014-04-06T11:00:00Z

No literary snob, Wessells enthusiastically points out science fiction’s influence on rock music, the punk scene and comics. Review | An expert’s guide to science fiction’s greatest — and neglected — works 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

There's an enormous freedom that you get in science fiction, you can just go anywhere and do anything. Author Iain Banks: In his own words 2013-06-09T15:43:47Z

But when it was at its best, the show was equal parts suspense, horror, science fiction — and romance. As ‘The X-Files’ Returns, Do We Still Want to Believe? 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

They note that “Dark” is a departure, not only because of its complex structure, but because it is a blend of two genres: crime and science fiction. With ‘Dark,’ a German Netflix Series, Streaming Crosses a New Border 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z

“Despite the fact a lot of people look down on science fiction as a genre, it’s everywhere,” he said. Tracking the Vocabulary of Sci-Fi, from Aerocar to Zero-Gravity 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z

This is an unforgivable defect, since science fiction long ago progressed beyond simplistic tales of macho warriors in space. China's most popular science fiction writer, Cixin Liu, brings his spectacular trilogy to an end 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

So much of the experiences of black folks across the Diaspora, especially in America, is almost like science fiction. Walter Mosley on the fantasy of Whiteness and how Dubya was worse than Trump 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

As someone who spends her time envisioning the future, can you see this having any impact on science fiction? Naomi Alderman Was Writing a Pandemic Novel Before the Pandemic Hit 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z

The 13-track “Give Me the Future,” out on Friday, has science fiction influences as the songs explore technological escapism, a timely theme as the pop rock band wrote and recorded virtually during the pandemic. New this week: ‘Pam & Tommy,’ Olympics and the doc ‘Torn’ 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z

Best-known for his Narnia books, Lewis also turned his hand to science fiction. Steve Cole's top 10 space books 2011-08-10T14:45:06Z

The title Cowboys & Aliens — suggesting a merger of the cowboys-and-Indians Western genre with science fiction — triggered the salivary glands of some very important film people. Cowboys & Aliens: Two Great Genres, One Mediocre Movie 2011-07-28T22:05:00Z

Throughout, its focus on science fiction amplifies and exemplifies the way art illuminates reality by imagining the unreal. 33 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

Much like “Westworld,” “Ready Player One” looks back on an era in science fiction when artificial intelligence was an out-of-control “other,” rather than a threat that extended from us. Perspective | ‘Westworld’ and ‘Ready Player One’ show how our relationship to artificial intelligence has changed 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z

Macaulay uses this premise—which, when I was seven, seemed like science fiction—to illustrate what goes into unmaking a building: the materials, the methods, the fastenings, the layering. Saving Buildings with Social Media 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z

The goal of that project was to expand the O.E.D.’s coverage of science fiction, something of a gap in its research, by drawing on the reading and knowledge of fans. Tracking the Vocabulary of Sci-Fi, from Aerocar to Zero-Gravity 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z

In all these ways science fiction ought to illuminate the questions we discuss here. What can science fiction teach us about God? 2011-07-11T11:30:00Z

The coronavirus outbreak feels like something out of a science fiction — or horror — novel. Review | Coronavirus feels like something out of a sci-fi novel. Here’s how writers have imagined similar scenarios. 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

Every other genre — thriller, romance, science fiction, western — supports a pantheon of masters and attracts new writers every year. Perspective | We need comic novels more than ever. So where are they? 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z

Martin, and the science fiction novel “Wool,” will follow. ArtsBeat: Amazon to Publish Comics 2013-07-12T15:47:10Z

The last time a science fiction, fantasy or horror series won the outstanding drama series Emmy was in 2005 for the first season of "Lost." Emmys 2014: Little awards love for big 'Game of Thrones' 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z

One night they happened upon an episode of the 1960s science fiction anthology series “The Outer Limits” called “The Mutant.” Guillermo del Toro Opens His ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

For the record, Mr. Miéville, 37, calls himself a science fiction writer — or, for those steeped in genre subdivisions, a purveyor of “weird” or “new weird” fiction. Squid?s Meaty Role in China Mi?ville?s ?Kraken? 2010-07-23T22:21:00Z

The first Black woman to win both the Nebula and Hugo awards, Butler was the first science fiction writer to be awarded a MacArthur genius grant. Why did it take so long to adapt Octavia Butler? 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z

One is forced to ask, what is gained by removing Lovecraft from the genres of horror and science fiction and putting him into the Weird, except academic respectability? Does H.P. Lovecraft belong in the canon? 2013-05-08T22:07:00Z

Photograph: Sony Pictures Entertainment/AP The critically acclaimed science fiction thriller Looper looks set to be the first blockbuster to boast a bigger opening weekend figure in China than for its US debut. Looper opens with bigger box office in China than US 2012-10-01T10:37:11Z

Certainly, when your mode routinely employs science fiction concept albums and double-tracked guitars, belief may well be what you need in a post-Spinal Tap world. This week's new live music 2013-01-05T00:06:06Z

The hostages are part of a Canadian film crew scouting the Iranian capital for a science fiction movie. Today's Movie Trailer: Ben Affleck's Argo 2012-05-09T15:03:51Z

His 2005 novel, “Never Let Me Go,” was canonized as futuristic science fiction, although it was set at an English boarding school in the 1990s. For Kazuo Ishiguro, ‘The Buried Giant’ Is a Departure 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z

White people don't have a monopoly on fantasy and science fiction. "Black people, we are the ultimate outsider": Justin Simien on "radical" take on "Haunted Mansion" 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z

“I figured die-hard science fiction fans would see it, and that’s it,” she said. The Thing That Ate Saturday Night 2011-01-14T20:17:29Z

Instead of science fiction, think of it as alchemy. Music Review: John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey at the Caf? Carlyle 2011-11-06T22:50:23Z

Look up some of the scientific literature on ants and it reads like science fiction — or maybe horror. Review | Let’s talk about how science fiction has dealt with environmental change. It’s not all depressing. 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

And as I never liked fantasy and I've never liked science fiction, I suppose that leaves for one's comfort reading the detective story. On writing: authors reveal the secrets of their craft 2011-03-26T00:05:44Z

Musical A terrifying creature from science fiction lays waste to the world of musical theater in this satire. L.A. theater openings, Aug. 2-9: 'Much Ado About Nothing' and more 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

The awards were announced at a ceremony at Worldcon 75, a science fiction festival held this year in Helsinki, Finland. Women were the big winners at the 2017 Hugo Awards 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z

Our summer books preview highlights 136 books to enjoy over the next few months, and beyond — thrillers, memoirs, YA, history, fiction, science fiction, pop culture, kids titles, audio books and more. Summer reading guide: The 136 books you'll want to read 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

Rather, he says, it is the first novel of science fiction or fantasy—a speculation about the future as well as a comment on its own time. Reimagining a Shadowy Medieval Brotherhood That Probably Didn’t Exist 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

In 2007, he received a special Pulitzer Prize citation “for his distinguished, prolific and deeply influential career as an unmatched author of science fiction and fantasy.” ‘Fahrenheit 451′ Author Ray Bradbury Dies at 91 2012-06-06T14:50:36Z

Considered by most to be the first work of science fiction, “Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus” was published in 1818. From ‘Frankenstein’ to Nora Roberts in 200 Years 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z

It wasn't until 1996 at a science fiction convention in Los Angeles that he was talked into it. Family romances: When relatives write together 2010-09-24T12:02:00Z

It included a poster for the science fiction film Forbidden Planet and was officially opened by the star of the film, Robbie the Robot. Daleks are a legacy of British pop art 2013-02-25T15:04:55Z

The pilot gives promise that the series will emphasize science fiction over philosophy, which wouldn’t be a bad thing. 15 New and Returning TV Series to Watch 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

But the politics of biology is not just a relic of the 19th century or the product of science fiction. How Darwin’s sexual selection theory co-stars in "The Handmaid’s Tale" 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z

It is based on the best-selling books by fantasy and science fiction writer George R.R. 'Game of Thrones' most popular series in HBO history 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

Farce, parody, satire, science fiction, Afro-Futurism all published by my native city’s national, local and underground Black press. Even Margo Jefferson Sometimes Gets Sucked Into a Bad Thriller 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

The Youngs’ “unnervingly surreal misadventure” is as strange as science fiction. 2010-01-29T06:14:00Z

Part of the appeal of “The Anomaly” is that it swerves between various genres — science fiction, a thriller, love stories, an introspective work — without being confined by any of them. The Novel That Riveted France During Lockdown Arrives in the U.S. 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z

In fact, I was teaching undergrads about robots in science writing and science fiction when I began online dating. 'This is small talk purgatory': what Tinder taught me about love 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z

It was his first interview since Cannes Film Festival organisers banned him from their event in 2011 after he joked he was a Nazi at a news conference to promote his science fiction film Melancholia. Lars von Trier unsure over future 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z

This happened during our current golden age of television, especially in the science fiction and fantasy space. Are shorter seasons ruining television? 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z

Dystopian tales will always be the meat and potatoes of the science fiction genre, regardless of what’s happening in the real world. The future, Trumpified: Syfy’s dystopian drama “Incorporated” feels too close to reality for comfort 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

Science and science fiction are big around here and seem especially so right now. Science fiction, science are big in Northwest — especially right now 2012-07-02T03:48:04Z

The Sterkarm Handshake/The Sterkarm Kiss: Susan Price These books cross effortlessly between science fiction and fantasy, depicting life as it might have been in the primitive past with rare and enthralling realism. Best children's books: 12-years-old and over 2010-05-12T07:00:00Z

The year was 1970, at the San Diego Golden State Comics Convention — the gathering that would become Comic-Con International — when science fiction author Ray Bradbury took the stage at the U.S. Perspective: For Comic-Con, home is where the heart is -- San Diego 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

Taking up to five hours to assemble, it’s a vision influenced heavily by horror films, Japanese manga cartoons and science fiction: a stark departure from the typical Insta-fare of designer clothes and beauty products. Latte Art Begone! Here Come the Bold Freaks of Instagram 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z

There’s a Dalek, one of a race of characters featured in science fiction television show “Doctor Who.” Marine veteran gets grins by sculpting foil 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z

I'm throwing the net wide to any and all science fiction, fantasy, horror, weird and speculative fiction. The great sci-fi hunt: help us find the best independently published books 2013-02-22T12:02:18Z

Our writers who seek out the most interesting picks in horror, international, science fiction, action and children’s movies each month scoured the summer calendar to come up with the films that have their attention. The Most Anticipated Genre Movies of the Summer 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z

The slyly subversive nature of speculative fiction is something Atwood is well aware of, citing the ingenuity of science fiction authors during the McCarthy era. Margaret Atwood has a few wry comments about being a PEN Center USA lifetime achievement honoree 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z

Growing meat without animals isn't a new idea: It's been a longtime staple of science fiction and futurist predictions. Could we all be buying lab-grown meat soon? 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z

But there is a lot of what-if in the air these days, as the notion of multiple timelines migrates from science fiction into more conventionally realistic narratives. Once Upon a Timeline in America 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z

Such freedom allows Green and her collaborators to show their stunning command of the energy and spirit the story's blending of science fiction and horror requires. "Lovecraft Country" is an intoxicating, myth-shattering hero's journey through a map of Black fear 2020-08-16T04:00:00Z

"You don't get the chance to put on a light suit and pretend to be in a science fiction film very often." Festival begins at Speed of Light 2012-08-09T08:44:08Z

In the interview, she talked about how she shifted course with the book, whether novelists should incorporate the coronavirus into their fiction and why it’s perhaps time for science fiction writers to be kinder. Naomi Alderman Was Writing a Pandemic Novel Before the Pandemic Hit 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z

But this tragedy takes place within a science fiction scenario: a newly discovered planet advancing on Earth appears to be a mirror image of our world — complete with our population. Another Earth: Sister from Another Planet 2011-07-21T20:45:00Z

More recently, GNP has also been known for releasing television and motion picture soundtracks, with a particular emphasis on science fiction. Gene Norman, Music Producer With an Ear for Jazz, Dies at 93 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z

One of the best movies I've seen in a long while, and by far the best adaptation of not only RAH's work, but also of any great science fiction tale. ‘Predestination,’ Starring Ethan Hawke 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

The most difficult part of writing science fiction is making the story feel plausible. Reader reviews roundup 2012-06-29T14:44:12Z

Playing Dungeons & Dragons introduced me to fantasy and science fiction literature. Eddie Glaude Jr., an Expert on James Baldwin, Reveals His Favorite Baldwin Book 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z

Pohl was also an avid futurist, and in his work he dug into the reality of science fiction by exploring the social and psychological worlds of his characters. Science fiction writers meeting in Lawrence 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

She occasionally bristles when her books are billed as science fiction. Margaret Atwood, Digital Deep-Diver, Writes ‘The Heart Goes Last’ 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z

Scientology, which was founded in 1954 by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, describes its practices as a religion and believes man is an immortal being whose experience extends beyond one lifetime. Actress Remini to publish memoir after leaving Scientology: source 2013-08-03T16:28:42Z

Even more than before, the new mix of scrapbook and reminiscence provides a nostalgia-laden glimpse of American science fiction in its heyday, the half century following World War II. Review | Books make the best gifts. Here are seven surprising choices for the readers on your list. 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

Let’s talk about how science fiction has dealt with environmental change. Review | Coronavirus feels like something out of a sci-fi novel. Here’s how writers have imagined similar scenarios. 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

In 1937, the prolific science fiction writer proposed a World Encyclopedia free of copyright that would gather all scientifically established knowledge. Newly Published, From a California Wildfire to Kendrick Lamar 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z

Stephenson may write science fiction, but his novels always feel timely and relevant. 10 books to read in November 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z

The nominees this year span a wide variety of genres and storytelling techniques, including a contemporary Western, a musical, a science fiction adventure, a classic war picture and searing domestic dramas. Perspective | Oscars 2017: Let ‘La La Land’ win best picture, just don’t let it run the table 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z

This 74 year old, science fiction loving grandma wants to know. Did You Watch ‘Stranger Things’? Let’s Talk About It 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

Pratchett has collaborated with other authors before, working with Neil Gaiman on Good Omens, and was keen to team up with a science fiction writer to develop The Long Earth series. Terry Pratchett enters parallel worlds of science fiction 2010-06-16T13:51:00Z

Postwar American science fiction is overflowing with thinly disguised freak-outs about Communism and nuclear Armageddon. A Science-Fiction Classic Still Smolders 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z

Q: I’ve heard “The Age of Ice” described as science fiction or fantasy, but to me it read like historical fiction with those elements woven in. Q&A with J.M. Sidorova, Seattle author of ‘The Age of Ice’ 2013-08-09T21:33:45Z

“Economic Science Fictions” is a lively and deeply strange collection that tries to answer this question by reading science fiction as economic theory, and vice versa. What We’re Reading This Summer 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z

Generally speaking, "the rule in science fiction is you are allowed one impossible thing," he said. Terry Pratchett enters parallel worlds of science fiction 2010-06-16T13:51:00Z

Only the young'uns survive a plague that kills all the grown-ups in their small town in the new science fiction drama "Between." TV This Week, May 17 - 23: 'I Love Lucy Superstar Special' on CBS 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

The show completely changed the way that women were represented in visual media, especially in science fiction, fantasy and horror. 'She saved me from depression': readers on Buffy the Vampire Slayer 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

Brilliant yet mentally ill, completely unlikable yet poignantly human, and a woman of color besides — Ren is a rare science fiction protagonist, and Newman handles her complexities with aplomb. The Latest in Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z

Juan Carlos Toledano Redondo, an associate professor of Hispanic studies at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore., who writes about Cuban science fiction, said President Raúl Castro’s liberalization of Cuba has changed the genre. Sci-Fi Writers Find Warmer Climate Amid Cuban Thaw 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

He grew up in a middle-class British family, reading adventure novels and science fiction. ‘The Bone Clocks’ Is David Mitchell’s Most Ambitious Novel 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z

As impressive and groundbreaking as his pitch was, it was still a science fiction film. The Hero’s Journey: The idea you never knew had shaped “Star Wars” 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z

The Hugo Awards are among the most important in science fiction and fantasy. George R.R. Martin says Emily St. John Mandel should get the Hugo 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z

Based on the award-winning novels by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, the new Apple TV series "Foundation" follows a band of exiles on a mission to rebuild civilization after the fall of a galactic empire. "Foundation": An introduction to five major themes in the work of sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z

"It's a very strong selection and quite varied, reflecting science fiction publishing in this country," said chair of judges Paul Billinger. Sub-genres battle for Arthur C Clarke SF award 2010-03-31T11:08:00Z

A now classic novel that combines absurdist science fiction with the story of an American POW in Dresden, Germany, during the massive firebombing there. 25 essential books for Memorial Day 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z

Mr. Vance, whose career spanned six decades and some 60 books, was often called a science fiction writer, a label he disdained. Jack Vance, Writer of the Fantastical, Dies at 96 2013-06-03T02:51:11Z

"The concept is to not only create scientifically accurate and exciting science fiction novels, but also to promote an interest in science awareness in general." Nasa hopes novel mission will take science fiction to new frontiers 2011-08-25T14:13:03Z

His science fiction, meanwhile, seemed liberated from some of his grimmer certainties and were notably even-handed in their treatment of moral and ideological dispute. Iain Banks dies aged 59 2013-06-09T17:22:02Z

The designers of the iPhone and the Kindle cite works of science fiction as inspiration. When Science Fiction Comes True 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z

The science fiction sequel topped a trio of new wide releases: “The Purge: Anarchy,” ”Planes: Fire & Rescue” and the poor performing “Sex Tape.” Box office top 20: ‘Apes’ holds reign with $36.3M 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z

The network cycled through two writers before Martin asked for help from an old friend: The writer Ryan Condal, a creator of the USA science fiction show, “Colony.” Can ‘House of the Dragon’ Be HBO’s Next ‘Game of Thrones’? 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z

The series, which features a large, illustrious cast — top names include Edward Norton and Meryl Streep — conjures eight hours of drama, science fiction and some occasional comedy from the subject of global warming. In ‘Extrapolations,’ Scott Z. Burns Dramatizes Some Inconvenient Truths 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z

Blomkamp is keeping details of Elysium under wraps, but it sounds like the unnamed science fiction project that he discussed at last year's Comic Con convention in San Diego. Matt Damon in talks to star in Neill Blomkamp's Elysium 2010-12-13T16:12:00Z

He reads science fiction and listens to heavy rock. The private life of books 2010-04-07T10:16:00Z

It includes traces of science fiction, with ideas culled from cosmology, theology and particle physics, alongside fantastical elements such as witches and armored polar bears. The next “Game of Thrones” is coming: Phillip Pullman’s epic fantasy series “His Dark Materials” is a natural fit for TV 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

But can it make headway with hardcore fans of science fiction? George R.R. Martin says Emily St. John Mandel should get the Hugo 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z

Describing Lovecraft as part of horror and science fiction renders him less unique, and more a significant but not singular author who is part of a tradition, not an establisher of one. Does H.P. Lovecraft belong in the canon? 2013-05-08T22:07:00Z

Di Rosa says that his style is influenced by pop culture: comic books, science fiction, and punk. The Campaign to Remove a Shocking Painting from the French National Assembly 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

The science fiction thriller about clones is currently in the middle of its third season. 'Orphan Black' will return for a fourth season 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

In the world of science fiction – far ahead in an invented future – the period brought more progress. In the latest wave of science fiction, authors of color take space to imagine multiple new societies 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z

It fits into what science fiction is, which is people being people and not worrying about what shape, size or colour you are. Terry Pratchett: 'Fantasy is uni-age' 2013-04-22T06:00:16Z

But he holds special regard for science fiction, including the original “Blade Runner” in 1982, one of his first movie credits. Designing Costumes for 'Star Wars’ Jedis, Princesses and Naked Creatures 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z

Banks writes general fiction and science fiction, the latter under the name Iain M. Banks. Writer Iain Banks: I have months to live 2013-04-03T12:07:13Z

I’m hoping I can get a long-germinating project, a smaller science fiction film in the feel of Moon, made before it comes out. World of Warcraft Director: Female Characters Don't Need 'Slutty Costumes' 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z

Structured like a home-invasion drama, “Us” is a horror film—though saying so is like offering a reminder that “The Godfather” is a gangster film or that “2001: A Space Odyssey” is science fiction. Review: Jordan Peele’s “Us” Is a Colossal Cinematic Achievement 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z

The next owner could be proud to live with the echo of Bradbury, the beloved science fiction writer who advised both Walt Disney and NASA. Ray Bradbury's house, sold for $1.76 million, is being torn down 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z

And like “cyberspace,” which was coined in 1982 by the novelist William Gibson, it went “from science fiction to science fact” with the flowering of the internet. The Word of the Year Goes Goblin Mode 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z

The title song wasn’t science fiction after all. “Look up, I’m in heaven”: Bowie’s haunting farewell “Blackstar” is a triumph 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z

The old assumptions about whiteness being the "norm" for science fiction -- especially "golden age" and "hard sci-fi" -- still lingers. Comics author Brian K. Vaughan on his global hit "Saga" and making art in troubled times 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z

In their novels, especially thrillers and science fiction, plot is paramount. Meet the writers who still sell millions of books. Actually, hundreds of millions. 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z

Major awards within the genre of science fiction have, to date, eluded Adam Roberts. Adam Roberts: last of the SF writers 2013-02-15T11:09:00Z

Unsurprisingly, one of them is "Stalker," Andrei Tarkovsky's slow and enigmatic 1979 science fiction allegory, the subject of Mr. Dyer's new book "Zona." ArtsBeat: Telluride Film Festival: Geoff Dyer, Tarkovsky's 'Stalker,' Chaplin and More 2012-09-02T21:04:35Z

"Religion, science fiction, technology – everybody's dancing," she chants in opener 22nd Century, introducing an album that dabbles in New York house, industrial techno and Euro electro. Hear tracks from Kelis's new album Flesh Tone 2010-05-11T11:09:00Z

One of these masterpieces was young Campbell’s 1938 novella, “Who Goes There?,” which Nevala-Lees calls “the greatest science fiction suspense story of all time.” Review | Let us praise the giants of science fiction: Campbell, Asimov and, yes, L. Ron Hubbard 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z

“All air and space milestones begin with inspiration, and science fiction so often provides that spark.” Coming Soon to a Hallowed Hall of Spaceflight: An X-Wing Fighter 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z

The director Ridley Scott, who transformed science fiction cinema with “Blade Runner” and “Alien,” stepped in. ‘The Martian’ Author Andy Weir Brings His Nerd Thriller Into the Mainstream 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z

It’s a beguiling subject, a piece of science fiction that isn’t so fictional after all. Review: In ‘How to Live on Earth,’ a Way Off the Planet 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z

Last year's "Dune," a similar science fiction epic, has clear colonial overtures, and since 9/11, many American cinematic adventures have played on how the U.S. waged it's imperialistic war on terror. "Avatar: The Way of the Water": Tired climate clichés distract from James Cameron’s vision 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z

“The one thing we both liked that I wished we had gotten to talk about a little more: We both like science fiction,” he says. Date Lab: There was ‘good-ish’ chemistry on their socially distanced get-together 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z

Dusted with heroin and dotted with lowlifes, Chase Palmer’s “Naked Singularity” welds legal drama and science fiction into a misshapen crime caper. ‘Naked Singularity’ Review: Injustice For All 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z

The biggest award in science fiction and fantasy has been taken over by two groups that could destroy a tradition they claim to be trying to save. Sci-fi’s Tea Party trolls go to war: Battle over prestigious Hugo Awards heats up 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

It appeals to men and science fiction fans, both relatively big DVR users. Taking the long view on TV ratings 2012-10-16T17:22:12Z

Though the title sounds like science fiction, Ralph Fiennes’ elegantly melancholy “The Invisible Woman” looks not to the future, but to the past. ‘The Invisible Woman’: a Dickens of a love affair 2014-01-23T22:31:34Z

All this reporting and writing about the moon landing’s 50th anniversary got us in the mood to read and watch some science fiction. Love astronaut-themed science fiction? Seattle Times staffers name their favorite books, movies and TV shows of that genre. 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z

The trilogy, “Three Californias,” was nominated for major science fiction awards. A Sci-Fi Writer Returns to Earth: ‘The Real Story Is the One Facing Us’ 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z

The science fiction movie is part of a broader narrative being written by the world's largest retailer and the world's largest consumer products company. 2 of nation's biggest advertisers join for movie 2010-07-15T17:54:00Z

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, the longest running science fiction television programme in the world. AUDIO: Why Doctor Who at 50 'is not going away' 2013-01-23T10:13:14Z

A listing on a cinema website in Australia, where the much-hyped science fiction epic is due to open on 6 November, suggests the film will run for 175 minutes. Interstellar will be Christopher Nolan’s longest film odyssey yet 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

For example, I love science fiction movies but don’t seem able to read sci-fi. Ian Rankin: By the Book 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

Bender merely repurposed the bombast of Wagner and the movies, transforming it, as the title “Total Recall” suggests, into a vaguely menacing video science fiction. Art Review: Gretchen Bender’s Work Is Displayed at the Kitchen 2013-09-05T23:02:42Z

This is the dark side of science fiction prophecy. When Science Fiction Comes True 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z

Poe wrote love poetry, literary criticism, humorous sketches and science fiction as well as “tales of mystery and horror.” Movie Review: ?The Raven,? With John Cusack, Directed by James McTeigue 2012-04-26T23:19:38Z

But Mr. Vonnegut seems eventually to get where he wants, shining his multicolored lights and science fiction “what ifs” on the huge spiritual mistake that is the Western world. Considering Kurt Vonnegut and Who Survives 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z

Everdeen Mason is an audience editor and science fiction and fantasy columnist for The Washington Post. There’s a new way for novelists to sound authentic. But at what cost? 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z

There are so many genres in it, like mystery, suspense and even a bit of science fiction. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead - review 2011-04-13T11:43:46Z

Bradbury wasn’t a “hard” science fiction writer: he wasn’t especially concerned with technological or astrophysical or xenobiological realities. R.I.P. Ray Bradbury: He Jumped Off Cliffs and Never Hit the Ground 2012-06-06T17:50:51Z

The themes of science fiction may be durable — the individual pitted against a faceless network of power; the dangerous technologies disguised as utopian breakthroughs — but the look and mood of sci-fi movies are always changing. | 'World on a Wire': Fassbinder?s Vibrating Sci-Fi Questions About Reality 2010-04-13T22:38:00Z

Mr. Banks, a self-described “evangelical atheist” and liberal, said his science fiction often conveyed his political views. Iain Banks, Novelist of Crime and Science Fiction, Dies at 59 2013-06-12T23:53:39Z

The show’s fantastical premise, in which 2% of the world’s population vanishes in a Rapture-like event, was too much like science fiction for her. Ann Dowd on The Handmaid's Tale: it's a form of activism 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z

Book Country users are invited to submit work in certain genres: romance, fantasy, science fiction, thriller and mystery. Aspiring Authors Get Help Online 2011-04-26T04:01:14Z

The show is full of such details; there is, for a change, actual science fiction in this science fiction show. Continuum – box set review 2013-01-31T16:11:23Z

It will now be adapted for educational displays about connections between early aviation, space travel, science fiction and escapist theme parks. A Brooklyn Show Celebrates an Inventive Mind of the Midway 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

No hard-edge science fiction intended or likely to be found here. Lidia Yuknavitch blasts Joan of Arc into outer space 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z

Sex, politics, vampires, science fiction, Herman Melville — nothing is alien to this restless and resourceful filmmaker. ‘Both Sides of the Blade’ Review: Who Do You Love? 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z

"Iron Man" helped "turn the ship as far as people taking a chance into science fiction and fantasy," said Don Hall, who co-directed "Big Hero 6" with Chris Williams. Disney's 'Big Hero 6' shapes superheroes from robotics and anime 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

In 1993, new comic books were still being seeded to newsstands and the idea of reading digital comics on a tablet was still a science fiction concept like Star Wars itself. Star Wars #1 Is Already 2015's Top Selling Comic 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z

Occasionally elements of science fiction enter my work. Jed Mercurio: My desktop 2013-05-29T08:00:01Z

Most drape their work in lofty erudition drawn from fields like philosophy, experimental science fiction and mysticism. Music: Female Artists With a Penchant for Synth Sounds 2011-10-09T03:30:07Z

I have some bad news about Shut Up and Dance: it’s not really science fiction. Reflections on Black Mirror – by those for whom science fiction became reality 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

He became involved in youth theater, but it wasn’t until after college that his interests in playwriting and science fiction coalesced. The Playwright Mac Rogers Explores Robots, Aliens and Allegory 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

"Django wasn't the lead, so it was like, I need to be the lead," Smith told Entertainment Weekly while promoting his new science fiction film After Earth. Will Smith rejected Django Unchained role because it wasn't big enough 2013-03-26T12:23:58Z

This is not to imply that satire is predictive, any more than science fiction. Has America turned into a spoof of itself? 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

She was an occasional guest on “Pop Culture Happy Hour” podcast episodes, and her colleagues said she was a proud nerd who loved science fiction and comics. National Public Radio books editor Petra Mayer dies at 46 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z

Suddenly, it's 1979, when Steven Spielberg was the kid with the magic touch, and science fiction movies invested their alien encounters with emotional uplift. , the J.J. Box Office: Super 8 Is E.T. (Extra-Terrific) 2011-06-12T21:30:00Z

Beukes also – perhaps thanks to her science fiction background – doesn't make the mistake of trying to explain time travel, or make sense of it. The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes – review 2013-05-05T09:00:01Z

The Age of Trump and what it spawned is science fiction turned into horrible day-to-day reality. "I don't want to be L. Ron Hubbard": Andy Weir on writing escapism & new book "Project Hail Mary" 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z

Machado’s debut collection is a wild thing, blazing with the influence of fabulists from Angela Carter to Kelly Link, borrowing from science fiction, queer theory and horror. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2017 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z

Not only did the alien invasion theme fit the film's main imagery, but the store's tribute to science fiction films echoed the theme of filmmaking, storytelling . . . and spectacle. "Nope" and the Fry's Electronics UFO sighting that almost wasn't 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z

“We were all in camouflage as science fiction fans,” he said. 'Puppies' Unrewarded at Sci-Fi Book Awards 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z

The Star Wars saga is commonly, and rightly, referred to as a space opera, a term that’s been used since the 1930s to describe a specific genre of melodramatic, pulpy science fiction. The Problem With That Major Force Awakens Scene 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z

While a few prominent physicists like Freeman Dyson and Brian Josephson have expressed heretical beliefs in the existence of telepathy, most contemporary scientists dismiss purported supernatural powers as the stuff of science fiction. What happened when I went to psychic school 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z

In this empowering science fiction story, it’s up to Rodney to take his father’s place and save the day. An Homage to Black Boyhood From the Creator of Tristan Strong 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z

He said that Mr. Herbert had been living on a modest Screen Actors Guild pension and fees from appearances at film festivals and conventions of science fiction fans. Charles Herbert, Child Star Known for Roles in ‘The Fly’ and ‘13 Ghosts,’ Dies at 66 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z

“Gene Roddenberry was trying to use science fiction as a metaphor for the issues of the day.” Spock: Half-Vulcan. Half-Human. All Outsider Role Model. 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

The eminent Supreme Court judges may be experts in law, but their ruling revealed gaps in their knowledge of science fiction. Lucas loses UK battle over stormtrooper helmets 2011-07-27T12:55:08Z

So wrote Harry Harrison in a 1990 essay that described science fiction, the genre in which he wrote more than 60 novels, as “rubbish.” Harry Harrison, a Prolific Writer of Satiric Science Fiction, Dies at 87 2012-08-18T02:52:27Z

Why doesn’t this bonkers mix of science fiction, horror and action have the cult status it so richly deserves? Five Science-Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z

Away from the cultural centre, science fiction authors were free to explore and experiment. The Hero’s Journey: The idea you never knew had shaped “Star Wars” 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z

Their name was lifted from old movie serials — including a science fiction adventure from the 1950s featuring space fighter Commander Cody. George Frayne, aka rock star Commander Cody, dead at 77 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z

It's the stuff of science fiction, but the reality is assuredly more disturbing. 'The Beekeeper's Lament': A man and his bees, vital links in the food chain 2011-06-01T22:13:34Z

So here are our Seattle Times’ staffers’ picks for some of their favorite astronaut-themed science fiction books, movies and TV shows. Love astronaut-themed science fiction? Seattle Times staffers name their favorite books, movies and TV shows of that genre. 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z

The classic science fiction novel in which a young boy survives a family betrayal on an inhospitable world. Washington Post paperback bestsellers 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z

Teen Wolf The science fiction comedy-drama begins its fourth season with no one quite sure who that mysterious, mouthless creature is, but they're certain more people will die. Monday's TV Highlights: 'Longmire' on A&E 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z

Science and science fiction, which grabbed her attention when she was a little girl, still keep her interest today. A Painter Who Puts It All on the Line 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z

I'm not a blown-out fan of science fiction, but I did a lot of reading — lots of books. Deltron 3030 is three minds, ten years and finally, a sequel 2013-10-17T13:52:00Z

Henceforth the western disguised itself as the road movie, the action film or science fiction. Anne Billson 2011-02-03T22:29:00Z

A prolific writer, two of Pohl's better known works were "The Space Merchants," written in the early 1950s with Cyril M. Kornbluth, and 1978's "Gateway" a winner of the Hugo Award for science fiction writing. Science Fiction writer Frederik Pohl dead at 93 2013-09-03T23:11:28Z

“They’ve concocted this scenario where everyone in science fiction is obsessed with them and trying to do them in because they’re conservative,” she added. The alt-right attacks sci-fi: How the Hugo Awards got hijacked by Trumpian-style culture warriors 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z

It was really quite science fiction in a way. The raw horror of Alzheimer's 2010-06-01T20:00:00Z

“A nanoscientist will say, ‘The work I do is not science fiction. Aliens as immigrants: How ‘Arrival’ became the latest political sci-fi film 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

It changed not only science fiction but also the very form of cinema. 50 years of 2001: A Space Odyssey – how Kubrick's sci-fi 'changed the very form of cinema' 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z

The pervading, populist cloak of suspicion that envelops the world has fed into our science fiction cinema, too. Is the big-hearted Spielbergian sci-fi of Close Encounters dead? 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z

When Laszlo finally penetrates the corrupt reality behind the Golden State’s fact-based facade, what he and the reader discover is a scenario distressingly familiar from dozens of other science fiction books and films. Review | Imagine a country that prioritizes truth-telling above all else. Is it an improvement? 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z

The film is only glancingly interested in science fiction mechanics. ‘Biosphere’ Review: It’s the End of the World (and They Caused It) 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z

The fine print: The weekend figures that the studios produce on Sunday mornings, and which appear in columns like this, have less to do with rocket science than with science fiction. Box Office Weekend: An Old Dragon Rises to Nick Kick-Ass 2010-04-18T23:00:00Z

“While these science-fiction films view the consequences of population growth in different, but uniformly dystopian, ways they all share a common thread that is anything but science fiction, it is science fact,” he says. From Infinity War to Okja: why overpopulation is cinema's crisis du jour 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z

What starts as a straightforward science fiction adventure takes on its own life as a family drama — a choice some might disagree with. New this week: ‘Sex and the City,’ Juice Wrld and Will Smith 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z

There are some strong similarities between science fiction and historical fiction, but you also write fantasy, poetry, etc. Ursula K. Le Guin: Amazon has too much control over what books get published 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z

The recent proliferation of feminist dystopian works builds on that body of literature, using the lens of science fiction to project current concerns onto the future, while also reflecting on the past. How Feminist Dystopian Fiction Is Channeling Women’s Anger and Anxiety 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z

Tracy K. Smith grew up in a house lined with books, an eclectic library that included dime-store mysteries, 19th-century novels, science fiction paperbacks, Shakespeare’s sonnets and Reader’s Digest Abridged Classics. Tracy K. Smith named new U.S. poet laureate 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z

How do you reconcile what are already the dystopic and surreal aspects of black people's experiences in America and around the world with the genre conventions of science fiction? "Riot Baby" author on his novel of black superpowers: "I don't want justice. I want vengeance" 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z

“I see science fiction as continuing a vein of philosophical inquiry and technological speculation that begins with the Egyptians and their incredibly detailed meditations on life after death,” Tate said. An Afrofuturism Festival Brings an Energy Shift to Carnegie Hall 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z

In 1965 he was teaching at Iowa, still largely unsuccessful at 43, looked down upon by his colleagues as science fiction writer who never graduated college. I Was a Teenage Samuel Beckett: Or, My Literary Biography Problem 2012-01-11T17:47:41Z

The BBC said the Doctor Who drama would explore all aspects of the longest running science fiction series to date, looking at the many personalities involved in bringing the series to life. Mark Gatiss to script drama about the creation of Doctor Who 2012-08-09T09:29:31Z

The gala crowd beforehand struck me as both glamorous and improbable, with Washington A-listers mixing with uncomfortably dressed-up members of our region’s science fiction community. Perspective | ‘Dune’ has long divided the science fiction world. The new film won’t change that. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

I always saw this as a show that changes genres three times, from a mystery to science fiction to horror, though it keeps bits of everything in the air. M. Night Shyamalan on Endings and the 'Wayward Pines' Series Finale 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

She is a fantastic actor with a proven track record both with Chibnall in Broadchurch and with different facets of science fiction in Attack the Block and Black Mirror. 'A stellar choice': your thoughts on Jodie Whittaker's casting in Doctor Who 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z

A Canadian science fiction writer who refused to comply during a U.S. customs inspection has avoided jail in Michigan. Canadian sci-fi writer avoids jail time in Mich. 2010-04-27T15:00:00Z

The company's biggest hit before the 3-D science fiction epic was the Dark Knight, which made $62 million. IMAX inks new theater deal in Japan 2010-04-20T05:38:00Z

Alexander Payne, the director of “Nebraska” and “Sideways,” takes on a science fiction premise about the problem of overpopulation. Venice Film Festival Opening Stars Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z

He incorporates a variety of genres and influences, from dystopian, futuristic science fiction and dark comedy to parental drama and romance, with a Wild-West shootout and even some "Terminator" thrown in. Review: `Looper' takes you to unexpected places 2012-09-26T01:55:08Z

There are many traditions of science fiction in South Asia, in several languages. Perspective | Let’s talk about wonderful Indian science-fiction and fantasy novels 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z

Adam Roberts's Jack Glass is a science fiction novel about our nostalgia for science fiction novels, replete with the favourite devices of Golden Age SF. Adam Roberts: last of the SF writers 2013-02-15T11:09:00Z

Mr Asimov might take a science fiction tour of even more exotic places such as Michigan, where for years we were known for making only... Five Common Wine Myths, Debunked 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

He was a science fiction writer who invented a religion to make money. Alex Gibney interview: journey into the seductive world of Scientology 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z

In the years before World War II, a new kind of hero appeared in American science fiction. Alone on a Spaceship, Trying to Save the World 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z

There was, of course, a very good science fiction film that came out that year. My favorite best picture Oscar winner: Annie Hall 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

One book to look forward to is Polish author Jacek Dukaj’s “Ice,” considered a classic of Polish science fiction and forthcoming in an English translation. Review | The perfect science fiction, fantasy and genre-bending tales for the chilly days ahead 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z

Now the genres it showcases include animation, manga, horror, fantasy and science fiction. ArtsBeat: At Comic-Con, Some Shows Draw Double Takes 2011-07-21T13:18:03Z

Shown at the 1964 World's Fair in New York, the film caught the attention of director Stanley Kubrick and science fiction writer Arthur C Clarke, there researching a possible collaboration called Journey To The Stars. The genius of Douglas Trumbull 2011-07-08T23:11:06Z

He has anchored the juvenile action “National Treasure” franchise, and also science fiction and fantasy like “Ghost Rider,” “Knowing” and “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.” Film: Midwinter Ritual: When Good Actor Meets Bad Movie 2011-02-19T03:43:01Z

My pootbutt friends and I played chess, flew model rockets in science fairs, studied martial arts, read science fiction and serious literature by writers of various colors. Black nerd culture has its day in 'Dope' 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

Others point to “Children of Men,” which was based on an indifferent science fiction novel by mystery author P.D. Bad book, great movie 2012-06-19T21:13:00Z

That will be one of the questions to contemplate at this fifth annual festival at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, which this year explores how new technology is turning science fiction into reality. Spare Times for Children Listings for July 15-21 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z

Golden Age science fiction predicted that technology would satisfy all our material needs, and in many ways it has. Science fiction's five best guides to the present 2013-07-26T09:59:29Z

Besides your mother’s connection, tell us a little about your interest in fantasy and science fiction. Geek food for the geek soul: “As society gets increasingly secular, we need to fill the social void” 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z

In midcentury science fiction by men and women, female characters resembled their earthly counterparts: comely, compliant and domestic. Joanna Russ, Who Drew Women to Sci-Fi, Dies at 74 2011-05-08T07:23:01Z

Bringing a villain like Helena back from the dead is a great risk for any science fiction show to take as the law of diminishing returns can quickly set in. ArtsBeat: ‘Orphan Black’ Recap: Season 2 Begins 2014-04-21T15:39:04Z

Wood hopes that some of these titles might be available for future festivals and is pleased that the cinema's establishing two annual widescreen tentpoles: classic films in the fall, science fiction in the spring. Cinerama launches science-fiction film festival 2012-04-11T20:13:04Z

Lem wrote lots of actual reviews, too, many of them about American science fiction, which he mostly did not like. The Beautiful Mind-Bending of Stanislaw Lem 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z

Noted editors of numerous anthologies of speculative fiction, the VanderMeers have compiled one of the best volumes of feminist — or any other — science fiction in years. Close encounters with feminist science fiction in 'Sisters of the Revolution' 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

Ms. Meyer has ventured into a new genre before with “The Host,” her science fiction novel and her first book for adults. Sorry, ‘Twilight’ Fans, Stephenie Meyer’s Latest Is a Twisted Spy Thriller 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z

Mitchell, a flutist, became the association’s first female chair 10 years ago; her music often deals in grand themes of science fiction and heroism. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

But I think the thing that was different for me was that science fiction and fantasy were expansive. Leigh Bardugo on bringing her Grisha YA trilogy to a close 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z

Indeed, despite its mutant offworld trappings, "Three Stigmata" is as much an example of supernatural horror as of science fiction. When Philip K. Dick turned to Christianity 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z

Although the story is set back in 2010, when the use of drones was dramatically expanded, “Good Kill” still feels like science fiction. Review: ‘Good Kill’ Stars Ethan Hawke Fighting Enemies Half a World Away 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

After nearly seven years on the air, the science fiction epic which began on the Syfy Channel before being cancelled and subsequently saved by Amazon has reached its conclusion. The Expanse producers “would love” to continue the show 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z

China’s fiction brings his own philosophical interests and dramatizes it in a science fiction context.” Squid?s Meaty Role in China Mi?ville?s ?Kraken? 2010-07-23T22:21:00Z

But a pandemic-fueled frenzy for science fiction and fantasy games like Dungeons & Dragons has introduced it to a whole new group of players. Who’s Up for a Round of Warhammer? 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z

All science fiction is allegory on some level, and "Raised By Wolves" poses questions about humanity that many, many other films and series have before by filtering its observations through its synthetic lifeforms. Ridley Scott's new series "Raised by Wolves" imagines a bleak future for humanity – and android moms 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z

Now on its sixth book, the series has grown from its original action-packed, battle-oriented science fiction to encompass multiple planets, races and strategic interests. John Scalzi conquers the publishing universe 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

A pair of ingenious books suit your interests in both science fiction and faith. Dear Match Book: Religion in Fiction 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z

Born in 1948, he grew up in the fevered 1960s, when the beginnings of space travel coincided with a golden age in science fiction. Terry Pratchett: 'Fantasy is uni-age' 2013-04-22T06:00:16Z

Though the script, written by Nolan with his brother Jonathan, incorporates some "familiar science fiction tropes," he said, it also "manages to investigate some compelling emotional material." 'Interstellar' is an ambitious, imperfect sci-fi epic, reviews say 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z

“This is a science fiction idea, an alternate history, but other than that everything else in the show is played in a very real key,” said Moore. 'For All Mankind' imagines a (better) path not taken in space race 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z

The historical detail is mixed with science fiction and satirical humour. Elton inspired by Gove Blackadder quote 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z

This time we get the rather more orthodox form of Colin Farrell, a fine actor whose scene-stealing turn in Minority Report a decade ago always hinted at a fertile future in science fiction. I have Total Recall of the original – and it was better 2012-06-28T12:43:47Z

Right now there are many adapted, rebooted or entirely new futuristic science fiction stories that are quite dystopian. "Veep" creator on trading the Oval Office for lawless space in HBO's wacky comedy "Avenue 5" 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z

The book only has a dash of science fiction compared with its predecessors, so I would recommend it for people who prefer mysteries and conspiracies over science fiction. Review | Beyond ‘Dune’: Let’s talk about science fiction and fantasy novels about ecology and climate change 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z

Not all science fiction has been as critical of the government. Sci-Fi Writers Find Warmer Climate Amid Cuban Thaw 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

But his first love was film, which hooked him at 8, when he marveled at the 1956 science fiction movie “Forbidden Planet.” John Carpenter goes from behind the camera to center stage 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z

And then there’s the challenge of defining “science fiction” itself, as well as related genre terms like “science fantasy” and “speculative fiction.” Tracking the Vocabulary of Sci-Fi, from Aerocar to Zero-Gravity 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z

Of course, fantasy and science fiction have long welcomed and celebrated books that require serious effort from a reader. Review | ‘A Voyage to Arcturus’ may have sold 596 copies in its first printing, but it deserves a wider audience 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z

That long, personalized thread is what truly sets the Mass Effect series apart from other science fiction. Mass Effect 3 Review Roundup: Pleasing Even the Usual Critics 2012-03-06T15:45:15Z

Mary Shelley usually gets mad props as the progenitor of feminist science fiction for her 1818 "Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus." Close encounters with feminist science fiction in 'Sisters of the Revolution' 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

Falling Skies has been something of a curate's egg: some great, fascinating alien science fiction stuff encased in a mess of sentimentality and weak characterisation. TV highlights 30/08/2011: The Great British Bake Off 2011-08-29T22:00:00Z

The comic is widely considered a thematic continuation of a group of stories he had worked on at DC that mixed science fiction and myth and were known as the “Fourth World.” What to Know About ‘Eternals’ 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z

Is it, as I believe, the greatest long work of American science fiction? Review | In praise of pretty books 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z

This is where the genius of Serling asserts itself, for he knew and respected science fiction on its own terms. The transformation of 'Planet of the Apes,' from book to movie legend 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

In today's cinematic landscape of sequels, prequels and trilogies filmed back-to-back, Méliès' decision seems a bold one: his next film wasn't science fiction, nor was it really like anything else he ever made. Georges Méliès's Robinson Crusoé film resurfaces in Pordenone 2012-10-10T14:22:02Z

Pamela Paul, writing in the Book Review this weekend, hailed Meg as a “heroine of science fiction.” Motherlode Blog: 'A Wrinkle in Time' Turns 50 2012-02-01T00:05:36Z

“When I began writing science fiction, when I began reading, heck, I wasn’t in any of this stuff,” she told The New York Times in 2000. A Prescient Sci-Fi ‘Parable’ Gets Set to Music 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z

Nancy Hightower reviews science fiction and fantasy every month for The Washington Post. The best sci-fi and fantasy novels for June 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z

Author Laura J. Mixon, who won the award for best fan writer, used her acceptance speech to highlight the need for racial diversity in science fiction, Wired reported. No love for 'Sad Puppies' at this year's Hugo Awards 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z

Children with special mind powers are usually bad news for science fiction programs, but when they are used to quickly dispense with unnecessary plot complications, it’s hard to complain. ArtsBeat: ‘Orphan Black’ Recap: Please, Let’s Not Imagine the Worst 2014-05-04T15:29:16Z

As a speculative fiction writer and student of science fiction and the surreal, how do you make sense of it? Novelist Jonathan Lethem: "There is no allegory crude enough" to capture Trump's America 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z

Smollett, one of the young stars of “The Mighty Ducks” film in 1992, appeared in Ridley Scott’s science fiction film “Alien: Covenant” in 2017. More on Jussie Smollett, a child actor who rose to stardom 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z

The entrance to the exhibit will be marked by a giant raw-metal structure, a portal of sorts into another world — the interstellar space of science fiction. Coming to EMP: Hendrix, AC/DC ? and some leather, too 2012-01-20T04:54:59Z

It’s a place of acceptance and social ease, and while it might not look as mind-bending as the fantasy realms portrayed in science fiction, it’s clearly no less liberating. ‘We Met in Virtual Reality’ Review: Home Sweet Home 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z

Just as he skewered science fiction in “Fluke” and gothic horror in “You Suck,” Christopher Moore gives us dizzy dames and shadowy gangsters in “Noir.” Review | Twice-told tales: Jo Nesbø, Madeline Miller and others revive classic stories 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z

Kij Johnson, a KU assistant professor of English, author and one of the hosts of the conference, points to the country’s active entrepreneurial sector as a major point of interaction between science fiction and reality. Science fiction writers meeting in Lawrence 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

David Cronenberg used the tactic too, but his early films are perhaps closer to science fiction. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2013-04-06T05:00:10Z

The science fiction community need not be so wedded to “original conceptions” of fictional characters, Roberts says, and instead embrace diversity not because of any larger social agenda, but simply because it exists. Sulu, “Star Trek” and queer sci-fi: LGBT diversity has been there all along—now it’s gone mainstream 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

However, there are interesting insights from producer Herb Solow into the slightly megalomaniacal Roddenberry, who asked to be billed as "the Creator", as well as the show's uses of science fiction and science fact. TV highlights – 09/05/2013 2013-05-09T05:59:01Z

It’s interesting, the stuff I read just to escape ends up being a mix of things — some science fiction. Transcript: President Obama on What Books Mean to Him 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z

Vernon was also a fan of fantasy and science fiction, especially, she said, “novels by Robin McKinley and anything to do with ‘Star Trek.’ Ursula Vernon elevates a rodent to royalty 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z

"Captive State" is science fiction in terms of the context of present day America, but it is not particularly far-fetched relative to other places around the world. "Captive State" director Rupert Wyatt on sci-fi, commercial failure and the age of Trum 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z

That is a very important point, one that is not always properly served in a movie like "Independence Day" or the recent "Terminator" movies and similar science fiction films. "Captive State" director Rupert Wyatt on sci-fi, commercial failure and the age of Trum 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z

But he added that these directors were translating the fear and paranoia that the drug war was generating into other genres, like horror movies and science fiction, using them as metaphors for the current situation. Gerardo Naranjo?s ?Miss Bala? Reflects Mexican Drug War 2012-01-15T04:27:18Z

It’s hard to define science fiction as a genre when the goal posts keep moving and yesterday’s far-fetched scenario becomes today’s headline. Five Science-Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z

Despite these challenges, science fiction plays — some defiantly silly, some yearningly serious — are appearing more often. Cyborgs Onstage, Robots in the Wings 2010-12-30T23:58:33Z

In no literature is the faith in technological progress more solid than in science fiction. Summer voyages: Shikasta Re: Colonised Planet 5 by Doris Lessing 2013-07-22T12:26:12Z

Perhaps the most traditional horror of the trio, with shades of Stephen King, The Passage nonetheless removes vampirism from the realm of the supernatural and portrays it as science fiction. When horror stopped being supernatural 2013-05-16T09:55:38Z

After that day’s rehearsal, Davis said, “it’s so funny because I like science fiction, and I wrote a science fiction opera” — “Under the Double Moon,” from 1989 — “but I never thought of ‘X’ like that.” ‘It’s Anthony’s Time’: A Composer Gets His Due 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z

Late last year, he published a science fiction/fantasy novel, "Tinderbox: Soldier of Indira." Lou Diamond Phillips: "My entire career has been fighting against those labels" 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z

And it does so while playing around with narrative genre, combining elements of science fiction, Westerns and daredevil action-adventure. How "Toy Story" changed everything – in its first eight minutes 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z

In her 2009 essay “On the Frontier,” Ursula K. Le Guin took stock of an abstraction endemic to both the American West, where she was raised, and her chosen genre of science fiction. The Essential Ursula K. Le Guin 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z

“We all know the phrase science fiction now but I’m not sure that word or that genre was as ubiquitous then,” she said. G.I. Joe, Mickey Mouse and Captain America Walk Into … a Display 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z

And I was very curious to dive into the details of her leap from science fiction filmmaking into the seemingly very different realm of short-form comedy. “Work in Progress” tackles queer identity comedy nearly 30 years after “It’s Pat” 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z

“One of the strengths of science fiction is that it can show us how this history is still with us in a way no strictly realistic drama ever could,” Mr. Weiss said. HBO Boss Regrets Announcement of ‘Confederate,’ but Not its Concept 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z

But unlike many of its predecessors, “Contagion,” which tracks the global spread of a lethal flulike virus, resists the sheen of science fiction or fantasy and instead stresses the chilling plausibility of its nightmare situation. Arts & Leisure: All-Star Cast for Steven Soderbergh?s ?Contagion? 2011-08-26T21:36:34Z

Instead, both games are more akin to Halo in their embrace of science fiction. Calling All Killers: 2 New Games Offer a Workout 2011-02-28T16:27:59Z

“He just doesn’t want to get bored,” says his longtime friend, the science fiction writer Tony Daniel. Greg Gutfeld has risen to the top at Fox News — and that’s no joke 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z

But because of Cuba’s close relationship with the Soviet Union, many works of prescreened Soviet science fiction were published. Sci-Fi Writers Find Warmer Climate Amid Cuban Thaw 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

It represents science fiction at its best, when it can mystify us like a dream. Favorite Summer Movies From This Summer’s Stars and Directors 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

So this may stray into science fiction territory, but it also applies to mythical worlds or, you know, ones with hobbits and stuff. Readers recommend: fantasy songs 2010-10-07T23:01:00Z

It currently plays host to over five million stories in 25 languages, with more than 500,000 new stories and poems added every month, across genres from romance to science fiction. Margaret Atwood joins story-sharing website Wattpad 2012-06-25T17:00:01Z

He is usually placed by critics in either the science fiction or the horror genres, or both. Does H.P. Lovecraft belong in the canon? 2013-05-08T22:07:00Z

James Pardey, another member of the Penguin Collectors Society, has more than 400 science fiction titles, acquired for between £1 and £4 each. Penguin Books celebrates 75th birthday 2010-07-30T12:46:00Z

Still, I once heard a Hugo Award-winning author declare that the only American science fiction that mattered appeared after 1960. Review | Let us praise the giants of science fiction: Campbell, Asimov and, yes, L. Ron Hubbard 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z

In effect, it's science fiction with zero science. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2012-07-27T23:05:00Z

Iain M Banks's novel Use of Weapons has a narrative structure that, if it were not a work of science fiction, would qualify it as the most "literary" of literary fiction. Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks 2012-07-20T21:55:02Z

But as a science fiction writer, things are even more complicated. During Trump's present, it's gotten hard to write the future, says John Scalzi 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z

Yeah, that's what I always liked about science fiction – you can make the world end. 'America's top satirist' 2010-09-04T23:02:00Z

In this case, we’re talking nearly 1,200 double-columned pages, dozens of representative short classics of science fiction, and newly translated work from around the world. A summer book list like no other: Michael Dirda picks 11 hidden gems 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z

He was deeply interested in science fiction and horror films as a boy. Michael Gross, Who Designed the ‘Ghostbusters’ Logo, Dies at 70 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

Ultimately, this is a discussion to be had at Comicon among all the other fantasy and science fiction stories. A Conservative Catholic Begs the Pope: Lead Us Not Into Temptation 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z

We also hear from Hugh Howey, a writer who took a very different route to success, publishing his science fiction novel, Wool, in chapters online. Guardian Books podcast: Creative writing courses and Hugh Howey 2013-01-25T14:18:45Z

Mandy's interested in astronomy, and she and Red share a love of science fiction. The baptism of Nic Cage in the bloodbath of “Mandy” 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z

But even more importantly, Johnson said science fiction explores big social questions about changes. Science fiction writers meeting in Lawrence 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

What “Advantageous” is that other science fiction films aren’t is quiet. Gather around, screwed millennials: You must see this 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

“Octavia’s Brood: Riding the Ox Home,” which premiered at Dance Place in June, is inspired by Harriet Tubman and a 2015 science fiction story collection on social justice movements, a tribute to writer Octavia Butler. Why artists become activists: It’s not only the election 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z

The latest, “Star Crossed,” on Monday night, uses science fiction as its shell. Television Review: Girl Meets Alien in ‘Star Crossed’ on CW 2014-02-16T22:22:46Z

Reading any of Roberts's 13 published science fiction novels I often find myself thinking of their author as the last true science fiction writer. Adam Roberts: last of the SF writers 2013-02-15T11:09:00Z

“We just do the little science fiction shelf in the back.” Video Game to Play in Vintage Gumshoes 2011-05-06T20:13:40Z

Terry's books tread the boundary where science fiction merges into fantasy. Why I'm going to the Discworld convention 2010-08-26T11:20:00Z

The show is an anthology of various stories from horror to science fiction. Apple announces drama series starring Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

Spielberg’s early foray into science fiction symbolises the post Apollo-era positivity of both the film-maker himself and America as a whole. Barack to the future: what can we learn from Obama's sci-fi movie list? 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

What is in reality so mysterious and awesome and nobody can make any sense of it, science fiction writers try to make some little sense of it. Forever Captain Kirk: William Shatner opens up about “fandom frenzy” and 50 years of “Star Trek” 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

This underground style looked back not just decades, but a century or more, blending high Victorian and Edwardian style with a fantastical, Jules Verne-era science fiction sensibility. How Steampunk Became a Stylish Protest to the Digital Age 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z

Just when you think you’re reading career satire, Harris upends her plot with a science fiction twist that both surprises and broadens the story into something more urgent and ultimately — well, you decide. 10 books to read in June 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z

As her career progressed with mystery, suspense and science fiction novels, Stabenow bought land in Homer with the possible idea of selling it at a profit later in life. Alaska author wants to build writers' retreat 2013-04-15T10:31:06Z

It is often said that science fiction is a genre of ideas. Why Hollywood doesn't get sci-fi 2010-10-15T11:49:00Z

Ashmead edited works on topics as diverse as science fiction and crime. Longtime book editor Larry Ashmead dies at 78 2010-09-04T01:01:00Z

Q: The new movie is a shift for you, from the splatter horror of "Saw" and the supernatural thrills of "Insidious" to science fiction. Co-creator of ‘Saw’ and ‘Insidious’ looks forward — and backward — with sci-fi thriller ‘Upgrade.’ 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

Weather permitting, the man behind one of the most recognizable space-faring characters in science fiction history will become the oldest person ever to float there. Bezos Reaches for a Star 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z

Like Nick’s clients, “Reminiscence” oscillates between the past and the present, which fits a thriller nestled at the intersection of film noir and science fiction. ‘Reminiscence’ Review: Out of the Past, Into the Future (and Back) 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z

Jodorowsky pitched Dune in the years before the success of Star Wars, when science fiction was still seen as strange and embarrassing. The Hero’s Journey: The idea you never knew had shaped “Star Wars” 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z

Spufford is an avid fan of science fiction, unsurprising given his keenness for alternate worlds. An Essayist Searching for Alternate Worlds 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z

It's dense with references both to the '80s — there's even a recurring motif of Black Flag, the '80s hardcore band — and to other horror movies and science fiction stories dating back decades. The Reagan era and "Us": Sins of the '80s still haunt America in Jordan Peele's horror tale 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z

In the United States, science fiction has largely flourished because, generation after generation, its fans dreamt of becoming pros and being published in Astounding, Galaxy or the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Review | Forget the bestseller list: These lesser-known works deserve your attention 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z

But as comic book, science fiction and fantasy fans swarmed downtown San Diego on Wednesday night for the convention’s traditional preview, something new floated in the air — a slight chill, and not just the weather. ArtsBeat: A Little Less Frenzy at Comic-Con 2011-07-21T16:15:58Z

Space experts have challenged the accuracy of a science fiction film starring Matt Damon that depicts life on Mars for a stranded astronaut, claiming the movie is tainted by a few space oddities. Space experts challenge accuracy of The Martian 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z

He brought a reliably human dimension to big-budget action adventures and science fiction. Bill Paxton, amiable actor of film and TV, dies at 61 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z

As one of Madsen's interview subjects notes, most science fiction looks ahead only 100 years or so, and thus is not terribly helpful. 'Into Eternity': Deep thoughts about burying nuclear waste 2011-07-21T19:29:04Z

But he said it was hard to improve on the one offered by the author and critic Damon Knight in 1952: “‘Science fiction is what we point at when we say, ‘This is science fiction.’ Tracking the Vocabulary of Sci-Fi, from Aerocar to Zero-Gravity 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z

These days, novels are the default for most science fiction and fantasy writers. Review | Let’s talk about the best — and newest — science fiction and fantasy story collections 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z

It’s been tinkered into science fiction by the likes of J.J. “JFK: One Day in America” restores the humanity to one of America's most dramatized tragedies 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z

Bradbury was an early crossover figure, a science fiction/fantasy/horror writer whose stylistic abilities were so obvious, and whose thematic range was so deep and powerful, that he became unclassifiable. R.I.P. Ray Bradbury: He Jumped Off Cliffs and Never Hit the Ground 2012-06-06T17:50:51Z

“It’s a bit of science fiction in the landscape,” Ms. Alemani said. Inside Art: Whitney Museum Announces Biennial Plans 2012-11-29T20:45:41Z

In second place, new science fiction movie "Looper" took in $21.2 million from Friday through Sunday, according to studio estimates. Monsters rule box office in "Hotel Transylvania" 2012-09-30T16:06:50Z

He didn’t just read science fiction, he devoured Thomas Wolfe and Thomas Mann, Eudora Welty and Edith Wharton. R.I.P. Ray Bradbury: He Jumped Off Cliffs and Never Hit the Ground 2012-06-06T17:50:51Z

Their first performance was at TitanCon, a science fiction and fantasy convention in Belfast, where they put on a Game of Thrones inspired piece. Metal ballet meets Games of Thrones 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z

The book I probably read the most growing up was “The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress,” a great science fiction book by Robert Heinlein. Bill Gates Has Always Sought Out New Reading Recommendations 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z

"Some of the best science fiction and fantasy that's being written is being written by people who aren't like me, the straight, white dude," he says. John Scalzi conquers the publishing universe 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

The books are drawn from many genres: fiction, science fiction and fantasy, memoir, nonfiction and mystery. National Book Award longlist for young adult books announced 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z

For many in the science fiction community, his 2002 novel Light is his masterpiece – Iain Banks hailed it as "a novel of full-spectrum literary dominance … a work of – and about – the highest order". M John Harrison: a life in writing 2012-07-20T21:55:12Z

After its surprise release last year, Wesley Morris wrote that the visual album is “less a dramatization than a daydream, infused with black magic, embracing — if only notionally — African tribalism, science fiction, menstruation and witchcraft.” What’s on TV Monday: ‘Bad Santa’ and ‘A Madea Christmas’ 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z

The Dark Knight Rises star will take an unspecified part in the adaptation of the bestselling 2011 science fiction novel by Daniel H Wilson. Anne Hathaway takes on Robopocalypse 2012-11-13T11:29:30Z

The vast number of dilating doors you see in science fiction is an homage to Heinlein. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7, Episode 6: Hey Look, Another New Group! 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z

The movie became science fiction by virtue of that fact. "Captive State" director Rupert Wyatt on sci-fi, commercial failure and the age of Trum 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z

"I consider you all my family," she told the convention of science fiction authors and fans. Connie Willis wins 11th Hugo award 2011-08-23T11:12:58Z

"I very much liked 'Avatar'... 3D is fascinating to me, but I don't understand why it should be reserved to science fiction or horror movies," he added. Cannes honorary award goes to "Last Tango" director 2011-05-11T15:25:52Z

People are interested in a slightly more realistic portrayal of science fiction, of how it may relate to them. Total Recall Director Talks Remakes, Relevance and Real-Life Paranoia 2012-08-02T12:00:34Z

“It was science fiction 10 years ago, and now it’s reality.” Country Music Opens Its Ears 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

In his Pulitzer-winning “The Underground Railroad,” Whitehead infused a sad era of our nation’s history with science fiction and magical realism to remind us that the shadow of slavery still hovers over us. Review | The 10 books to read in July 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z

The film with the most nominations often wins, says Feinberg, but the problem is the Academy has never given best picture to a science fiction or a 3D film. Oscars: What to watch out for 2014-03-01T09:07:27Z

I associate that with science fiction in a lot of ways. Navajo the chosen one for new 'Star Wars' dub 2013-04-27T15:28:08Z

In that vein, we have been treated to Tim Wirkus’s “The Infinite Future,” about a Brazilian science fiction writer whose lost magnum opus sets a group of seekers in motion. Review | Bibliophiles love the mystery of a missing manuscript. ‘The Lost Book of Adana Moreau’ is just what they’re looking for. 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z

"He thought we were turning science fiction into something namby-pamby, losing its roots," Moorcock says. When Hari Kunzru met Michael Moorcock 2011-02-04T12:05:01Z

Orson, like L. Ron Hubbard, finds his science fiction developed into a movie and springboard for a new religion. Review: ‘The Lost Time Accidents’ asks the big questions about where we are 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z

Themes are beginning to stretch beyond the stereotypical themes, touching on matters of music, law, crime, horror, comedy sketches, many forms of science fiction, action-adventure, prison challenges, and more. 4 Big Ways The Emmy Awards Have Changed In The Last Decade 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z

His early work bent toward science fiction because so-called serious writing felt too insular. Books of The Times: J. G. Ballard’s Memoir, ‘Miracles of Life’ 2013-02-05T21:10:03Z

As much as I love science fiction and fantasy and imaginative stuff, you always have to go back to real life as your touchstone and say, What is the truth? George R. R. Martin on the One 'Game of Thrones' Change He 'Argued Against' 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z

As technology advances apace, crime fiction keeping abreast of current developments begins to resemble – as does real life when we stop to consider it – science fiction more and more. Crime fiction: Evidence points to a clash of genres 2012-07-19T08:15:53Z

While it may seem unlikely in the midst of a sustained economic collapse, post-scarcity is not just the stuff of science fiction. The bright side of science fiction 2010-04-01T10:08:00Z

And if TV is still, for the most part, a vast wasteland, at least it's got more oases than ever before -- and a good number of them are paradise for science fiction fans. "V": How to fix ABC's struggling alien invasion series 2011-02-22T15:40:00Z

“It’s like being part of the space program in the ’60s,” Luke Daniels, a Michigan-based reader who specializes in science fiction, fantasy and thrillers, told Salon. Stars of the spoken word: Meet the audiobook narrators who are quietly saving book publishing 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z

Ms. Monáe has a bright voice with more than a hint of Michael Jackson in it, and she shares Of Montreal’s fondness for funk, soul and new wave, for science fiction and for overstuffing songs. Music Review: Anxiety Wrapped in Gleaming Pop and Lam? 2010-09-19T22:31:00Z

That is a loaded question, as so many writers of, say, mysteries or science fiction, are splendid literary writers. What are the most-checked-out books at Seattle Public Library? 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z

Like some of the best science fiction novels, it was initially published as short magazine stories. Review | Clowns are creepy. Let's talk about horror, science-fiction and fantasy books that make the most of circus settings. 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z

Disney, the world's largest entertainment company, bought "Star Wars" producer Lucasfilm in 2012 and began developing new movies in the celebrated science fiction franchise. Bobbleheads and droids lure collectors to Disney's 'Star Wars' event 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z

What I like about the movie is that it examines a number of current societal trends and imagines what might happen if they developed to their logical conclusion, just as great science fiction should. Is In Time the intelligent sci-fi film we've been waiting for? 2011-07-29T11:36:05Z

And he, in his turn, made "science fiction" purists nervous, as well he might. Margaret Atwood on Ray Bradbury: the tale-teller who tapped into the gothic core of America 2012-06-08T21:55:20Z

There’s a science fiction novel hidden inside “The Lost Time Accidents” somewhere, and an end-of-the-20th-century romance, and a comedy of errors, and a seedy Third Reich thriller. “It’s a literary novel that ate a pulp paperback”: Novelist John Wray on “The Lost Time Accidents” as science fiction, romance and seedy Third Reich thriller 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

She was raised Baptist, but her beliefs ultimately became a kind of spiritual grab bag, influenced by New Age teachings, astrology, divination and science fiction. New "Heaven's Gate" series looks to Christianity to explain the method to the cult's madness 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z

Some of his early science fiction and fantasy books won a following, and in 1971 he quit advertising to write full time. John Jakes, Whose Historical Novels Hit the Jackpot, Dies at 90 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z

So, what other science fiction and speculative novels — old and new — have caught our attention? Review | Beyond ‘Dune’: Let’s talk about science fiction and fantasy novels about ecology and climate change 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z

Maybe science fiction’s future is actually just a lens on the present. When Science Fiction Comes True 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z

I liked the balance between domestic drama and science fiction – the first series was like watching a soap one scene, and Star Trek in the next. Watchers on the Wall: meet the rulers of the world's biggest TV fan sites 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z

Finally, let’s not forget a couple of classic science fiction short stories that got turned into movies. Review | Let’s talk about ‘Starship Troopers’ and other science fiction and fantasy novels that wowed us on screen 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z

No surprise: “Project Hail Mary,” Andy Weir’s latest science fiction space adventure, is a bestseller. Review | Andy Weir’s ‘Project Hail Mary’ is a bestseller. It also has some problems. 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z

The words “graviton” and “biotechnician,” for example, first appeared in science fiction sources before being adopted in the real world. Tracking the Vocabulary of Sci-Fi, from Aerocar to Zero-Gravity 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z

The list includes a western, science fiction, horror, a swashbuckler, a romance, an epic drama, a cartoon and other pleasures. The 10 greatest sequels of all time 2011-05-27T23:30:00Z

In July, representatives for Remini confirmed that she had left the church founded by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard in 1954. Actress Leah Remini says Scientology split was family decision 2013-09-09T22:26:19Z

Instead of ruminating on the meaning of his ambitious if barely coherent forays into science fiction, he’ll explain at length how he feeds his cast and crew. What Distinguishes a Neil Breen Film? Neil Breen. 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z

This is supposedly a return to the hard science fiction of the old school, blending theories from pure science with imaginative speculation. Hugo awards 2010: the shortlist 2010-04-06T09:36:00Z

"I've enjoyed the series, considering it to be akin to science fiction," he noted, reacting to the raging debates about the religious symbols and language that dominated the final moments. ON RELIGION: Lost in the white light 2010-05-26T16:33:00Z

At Congdon’s request, and with Miller’s approval, the respected science fiction author Terry Bisson agreed to edit and complete the manuscript. A Science-Fiction Classic Still Smolders 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z

Maybe eco science fiction and plagues just seem to go together? Review | Beyond ‘Dune’: Let’s talk about science fiction and fantasy novels about ecology and climate change 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z

In the classic science fiction novel, a young boy survives a family betrayal on an inhospitable planet. Washington Post paperback bestsellers 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z

Changing it into film introduces an element of science fiction or fantasy — the movies are too lifelike to be explained by special effects. An Alternative America Hits Home in ‘The Man in the High Castle’ 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

That childhood experience explains, in part, how a liberal geek came to write science fiction about military alliances and tactics. John Scalzi conquers the publishing universe 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

My instinct is that the pandemic experience is not going to impact science fiction very much because science fiction and fantasy are on a basic level about escapism. "I don't want to be L. Ron Hubbard": Andy Weir on writing escapism & new book "Project Hail Mary" 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z

These laws have become so ubiquitous in science fiction over the years, you may have heard of them without realizing where they came from. "Foundation": An introduction to five major themes in the work of sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z

But science fiction is about the present more than the future, and we do have a new science fiction trilogy that’s perfect for this very moment. Memorial Day’s lessons in amnesia 2012-05-24T15:04:00Z

While his science fiction spanned inter-stellar spaces, his literary fiction kept its highly specific sense of place. Iain Banks dies aged 59 2013-06-09T17:22:02Z

It is reported to be a mix of fantasy science fiction and crime drama. 'Reject' Ioan Gruffudd lands part 2014-02-25T12:35:33Z

As one of Mr. Madsen’s interview subjects notes, most science fiction looks ahead only a hundred years or so, and thus is not terribly helpful. | 'Into Eternity': Humans, Who Once Buried Their Treasures, Now Bury Their Dangers 2011-02-01T22:51:58Z

I guess this is what is meant by genre fiction – Miéville is an award-winning science fiction author. Can books be compared with works of art? 2010-10-13T17:01:00Z

Does pop culture science fiction merely reflect humanity’s hopes and fears for the future, or can it act as an early warning signal designed to help us avoid the impending techno-apocalypse? Sci-fi and superheroes in 2017: can Luke Skywalker save us from Hollywood's bleak year ahead? 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z

Those sorts of readers find a thicket of playful allusions to classic and contemporary science fiction and fantasy stories. Squid?s Meaty Role in China Mi?ville?s ?Kraken? 2010-07-23T22:21:00Z

To have him gone is the closing the door, for the culture of science fiction and the literature of science fiction.” Ray Bradbury: The man who made sci-fi respectable 2012-06-06T20:30:00Z

Around this point in science fiction books and even history books, a revolution seems necessary. Memorial Day’s lessons in amnesia 2012-05-24T15:04:00Z

We don’t know if the explanation is psychological or supernatural, or whether Weerasethakul is dabbling in science fiction, metaphysics or some of each. Is Moviegoing Undemocratic? 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z

His stock has risen dramatically in the worlds of horror and science fiction literature in recent years, and so has his place as a local hero. How to Find the Spirit of H.P. Lovecraft in Providence 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

Then I started reading Heinlein’s Y.A. novels and they hooked me on science fiction. Ernest Cline: By the Book 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

The captured skitter stuff was almost all fine; it's a standard routine in science fiction and while Falling Skies offered nothing particularly new, it did reveal a lot more about our alien overlords. Falling Skies: episode four 2011-07-26T21:00:02Z

“My science fiction is completely different from Western science fiction or what most people would consider ‘hard’ science fiction,” he said. Ni Kuang, Prolific Hong Kong Novelist and Screenwriter, Dies at 87 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z

Much will be written in the coming days about Leonard Nimoy the actor and science fiction icon and his place in television history. Leonard Nimoy's music blurred line between man and Vulcan 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

Then at a certain point it turned the corner and I spent it all on science fiction. What Didn't Make It Into TIME's Cover Story on Stephen Colbert 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

Her 1969 novel, “The Left Hand of Darkness” won the Hugo and Nebula awards, which are given to recognize the best works of science fiction and fantasy. U.S. author Ursula K. Le Guin dies at 88: family 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

My husband then, David Compton, was a writer of science fiction and stuff like that – and we lived in a thatched house in Devon, in Fairy Cross near Bideford. Interview: Elizabeth Sigmund, dedicatee of The Bell Jar – Reading group 2013-01-18T17:16:43Z

Cameron's property move has hardened expectations that he will make large parts of two sequels to his 3-D science fiction epic Avatar in New Zealand. Avatar's Cameron buys up land in NZ hobbit country 2012-02-02T00:45:24Z

Big science fiction movies don’t send people off to pretend to be astronauts, and big crime movies don’t send people off to become con men. Will Dungeons & Dragons Be the next Hobbit? 2012-12-12T13:00:23Z

Our world looks more and more like science fiction these days. Utopia: inside Channel 4's new unsettling thriller 2013-01-12T06:00:00Z

The closest tonal approximation for “Sorry to Bother You” is one of the late films of Jean Renoir, “Picnic in the Grass,” in which science fiction and political satire meet theatrical exaggeration and romantic lyricism. “Sorry to Bother You,” Reviewed: A Wild Workplace Comedy Energized by Righteous Anger 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z

This classic series is a little like “Canterbury Tales” for science fiction fans. Review | The weirdly specific mixtape Vol. 1: Space fantasy books to read 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

Ever since we started, people kept saying that this is science fiction – it's not real. Print yourself: the rise of the 3D photo booth 2012-11-23T10:04:30Z

Canadian sci-fi writer convicted in border case The Associated Press A Canadian science fiction writer has been convicted of assaulting, obstructing and resisting a police officer during an inspection in Michigan last year by U.S. Canadian sci-fi writer convicted in border case 2010-03-19T19:18:00Z

One man brought a science fiction book he wrote himself. One Way to Encourage Checking-Out at the Library 2011-03-02T22:32:49Z

As I say in my signature motto, 'Let's save the world through science fiction.' Bill for compulsory science fiction in West Virginia schools 2013-04-19T15:16:24Z

After we did that record, we realized that with science fiction it works best when you relate the present to your vision of the future. Deltron 3030 is three minds, ten years and finally, a sequel 2013-10-17T13:52:00Z

On its release in 1968, this science fiction cult classic was dismissed by critics as overly campy, gaudy, silly and nonsensical. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2012-07-27T23:05:00Z

But it’s also one with a history — which goes back farther than “Star Trek,” to a forgotten 1952 science fiction story in the pulp magazine Imagination. Tracking the Vocabulary of Sci-Fi, from Aerocar to Zero-Gravity 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z

So I flipped a coin, and it came up heads, which was the side I chose for science fiction. The Science Fiction Writer John Scalzi Readily Quits Reading 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z

Flowing gracefully from historical fiction to contemporary realism to science fiction, linked stories imagine Thailand’s lush past — and climate-changed future. 50 notable works of fiction in 2019 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

Jim looks at science fiction as a way of asking us to explore how we view our lives today. 2009-12-17T01:16:00Z

Robinson discovered his love of science fiction at the University of California, San Diego, where he majored in literature and received his Ph.D. in English. A Sci-Fi Writer Returns to Earth: ‘The Real Story Is the One Facing Us’ 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z

It ended as something much warmer, more expansive and optimistic–and, toward the end, became a kind of loopy near-future science fiction. Parks and Recreation Watch: Find Your Team and Get to Work 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z

Later in the season, though, we'll be running a series of supplements, one devoted to each of the following genres: horror, comedy, crime, science fiction and fantasy, action and war, crime, and arthouse. The best films ever: help us complete our genre handbooks 2010-09-20T15:47:00Z

When not working on his television show, Kurt writes stories for Andromeda, a science fiction magazine edited by the agoraphobic Saul Silver. Science fiction: ‘The Madonna and the Starship,’ by James Morrow

Banks, who also writes science fiction under the name of Iain M Banks, said that as a late stage gall bladder cancer patient he is only expected to live for several months. Scottish author Iain Banks has terminal cancer 2013-04-03T11:49:10Z

Photograph: Kerry Brown/AP/20th Century Fox "Muddled" and "confused" are two words that seem to be ubiquitous in even the positive reviews for , 's first venture into science fiction in more than three decades. Can you solve the Prometheus puzzle? 2012-06-13T15:44:05Z

"Brave New World," the classic science fiction novel by Aldous Huxley, is going into development at Syfy as a potential series. Syfy developing 'Brave New World' as series 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z

Wells is often considered the “father of science fiction.” Claire Tomalin’s Favorite Fictional Heroine? It ‘Must Be Natasha’ in ‘War and Peace’ 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

More than a decade later, Cassava Republic has published more than 50 titles, and has expanded into romance, crime, memoir, fantasy, science fiction and children’s books. A Wave of New Fiction From Nigeria, as Young Writers Experiment With New Genres 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z

Told almost entirely in flashback and through conversations, the book is a haunting work of science fiction. Best science fiction and fantasy books out this month 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z

Wild landscapes, weird nature, science fiction — this really should be my jam. The Classic Novel That Robert Macfarlane Just Couldn’t Finish 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z

I do not think that there is going to be quite as much disease-related science fiction, as one might suspect. "I don't want to be L. Ron Hubbard": Andy Weir on writing escapism & new book "Project Hail Mary" 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z

He was also a writer of pulp fiction, and what prepared the way for the language and delirium of Dianetics was several years of writing adventure-packed short stories and science fiction junk novels. Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood & the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright – review 2013-01-30T12:00:02Z

Scholars have adopted the term techno-orientalism to critique the view of the future as Asian dominated, especially in science fiction where Asians are figured as slaves to the machine. Stop calling Asians "robotic" please 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z

Science fiction’s 2012 Topics: , , , L. Ron Hubbard, , , science fiction, Back in 1987, L. Ron Hubbard created a time capsule of sorts. Science fiction’s 2012 2012-08-05T16:00:00Z

Cory Doctorow, an author of science fiction and a friend of Mr. Scalzi’s, called it “a deeply sneaky book — in the best way.” In ‘Redshirts,’ John Scalzi Gives Expendables a Life 2012-07-06T22:52:40Z

"When I heard that I began to think what it would be like to apply that aesthetic to science fiction." William Gibson coaxes the future out of the present 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

Two years ago, Duncan Jones made a big impact with his small, low-budget science fiction film Moon. VIDEO: New Hollywood film for Bowie's son 2011-03-29T04:18:06Z

"I think Stephen Baxter is one of our best science fiction writers, and the best hard science fiction writer," he said. Terry Pratchett enters parallel worlds of science fiction 2010-06-16T13:51:00Z

In some ways, Robinson’s path as a science fiction writer has followed a strange trajectory. A Sci-Fi Writer Returns to Earth: ‘The Real Story Is the One Facing Us’ 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z

The most emotional piece included here is Westlake’s youthful attack on science fiction. Michael Dirda reviews ‘The Getaway Car,’ a collection of Donald E. Westlake pieces

So the real question, as it tends to be in dystopian science fiction, is whether we will learn, or whether it’s too late for us to recover the value of the concepts that define us. Review: In ‘Before We Vanish,’ the Aliens Have a Lot of Questions 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z

For one class assignment Vance wrote a short story, his first piece of science fiction. Jack Vance dies aged 96: master of bold and bizarre science fiction 2013-05-29T23:13:06Z

A towering genius, Wells overcame poverty and illness while producing enormously popular science fiction tales and political books that sought to destroy the British Empire. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z

On a certain level, “The Answers” is a dystopian project; it borders on science fiction. ‘The Answers’ Runs Down the Rabbit Hole of Love 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z

And as science fiction goes, “Princess of Mars” is not very scientific. ?John Carter,? Based on ?Princess of Mars? 2012-03-04T23:25:48Z

It’s been palpable in recent times how well cerebral science fiction works on the small screen, from shows such as Westworld and Black Mirror to straight-to-streaming films such as I Am Mother. Could coronavirus-enforced streaming mean better blockbusters? 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z

We’ve found catharsis in apocalyptic science fiction and comfort in romance; advice in self-help guides and a moment of peace, thanks to children’s activity books. What the country is reading during the pandemic: Dystopias, social justice and steamy romance 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z

One of the things that sets your books apart is the huge amount of international science fiction. Diversity is making science fiction better: “We’re in a full flowering of potential” for the genre 2016-07-16T04:00:00Z

Mr. Rogers grew up in North Carolina and got hooked on science fiction early, after viewings of “Sesame Street” and “The Electric Company” gave way to “Doctor Who.” The Playwright Mac Rogers Explores Robots, Aliens and Allegory 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

Lucian's story was meant as a riff on travelers' tall tales, but the British Library said some considered it one of the world's first works of science fiction. Exhibit finds sci-fi themes in unexpected places 2011-05-19T16:46:04Z

Yes, Ms. Jacobsen will eventually address the U.F.O. issue with which conspiracy theorists eagerly associate Area 51, but her book is not science fiction. Books of The Times: A Military Post?s Secrets: Espionage, Not Aliens 2011-05-15T22:11:44Z

Several are tinged with elements of horror, science fiction and the gothic. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2017 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z

At a science fiction convention, he’s mistaken for a woman. Do we really need another novel about a novelist? Yes — this one is delightful. 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z

In the early 1950s a teenage Robert Silverberg began to submit stories to science fiction magazines. Robert Silverberg: The Philip Roth of the science fiction world 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z

In the science fiction and speculative fiction genres there are two dimensions, metaphor and reality. "Riot Baby" author on his novel of black superpowers: "I don't want justice. I want vengeance" 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z

Or for the Sad Puppies movement agitating for a return to pre-diversity science fiction. The final frontier: how female directors broke into sci-fi 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

Bradbury’s literary style was honed in pulp magazines and influenced by Ernest Hemingway and Thomas Wolfe, and he became the rare science fiction writer treated seriously by the literary world. ‘Fahrenheit 451′ Author Ray Bradbury Dies at 91 2012-06-06T14:50:36Z

For generations of science fiction writers, space became the new ocean, and planets the lonely islands lost in the great dark. Review | Desert-island books: Science fiction tales set in isolation that feel just right now 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z

Together they helped bring about the so-called "golden age" of science fiction in the mid-20th century. "Foundation": An introduction to five major themes in the work of sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z

Lessing's departure into science fiction in the late 1970s raised some predictably snobbish responses from literary critics, one writing that she "propagandises on behalf of our insignificance in the cosmic razzmatazz". Summer voyages: Shikasta Re: Colonised Planet 5 by Doris Lessing 2013-07-22T12:26:12Z

At which point the global contagion scenarios of so many movies could become more than just science fiction: “Spark suppression is going to be the most important Ebola story,” he said. Media goes overtime on Ebola coverage, but not necessarily overboard

Since the success of HBO's fantasy phenomenon, we've seen a swell of companies adapting fantasy and science fiction stories that they might never have had the daring to before. Why "The Wheel of Time" succeeds as an adaptation (and "The Witcher" fails) 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z

For one, the show’s episodes were written before those programs were released and lean more toward science fiction than horror. With ‘Dark,’ a German Netflix Series, Streaming Crosses a New Border 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z

Last season you guys doubled down on the science fiction with the time travel, and this year you introduced a much more religious overview. Television: The Men Who Made ABC?s ?Lost? Last 2010-05-14T01:15:00Z

“Scientists will invoke science fiction films to argue for or against certain lines of research,” she says. Aliens as immigrants: How ‘Arrival’ became the latest political sci-fi film 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

That is at the heart of science fiction at its best and people at our best. Science fiction, science are big in Northwest — especially right now 2012-07-02T03:48:04Z

Ray was the last living member of a “BACH” quartet — writers who transformed science fiction from a pulp magazine ghetto into a genre for hardcover bestsellers. Ray Bradbury: The man who made sci-fi respectable 2012-06-06T20:30:00Z

While science fiction can explore galaxies far, far away and offer interstellar spectacles, it is often most challenging when it stays close to home and investigates what makes us human. Five Science-Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z

Instead, Tom Cruise and Doug Liman, the director, are stuck with a 1950s soap opera title for this science fiction thriller with a “Groundhog Day” twist. Summer Movie Release Schedule 2014-05-02T22:02:27Z

This weekend also brings the fourth annual Maelstrom Film Festival, which celebrates genre films from around the world, including action, animation, fantasy, horror and science fiction. Ginny Ruffner doc, 'Superbad' and Gay and Lesbian Film fest 2012-10-04T20:03:06Z

In his new film, “Prometheus,” Mr. Scott, returning to science fiction after a 30-year post-“Blade Runner” absence, entwines the visceral, creatural dread of “Alien” with some of the quasi-mythic grandiosity of “Chariots.” Movie Review: ‘Prometheus,’ by Ridley Scott, With Noomi Rapace 2012-06-07T12:44:28Z

The power of good science fiction, Diggs said, is a universality that extends beyond the moment in which it was created. On Track for the Apocalypse, ‘Snowpiercer’ Comes to Television 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z

An actual scientist writing strong, emotionally naturalistic science fiction is still a rare thing. For William Gibson, Seeing the Future Is Easy. But the Past? 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

In doing so, the series pinpoints pivots in popular culture where the effects of science fiction reach the general population. BBC America’s ‘Real History’ is Science Fiction 101 2014-04-16T20:07:37Z

Genre lines are similarly fluid in this movie set in a dystopian world: is it science fiction or is it action? Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z

To the Polish author Stanislaw Lem, creating science fiction was itself a form of time travel. Strange Lands Series Celebrates Soviet-Era Sci-Fi Films 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z

That said, "Docile" is a gripping work of science fiction that punches up in the direction of the current powers that be. March to the shelves for these new books: Recommended reading for spring break and beyond 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z

The underrated McAuley is in top form in this hard science fiction novel with heart. Best science fiction, fantasy and horror books of 2020 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z

In this work of satire and science fiction, Vonnegut imagines a human species that has evolved to have smaller brains, flippers and beaks for catching food. What To Read Before Your Galápagos Vacation 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z

Another Earth, a blend of science fiction and indie tragic romance that's tasteful to a fault. Indie film discovers sci-fi spectacle 2011-08-02T21:01:00Z

Those involved with this year’s conference anticipate a lively discussion about how science fiction delves into the social effects of technological and other major changes to our world. Science fiction writers meeting in Lawrence 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

Haunting music, a remote, aerial view and lens flares that tint the image blue and red turn the film’s shepherding sequences into a grand spectacle straight out of a horror or science fiction movie. ‘The Last Autumn’ Review: The Majesty of Shepherds 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z

Instead, we got topics like horror, true crime and science fiction — which, while escapist, seem less important at this moment than those devoted to coping, mental health and resolving personal struggles. Summer Reading, the I.R.S. and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z

Afrofuturism has roots in African American science fiction and encompasses literature, music and visual art exploring African American culture dating to slavery. Afrofuturism showcased at Carnegie Hall in 2-month festival 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

“I thought that I had discovered that I loved science fiction,” says Hass, whose new collection is “Summer Snow.” How Ursula K. Le Guin Fooled the Poet Robert Hass 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z

Is Doctor Who science fiction? The easy answer is yes, but that’s with a very loose definition of the genre. Arguably the BBC television series is closer to fantasy in many respects. Doctor Who Stumbles As William Blake's 'Tyger, Tyger' Becomes A Failed Fairytale 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z

“Dune” is to science fiction what “Lord of the Rings” is to fantasy. 35 Books Everyone Should Read in Their Lifetime 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

There are all kinds of ways to define science fiction, and it’s been described in different ways in different periods. Diversity is making science fiction better: “We’re in a full flowering of potential” for the genre 2016-07-16T04:00:00Z

Three scientists from the United States, Canada and France won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for work with lasers described as bringing science fiction into reality. Winners of Nobel Prize honored for their work with lasers 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

He felt that he did not fit in at school and sought consolation in science fiction books and computer games. The strange life of Tim Guest 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z

One of the things that makes science fiction so compelling for its fans is the way that it can so seamlessly shift between genres, and incorporate many different ideas in a single form. "Foundation": An introduction to five major themes in the work of sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z

Now here is a lovely thing: Next, possibly the world’s least cutting-edge science fiction fashion store, is stocking an extremely credible version of the new Doctor’s striped T-shirt. The bolshie, brilliant history of the women of Doctor Who 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z

The offerings include letters, contracts and other signed items; awards; personal memorabilia; and a collection devoted largely to animation and science fiction art. The Bradbury Chronicles: Hundreds of Items Owned by Author Going to Auction 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z

Faber seems largely uninterested in the technical apparatus of science fiction. Book review: ‘The Book of Strange New Things,’ by Michel Faber

Mitchell, whose work has dipped into science fiction, commits to the genre with a huge dose of the supernatural in "The Bone Clocks." In 'Bone Clocks,' David Mitchell ties his universes together 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

The children of the future give the book a flash of science fiction. Books of The Times: Jennifer Egan?s ?Visit From the Goon Squad? 2010-06-21T00:10:00Z

The Gaiman/Sarrantonio and Chabon anthologies are similar beasts: stories with a fantastical edge, and brought to us from names not usually associated with such genres as science fiction, horror and fantasy. Gaiman's choice: shouldn't good writing tell a story too? 2010-06-23T10:41:00Z

He helped edit and publish much of his father’s writings after the science fiction and fantasy master died in 1973. ‘Lord of the Rings’ protector Christopher Tolkien dies at 95 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

If you’re one of those people who says there’s nothing new in science fiction being published anymore, here’s a book that disproves that. Perspective | Let’s talk about wonderful Indian science-fiction and fantasy novels 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z

“Another Earth” was a heartfelt entertainment that managed to infuse a tantalizing science fiction premise with thought and feeling. ‘I Origins,’ an Emo-Science Thriller From Mike Cahill 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

“You had a lot of bad science fiction for a while, all trying to cash in on ‘Star Wars,’” Cameron said. 'Avatar' director Cameron traces roots of sci-fi movie explosion 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

And it's the 50th anniversary of the World's Fair here, which is about science leavened with more than a dash of science fiction. Science fiction, science are big in Northwest — especially right now 2012-07-02T03:48:04Z

As this documentary cornucopia reminds us, modern American science fiction dates from the launch of Amazing Stories in 1926. Review | ‘The Visual History of Science Fiction Fandom’ beautifully demonstrates the evolution of a genre 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z

In effect, the failure state of RedShirt is the opening of most science fiction games: one lowly soldier against a galaxy at war. RedShirt – or what happens when Facebook meets Star Trek 2013-05-01T10:01:14Z

“If it says science fiction, people think of other planets and things that haven’t happened yet.” Margaret Atwood, Digital Deep-Diver, Writes ‘The Heart Goes Last’ 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z

A mounted silver Hugo Award, the top trophy for science fiction writing which Bradbury won in 2004, garnered $28,734, and Hal Foster's Prince Valiant comic series fetched $21,175, it said. Science fiction author Bradbury's estate auction nets nearly $500,000 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

Fifteen years have passed since the premiere of “Lost,” a science fiction drama that aired on ABC at a time when genre series tended to be relegated to niche cable or smaller networks. Fifteen years after "Lost," which drama most successfully carries its legacy? 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z

By drawing in these references from classic science fiction, Monae joins a rich history of black artists looking beyond the ozone layer. Janelle Monae puts the android into R&B 2010-05-27T13:44:00Z

Richard was a genius whose visions helped bring legitimacy and critical acclaim to science fiction and fantasy. I Am Legend Author Richard Matheson Dies at 87 2013-06-24T20:35:01Z

Among his findings: manuscripts done in long hand and on manual typewriters, proposals for science fiction stories and comic book series, outlines for plays and films, and several drafts of novels. ArtsBeat Blog: The X-Men Go to College 2011-11-17T20:00:37Z

That's the tunnel in the space-time continuum that connects two disparate points — and a plot device for countless works of science fiction from "Star Trek" to "Contact" to "Interstellar." Object Lesson: A space-time wormhole by Glenn Kaino at Honor Fraser 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z

But while science fiction aims to warn, humans are teenagers at heart: We love doing what we’re told not to. When Science Fiction Comes True 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z

"Attack the Block" is a British alien-invasion thriller that ingeniously blends two disparate strains of Anglo cinema, or maybe three: working-class realism, social comedy and science fiction. "Attack the Block": Aliens in the hood, London-style 2011-07-29T19:30:00Z

The great modern analogue to those shows is “The X-Files,” where the overall arc was science fiction, while horror was delivered in stand-alone episodes. Foreign Horror TV Shows Are Light on Monsters, Heavy on Mood 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z

Sisko hallucinates that he's a Black science fiction writer in 1953 named Benjamin Russell working for a magazine called Incredible Tales. How "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" uses Rebecca Romijn's Number One to place prejudice on trial 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z

The Cantina of Scum & Villainy is a new pop-up bar in Hollywood that encourages patrons to indulge their passion for dressing as their favorite science fiction characters. Sci-fi bar offers galaxy's geeks a good time 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z

"I just wish that it was not classified as science fiction." Pratchett attacks Doctor Who 2010-05-04T13:50:00Z

Everdeen Mason is an audience editor and science fiction and fantasy columnist at The Washington Post. Review | The weirdly specific mixtape Vol. 1: Space fantasy books to read 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

Last week as I stopped by my local sushi restaurant to pick up a to-go order, I felt awed by the science fiction nature of the plastic wall the restaurateurs had built to separate us. Historical societies across the U.S. are crowdsourcing pandemic time capsules 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z

For the actors, it was more than a science fiction spectacle: It was a cerebral and emotional experience. ‘Dune’ is a dream for Villeneuve, Chalamet, sequel or no 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z

A lot of science fiction and science, at first. Jordan Ellenberg Wouldn’t Have Given the Nobel Prize to Bob Dylan 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z

Now 67, Morrow has been writing satiric science fiction and historical novels for almost 35 years. James Morrow’s satiric novel ‘Galápagos Regained’ takes on Darwin and God 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z

It may seem a strange thing to say about a science fiction writer, but Isaac Asimov did place great weight on the importance of science in his work. "Foundation": An introduction to five major themes in the work of sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z

“When you’re dealing with relationship tales, there’s still a familiarity about them and a truth to them even though the technology that they’re dealing with is largely science fiction.” What Black Mirror, Her and the near-future genre tell us about tomorrow 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z

Monaghan said Jones is breathing new life into science fiction films. Source Code sci-fi thriller premieres at SXSW 2011-03-12T02:25:10Z

The things that I love and things that I tend to read most are science fiction and mainstream literature, and those are what I love to write as well. Author Iain Banks: In his own words 2013-06-09T15:43:47Z

It's not escapism the way science fiction is. Jacqueline Bisset on her latest film and career typecasting: "They would say I was too pretty" 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z

“This was much more visionary and ‘Blade Runner’-like,” he said, referring to the 1982 Ridley Scott science fiction movie. Scene/Seen: A Bold New Art World Is Lighting Up Western Denmark 2011-10-14T13:30:15Z

His first science fiction book, "Consider Phlebas," was published three years later. Scottish fiction writer Iain Banks dies at 59 2013-06-10T10:45:09Z

When I took it on, I wasn't really thinking of it as science fiction. Clarke award: the rise of sci fi shows you can't judge a book by its genre 2013-05-02T10:19:04Z

Varèse’s stunningly compact flute piece, “Density 21.5,” transposed for theremin, also appears on a concert called “SPELLBOUND: The Theremin Returns,” which celebrates the warbling electronic instrument popularized in science fiction movies. Screams and silence: the new approach at Seattle Symphony 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z

Rufus resembles a villain out of fantasy or science fiction — a nearly superhuman avatar of evil with grandiose ambitions and a grudge against the universe. ‘The Harder They Fall’ Review: A New Look for the Old West 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z

Originally, the game was just a straight contemporary parody of social networks, but then Khandaker got together with the publisher Positech , responsible for science fiction titles like Starship Tycoon and Gratuitous Space Battles. RedShirt – or what happens when Facebook meets Star Trek 2013-05-01T10:01:14Z

In the face of danger, science fiction heroines are often enabled by technology or weaponry to level the playing field. The regeneration of "Doctor Who": Jodie Whittaker's Time Lord proved the naysayers wrong 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z

Dark Matter The entire crew of a derelict spaceship is afflicted with amnesia in this new science fiction drama. Friday's TV Highlights: 'Alec Mapa: Baby Daddy' on Showtime 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

Mirza cites a science fiction blog in which people recount just such experiences. Haroon Mirza's unsettling TV transmission is ahead of its time 2013-03-19T13:19:18Z

But it is science fiction that offers hope for a better world that does the most good, in the long run. Bill for compulsory science fiction in West Virginia schools 2013-04-19T15:16:24Z

What mystical or science fiction elements lurk within its narrative are somehow connected to science. A divine interlude in the tunnel of love: "Watchmen" and the intersection of comic books and faith 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z

“The Power” is a science fiction drama that considers what would happen if women became more physically dominant than men. On and Off ‘Ted Lasso,’ Toheeb Jimoh Has Stepped Out of the Background 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z

A hodgepodge of pseudoscientific twaddle and variously shifty murder suspects, “Rememory” satisfies neither as science fiction nor as psychological drama. Review: In ‘Rememory,’ the Machine Knows What You Did 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z

It was almost a real-life scene from “World War Z” only instead of zombies there were rabid fans of science fiction, fantasy and horror crawling on top of each other. ArtsBeat: Comic-Con: A Forced Smile for the Fans 2013-07-18T16:44:06Z

It is the latest in a long line of brand extensions for Britain's favourite science fiction series. Doctor Who Live gives children and adults the time of their lives 2010-10-08T23:48:00Z

Their pictures were in step with the emerging digital revolution: bodies verging on science fiction – among their acknowledged influences – expressed the quest for physical perfection and the growing unreality of human relations on the net. Digital revolution: Dutch exhibition looks back on 25 years in photo-fiction 2010-07-13T12:59:00Z

When Smith turned to science fiction, he created the most vivid, strange and fascinating far-future world — a world where the planet Norstrilia grows the immortality drug stroon from giant, diseased sheep. Review | Let’s talk about science fiction and fantasy books that would make for great TV 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z

Around this time, Kennedy fell for Charlie Dye, a white science fiction writer with a drinking problem. What's missing from this book? Pioneering black feminist Flo Kennedy's blazing personality 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z

For exercises in focus, I have begun to turn to science fiction and epic fantasy — two genres I love, but have long avoided in audio form. For Travel or Hibernation: New Audiobooks to Uplift, Soothe or Terrify 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

But nothing in science fiction has contributed to the depth of the extraterrestrial encyclopedia like Star Trek. Why Aliens Are So Important to 'Star Trek' 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

“She said, ‘that's called science fiction,” he recalled, and handed him a copy of “Z for Zachariah” by Robert C. O'Brien. Wil Wheaton, lifelong fan of PBS and libraries, has one book he can’t recommend 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

But he felt he needed to find the right balance between reality and science fiction. Brain power outwits Asian mobsters in sci-fi thriller 'Lucy' 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

The idea of deadly insomnia isn’t purely science fiction: There is an extremely rare, genetic disease known as fatal familial insomnia. Books of The Times: Karen Russell’s ‘Sleep Donation’ 2014-04-02T20:29:11Z

You hope that in the way science fiction operates, people don’t think you’re lying, that they understand it’s science fiction storytelling — that people don’t think you’re expressing a viewpoint one would call a lie. D.I.Y. Sci-Fi: A Talk With Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z

His novels are in close contact with the alternative cultural universes of fantasy and the occult and science fiction, yet they don’t resemble genre fiction. ‘Devil House,’ a Confident, Creepy Novel About a Wicked Unsolved Crime 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z

It’s a little bit pushed in the future, but not science fiction. Paul Verhoeven Has Made a Film About a Lesbian Nun. Jesus Is Next. 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z

Then he labored over the writing, planning and financing of “Downsizing,” an ambitious overpopulation allegory with elements of science fiction. Arts & Leisure: Alexander Payne?s New Film, ?The Descendants? 2011-11-09T13:00:06Z

In the August 1927 issue — beloved for its “War of the Worlds” cover by Frank R. Paul — there appeared a letter from a reader about setting up a science fiction club. Review | ‘The Visual History of Science Fiction Fandom’ beautifully demonstrates the evolution of a genre 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z

Lone star … Douglas Adams captures the imagination of both the mainstream book audience and science fiction community alike. Douglas Adams is still the king of comic science fiction 2013-03-11T12:55:34Z

Whence, then, L’Engle’s adroitness at fantasy or science fiction, call it what you will, with its reliance on enormous inventiveness, narrative panache and derring-do? For ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Fans, an Audiobook That Celebrates Madeleine L’Engle 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z

A lot of what stuck was fantasy or science fiction. Rebecca Solnit: By the Book 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

In economic terms, how did you perceive “Asia One”: more like science fiction or more like real life? An Artist Warns of a Robot-Ruled Future. Or Is It Our Present? Let’s Discuss. 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z

Australian writers are making a name for themselves worldwide as purveyors of exciting new science fiction and fantasy, he argues. Your weekend reading: Brian Aldiss, AM Homes and Hannah Kent 2013-06-08T04:47:26Z

Lauren Beukes is a South African author of "cyberpunk" science fiction whose novel Zoo City brought her very widespread acclaim, and a major publishing deal for upcoming novel The Shining Girls. The best young sci-fi novelists 2013-04-15T11:51:22Z

As someone who harbors a fondness for science fiction and thirsts for more complex treatment of religion in contemporary novels, I relished every chance to cloister myself away with “The Book of Strange New Things.” Book review: ‘The Book of Strange New Things,’ by Michel Faber

Best usage of eerie classic country music in a science fiction novel: Michel Faber's use of Patsy Cline piped over the speakers on some faraway planet, "The Book of Strange New Things" Randall Roberts Music Awards 2014: 100 trophy moments 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

A photocopy of “The Marriage of True Minds,” science fiction writer Charles Sheffield’s brilliant homage to P.G. Perspective | Clutter, says who? College essays, letters from Stephen King and Tucker Carlson: I’m keeping (almost) all of it. 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z

Even 10 years ago, the fields of science fiction and fantasy were still overwhelmingly American and white. Review | The weird, the wacky, the underappreciated: A new look at science fiction and fantasy 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z

Ms. Charnas had been an occasional fan of science fiction but began writing in the genre only after reading Ms. Le Guin’s 1969 novel, “The Left Hand of Darkness,” which explored gender themes. Suzy McKee Charnas, Writer of Feminist Science Fiction, Dies at 83 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z

Ms. Charnas, whose books were well regarded but who, by her account, did not make a living from her writing, was best known for her science fiction. Suzy McKee Charnas, Writer of Feminist Science Fiction, Dies at 83 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z

Nancy Hightower reviews science fiction and fantasy every month and is author of “The Acolyte.” ‘The Loney’ and other best horror, sci-fi and fantasy this month 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z

Cavendish wrote numerous plays, poetry collections, memoirs, philosophical and scientific treatises, and one of the earliest works of utopian science fiction, a novel titled “The Blazing World.” How Archival Fiction Upends Our View of History 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z

We now live in a world that is wilder than a lot of science fiction from my youth. Memorial Day’s lessons in amnesia 2012-05-24T15:04:00Z

However, since the publication of his first book, The Ragwitch, 21 years ago, he's written several science fiction and fantasy works. Garth Nix gives Edinburgh audience sneak preview of Old Kingdom prequel 2012-08-19T16:19:36Z

As they invented creatures, they began to come up with rules – “If you combine things that are too disparate,” he said, “they start to look science fiction or they start to look Suessical.” The Carpetbagger: ‘The Croods’ Team Can at Least Count on 2 Votes 2014-02-14T19:30:53Z

ONE of the grandest concepts in science fiction is the idea of terraforming, in which advanced civilisations reshape entire planets to suit their needs. World domination 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

“I can do fantasy. I can do historical fiction. I can do science fiction. I can go all the way back to the beginning of the universe.” Sweet Dreams: Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman Becomes an Audio Drama 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z

It somehow fits with the mood of his novels: dark human messiness leavened with humour and honesty, be it in his Earth-bound writing or his science fiction as Iain M Banks. TV highlights 18/06/2013 2013-06-18T06:00:03Z

He began the 1980s with a foray into science fiction in "Altered States", which won over some leading critics who had dismissed his earlier work. "Women in Love" director Ken Russell dies 2011-11-29T07:21:35Z

Peterson is the linguist TV producers go to when they need to add verisimilitude to their fantasy or science fiction shows. Do you you speak High Valyrian? Duolingo launches Game of Thrones language app 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z

In the digital age the vertical niches – romance, military, poetry, science fiction etc – will rise and the relationship of readers in these areas will err towards the excellent publishing brands, away from general retail. Penguin Random House merger begins a new chapter for publishing 2013-01-07T15:11:37Z

While at Doubleday, he edited, among many other books, science fiction novels by Isaac Asimov and two volumes of memoirs by President Harry S. Truman. Timothy Seldes, Literary Agent, Dies at 88 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z

His first science fiction novel, Consider Phlebas, was published in 1987, though he had drafted it soon after completing The Wasp Factory. Iain Banks dies aged 59 2013-06-09T17:22:02Z

Thought experiments are common cognitive tools in philosophy, the natural sciences, and science fiction. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 8, Episode 3: Cut to Black 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z

The networks do still occasionally do science fiction, of course; Fringe is still hanging on on Fox, for instance. Extinction-Level Event: Why You Should Care That Terra Nova Was Cancelled 2012-03-06T14:13:21Z

The poetic nature of the novel, as well as the genre and time shifts, might test the patience of readers seeking clearly delineated science fiction narratives, but it’s worth a look. Review | Beyond ‘Dune’: Let’s talk about science fiction and fantasy novels about ecology and climate change 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z

I’ve always been able to read really fast, so that helps to go through a lot of books — mostly science fiction, fantasy. Salon’s Sexiest Man of 2012: The interview 2012-11-14T13:22:00Z

Wyndham is probably the most successful British science fiction writer after HG Wells, and his books have never been out of print. John Wyndham: The unread bestseller 2010-12-20T16:12:31Z

Any reader who loves science fiction will want to visit New York sometime before March 10. Review | An expert’s guide to science fiction’s greatest — and neglected — works 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

Those were the last days of the golden age of radio, but the early days of the golden age of science fiction. Vintage radio stories from Kurt Vonnegut, Ray Bradbury and more 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z

Donning your programmed glasses and plunging into the sights, sounds and sensations of contemporary life is, itself, to experience science fiction in its purest form. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

Tales of the Golem in medieval European Jewish folklore foreshadowed if not inspired Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” probably the first modern science fiction novel. Science Fiction, ‘The Decameron’ and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z

They certainly provided an introduction to science fiction for teenagers of several generations. ‘Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with his Century,’ by William H. Patterson, Jr.

I'm not a huge fan of science fiction but this is an extraordinary novel that starts with the arrival of aliens who, it turns out, exactly resemble the devil. Anthony Horowitz's top apocalypse books 2012-10-04T10:49:38Z

L'Engle's science fiction/fantasy hybrid novel won numerous prizes, including the Newbery medal, Sequoyah book award, and Lewis Carroll Shelf award. Frozen director Jennifer Lee to adapt A Wrinkle in Time 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z

Robinson was praised in The New York Times for having “virtually invented a new kind of science fiction.” A Sci-Fi Writer Returns to Earth: ‘The Real Story Is the One Facing Us’ 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z

Cheryl Morgan is a Hugo award-winning British science fiction critic and publisher who lives in Melbourne. Science fiction and fantasy: the wonderful wizards of Oz 2013-06-06T15:57:29Z

His output encompasses more than four dozen books — including 14 Rawlins novels — science fiction, nonfiction and essays. Walter Mosley’s ‘Charcoal Joe’: Easy Rawlins is back 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

When I was in film school, everyone was into science fiction, and "Star Wars," and the culture that came out of that. Jacqueline Bisset on her latest film and career typecasting: "They would say I was too pretty" 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z

Understandably, it bothers Doudna that, in science fiction, scientists are very often sinister. The History Lurking Behind “Orphan Black” 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

“World-building” usually refers to how the makers of science fiction and fantasy construct their domains, populating them with imaginary creatures and allegorical meanings. ‘Parallel Mothers’ Review: Almodóvar’s Brutal, Beautiful World 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z

That range, from primal myth to science fiction, is representative. Familiar Tales Remixed, at the Hands of a Postmodern Master 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

More than any other genres, I think, science fiction and fantasy are in constant conversation with their past, present and future. The Latest in Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z

And anyway, I write science fiction crime novels now — my Lock In series — so I get to have my literary cake and eat it too. The Science Fiction Writer John Scalzi Readily Quits Reading 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z

Latin American science fiction writing goes back well over a century but has often been isolated, with less circulation than the English-language titans of the genre and no integrated regional tradition or market. Science Fiction From Latin America, With Zombie Dissidents and Aliens in the Amazon 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z

Comedy Central took on the science fiction sitcom - which is set on a spaceship in the 31st century - in 2007, after its repeats on American cable TV network Adult Swim found a large cult following. Comedy Central drops Futurama 2013-04-24T12:14:25Z

On the song 22nd Century you sing "Religion, science fiction, technology". Tasty tunes 2010-05-17T08:14:00Z

Marier thinks people here are attracted to science fiction for a number of reasons. Science fiction, science are big in Northwest — especially right now 2012-07-02T03:48:04Z

Scott's involvement was revealed in March last year and followed his decision to return to science fiction film-making after three decades with Prometheus, a film "set in the same universe" as 1979 futuristic horror Alien. Ridley Scott wants Harrison Ford for Blade Runner sequel 2012-05-28T12:11:13Z

"The future is constantly changing; however, this constant change is a function of our actions in the present," writes Shyam Pradheep in an essay on the role of authors of color in science fiction. In the latest wave of science fiction, authors of color take space to imagine multiple new societies 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z

The poetry roundup joins our current monthly columns on children’s books, romance, memoirs, and science fiction and fantasy. A great poet, even without James Franco’s endorsement 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

It’s one of those ideas that seems inevitable when you hear it: cookbooks based on classic works of science fiction and fantasy. Geek food for the geek soul: “As society gets increasingly secular, we need to fill the social void” 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z

So we forgo the heavy hardcovers and turn to paperbacks, gobbling up mysteries and thrillers and science fiction and romance. All-time favorite beach reads chosen by author Sarah MacLean

Wells novel or a science fiction film, he said, noting the title of the first chapter is "The War That Time Forgot." DC adds 6 new titles, including modern 'GI Combat' 2012-05-02T10:01:05Z

McCullough often switched genres, writing a series of historical novels set in Rome, crime novels set in the 1960s in the U.S., and a science fiction novel titled "The Third Millennium." Colleen McCullough, author of 'The Thorn Birds,' dies at 77 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

Kubrick was nominated for 13 Oscars during his career, including best director and best writing nods for his science fiction epic 2001. Kubrick ‘did not deserve’ Oscar for 2001 says FX master Douglas Trumbull 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

We want to tell all tales from our perspective — science fiction or historical dramas — freed from the Western framing. With ‘Neptune Frost,’ How to Make an Afrofuturist Sci-Fi Musical 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Allstar/Paramount Critics routinely suppose that a sense of wonder informs science fiction, and yet how rarely is any sense of joy present there. What Steven Spielberg's science fiction tells us about America 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z

This week, we’re bringing you a selection of pieces on the enduring appeal of fantasy and science fiction. Sunday Reading: The Allure of Science Fiction 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z

While Fillion's character went on to become a movie star, Tudyk's character continues to trade on his science fiction fame by going to conventions, comic book stores and other pop culture events. 'Firefly's' Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk reunite for 'Con Man' Web series 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

The other banned works include “The Modular Body,” an online science fiction story about using human cells and artificial organs to create a living organism. Their Art Raised Questions About Technology. Chinese Censors Had Their Own Answer. 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z

A collection of nine stories that reflect the ideal of science fiction — metaphysical or scientific speculation united with humanist emotion. 50 notable works of fiction in 2019 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

This science fiction future is partly populated by “primes,” cyborgs designed to look and sound like — well, whomever you like. How to design a dystopian play 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

The novel is also shortlisted for major American science fiction and fantasy awards the Nebulas. China Mi?ville wins unprecedented Arthur C Clarke award triple 2010-04-28T20:00:00Z

But even when “Arcadia” moves into 2018 and introduces technology redolent of science fiction, it remains stirringly human in its point of view. Books of The Times: ?Arcadia,? a Novel by Lauren Groff 2012-03-18T20:59:20Z

The science fiction employed some of the narrative trickery that characterised his literary fiction: Use of Weapons, for instance, featured two interleaved narratives, one of which moved forward in time and the other backwards. Iain Banks dies aged 59 2013-06-09T17:22:02Z

If you read a lot of science fiction in one go, you notice that it has two weaknesses. Sympathetic Sci-Fi 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z

Comic Con started in 1970, when a group of science fiction fans in San Diego got together to swap comic books. Thousands flock to Africa's first Comic Con 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

My personal favorite Martin Starr as the bitter, brilliant Roman is still there, moonlighting while trying to write science fiction. Are we having fun yet? “Party Down” addresses the pandemic the way few shows have 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z

I began by reading lots of comic books and science fiction as a kid. Michael Grant's top tips for writing YA 2013-04-03T10:44:43Z

Being a science fiction writer, Lee said she was surprised when she had a chance to attend Hedgebrook. How 3 women-led arts organizations in the Seattle area make room for diverse voices 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z

Given the growing popularity of mainstream and science fiction concerned with climate change and other ecological issues, maybe it’s time the epic space adventure novel received a renewed measure of respect. “Dune,” climate fiction pioneer: The ecological lessons of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi masterpiece were ahead of its time 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

Popular entertainment forms, such as rock music, hip hop, Hollywood film, science fiction, and comics have achieved the same cultural status as classical music, “serious” fiction and poetry, and the elite visual arts. What "Yesterday" — and everyone else — forgets about the Beatles 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z

Yukinobu's work is blend of science fiction and thriller, layered with a rich mix of western and Asian myth and history. The British Museum: marbles, murals... and manga! 2011-08-14T18:59:00Z

There is a little science fiction in the film, though. ‘It Chapter Two’ Is Out. Let’s Talk About Where That Clown Came From. 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z

The Nolan brothers' script, its use of familiar science fiction tropes aside, manages to investigate some compelling emotional material. 'Interstellar' explores outer and inner spaces 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

A website set up for friends, family and fans to leave messages for him was inundated with tributes to the writer who also published under the name Iain M Banks for his science fiction titles. Iain Banks dies aged 59 2013-06-09T16:06:00Z

One of Seattle's deepest-thinking authors — science fiction, nonfiction, essays — discusses "Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writing" in conversation with Stranger book editor Paul Constant. 14 top entertainment picks for the week beginning Aug. 5-11, 2012 2012-08-01T21:20:05Z

The critics are still a bit wary of horror, science fiction, comedy and animation, which is represented for the first time with two films by the great Hayao Miyazaki. Is Sight and Sound’s List of 100 Greatest Films Too Tasteful? 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z

The library’s original idea was to begin with some of her classic science fiction. Ursula Le Guin Has Earned a Rare Honor. Just Don’t Call Her a Sci-Fi Writer. 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z

As a child and teenager, those beloved genres were comic books, science fiction, fantasy and war stories, both fiction and nonfiction. Viet Thanh Nguyen: By the Book 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z

His previous films ranged from lavish historical epics, tragic war stories, and hardboiled crime dramas to dystopian thrillers, cerebral science fiction, and subversive political parodies. Why "The Shining" is a hopeful film 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z

To Tatchell, the appeal of science fiction is less about global politics and more about how characters respond to unfamiliar situations. Aliens as immigrants: How ‘Arrival’ became the latest political sci-fi film 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

We're looking for first books across all genres – from poetry to philosophy, from popular science to science fiction. Guardian First book award 2013: help us find the 10th title 2013-07-01T12:34:25Z

This collection’s one work of science fiction is a zombie tale with that Walter archness. Books of The Times: ‘We Live in Water’ by Jess Walter 2013-01-31T21:10:42Z

He read science fiction, built model planes and enjoyed the cheap bowling and milkshakes on the bases. UFO truthers want to make Roswell an issue for 2016. Meet their lobbyist. 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z

Even as the movie grows stranger, more outlandish, and science bleeds into science fiction, Mr. Franco maintains a straight face, selling his relationships with Charles and Caesar. Looking Apocalypse in the Eye 2011-08-04T14:59:55Z

‘Dune’ has long divided the science fiction world. Review | ‘A Voyage to Arcturus’ may have sold 596 copies in its first printing, but it deserves a wider audience 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z

Twentieth-century science fiction was a product of 20th-century science, a period of physical advances and inventions when humans split the atom and traveled to the moon. Review: ‘Black Mirror’ Finds Terror and Soul in the Machine 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

These cover his childhood in England up to his time working on New Worlds, the 1960s magazine that upended traditional science fiction. Review | One critic’s summer reading list: From a scandalous memoir to obscure literary journalism 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z

She’d earned her pilot’s license, studied astronomy and read stacks of science fiction books. Space tourism will surely be a blast, but can it also improve life on Earth? 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

I had the feeling that the paintings are illustrations for some yet-to-be-realized fantasy or science fiction novel. Conceptual, Sensual, Degenerate: Your Summer Art Choices 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z

First person to come up with a viable get-out-of-jail card for Scott and his crew wins the gratitude of frustrated science fiction fans everywhere. How will Prometheus 2 engineer a route forward? 2013-03-01T15:59:58Z

The start of the show resembled a big-budget science fiction flick. At McQueen, some see clues to Middleton mystery 2011-03-09T02:46:04Z

Put baldly like that, it sounds like too much for one book to pack in, too unlikely to be anything other than dystopian science fiction. Saci Lloyd: 'It's not squids in outer space' 2011-07-15T14:20:22Z

As a science fiction writer, Bradbury said he did not want to predict the future -- but sometimes wanted to prevent it. Science fiction author Ray Bradbury dead at 91 2012-06-06T15:12:29Z

Upon entry, guests are greeted by an automated voice inspired by the science fiction film “Dark Star.” Cruise and Hotel News: Space Suite in Zurich; Panama by Small Ship 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z

The space adventure, which stars some of the lesser-known characters from the comic book universe, knocked science fiction thriller Lucy off the top spot. Guardians swoops to top box office 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z

Scott has hints of an answer himself with "Prometheus," a cousin to "Alien" that opens Friday and marks the filmmaker's return to science fiction after a 30-year break. Director Scott revives 'Alien' DNA in 'Prometheus' 2012-06-05T17:39:09Z

With Miéville's novel a fantastical twist on a crime story, and Bacigalupi's a futuristic tale about an engineered girl grown for sex tourists, this year's winning titles show the range of science fiction today. China Mi?ville and Paolo Bacigalupi tie for Hugo award 2010-09-06T13:42:00Z

These oddball science fiction flops are original in sometimes perversely derivative ways. Follywood: how Valerian earns its place among film's strangest big budget flops 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z

“Archangel” consists of five novellas, ranging in time from 1873 to 1939, that might all be described as historical science fiction — that is, historical fiction about science. Andrea Barrett’s “Archangel”: historical fiction about science 2013-08-14T22:56:49Z

That’s why this isn’t a panel about being a woman in science fiction, it’s a panel about science fiction that happens to have all women on it.” Fangirls Rule Comic-Con 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

She’s won virtually every major science fiction and fantasy award, including the Hugo, the Nebula and the World Fantasy Award, as well as the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa. Nnedi Okorafor and the Fantasy Genre She Is Helping Redefine 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z

Mr. Tennant, who is Scottish, is known in America for his work in popular science fiction, mystery and superhero television series, but his roots in theater run deep. David Tennant, a Former Doctor Who, Dons a Monarch’s Crown 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z

Silvera's tale combines the best features of science fiction with social justice in this engaging read, as Aaron finds a place where he belongs. 'Shadowshaper,' 'More Happy Than Not' are sci-fi delights 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

Kim Stanley Robinson’s “Mars” trilogy is considered a cornerstone of modern science fiction, tracing the terraforming of Mars over centuries. Review | Beyond ‘Dune’: Let’s talk about science fiction and fantasy novels about ecology and climate change 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z

Our summer books preview highlights 136 books to enjoy over the next few months, and beyond — thrillers, memoirs, YA, history, fiction, science fiction, pop culture, kids titles, audio books and more. Summer reading guide: The 136 books you'll want to read 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

Focusing on a lonely teenage girl’s journey into a mind-altering online role-playing horror game, it’s another emotionally resonant tale of teenage identity, with generous helpings of horror and science fiction mixed in. Sundance 2021 Guide: Bundle Up and Settle in on Your Sofa 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

He is also a frequent reviewer of contemporary science fiction and fantasy. Review | The dauntless machismo of the Vikings 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z

An AT&T spokesman said the idea of an active satellite, which does not simply reflect signals but amplifies and retransmits them, was conceived by science fiction writer Arthur C Clarke in 1945. How a satellite changed the world 2012-07-23T00:06:15Z

“In the early days of film, the celluloid medium was itself science fiction,” Sonja Fritzsche writes in the forthcoming book “The Liverpool Companion to World Science Fiction Film.” Strange Lands Series Celebrates Soviet-Era Sci-Fi Films 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z

But I can say that if you're a science fiction buff of any kind, you'll want to check it out just for the premise. Civilization gets a prehistoric reboot in "Terra Nova" 2011-09-27T01:45:00Z

What is the role and obligation of science fiction writers and other creators in times of political turmoil and despair? "Captive State" director Rupert Wyatt on sci-fi, commercial failure and the age of Trum 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z

I write science fiction set in the near future, so I’m constantly testing my own powers of prophecy. When Science Fiction Comes True 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z

For years, “Evangelion,” which is known for its combination of science fiction, dense psychological themes, and religious imagery, was a kind of Holy Grail for anime fans, much admired but near-impossible to find. How “Neon Genesis Evangelion” Reimagined Our Relationship to Machines 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z

A shop, Jacob said, specialising in science fiction. When Hari Kunzru met Michael Moorcock 2011-02-04T12:05:01Z

I started to think, why is 3D considered good only for horror or science fiction or these kinds of movies? Inspired by 'Avatar,' Bernardo Bertolucci goes 3D 2011-05-11T16:26:08Z

The history of the future has almost always been more queer than the society science fiction purports to represent. Sulu, “Star Trek” and queer sci-fi: LGBT diversity has been there all along—now it’s gone mainstream 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

The way that a given science fiction story negotiates those tensions is one of the factors that separates the truly great from those stories which are middling, common, and forgettable. Walter Koenig: "Star Trek" is a welcome respite from the infamy of the Trump administration 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z

I'm a science fiction fan in every possible way. Tasty tunes 2010-05-17T08:14:00Z

Director Ridley Scott’s “Alien” science fiction horror film franchise continues with its sixth installment debuting in U.S. theaters this week. Libertarians in space: Is “Alien: Covenant” a parable about the privatization of space? 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z

But there were plenty of other things I could look forward to, thanks to the raised expectations of a childhood moulded by Gerry Anderson and pulp science fiction. Let's raise a glass to lovely, swampy, droning, booming bass 2013-05-29T19:00:00Z

It's a beautifully written, funny, tremendously moving tale that explodes the boundaries between science fiction and fantasy, YA and "mainstream" fiction. Charlie Jane Anders' 'All the Birds in the Sky' has the hallmarks of an instant sci-fi classic 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

"I was suddenly taken seriously," Asimov says, "and the science fiction world became aware that I existed." Darkness in literature: 'Nightfall' by Isaac Asimov 2012-12-19T10:52:27Z

“He’s not going to do the standard thing,” said Moshe Feder, the veteran editor at Tor who discovered him and who has edited prominent fantasy and science fiction writers like Michael Moorcock and Robert Silverberg. Brandon Sanderson Tops Best Sellers With ‘Words of Radiance’ 2014-04-16T21:20:10Z

Photograph: Nasa/Reuters Why does science fiction always look more marvellous than the real landscapes of alien worlds? Curiosity rover: why does sci-fi always look more marvellous than reality? 2012-08-08T15:05:34Z

These artists saw modern life in the same surreal and eerie way as the science fiction writer JG Ballard does in his stories and novels. From Warhol to Murakami: pop art hasn't lost its soul, it's selling it 2012-02-09T15:46:11Z

On the surface, Rick and Morty is a zany science fiction cartoon that often walks the line between hilarity and darkness. Dan Harmon on the Future of Rick and Morty and That Community Movie 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z

William Gibson’s science fiction is so eerily prophetic that sometimes it seems as if he’s creating the future, not just imagining it. Sci-Fi Writer William Gibson Reimagines the World After the 2016 Election 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

Mr. Banks published 28 books in just under 30 years, writing literary fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks. Iain Banks, Novelist of Crime and Science Fiction, Dies at 59 2013-06-12T23:53:39Z

“The Internet is toxic in a way that old fanzine culture and fandoms — comics fans, science fiction fans — in those days, was not,” Martin said. George R.R. Martin says the "Internet is toxic" in aftermath of "Game of Thrones" season 8 outrage 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z

Frazer Bradshaw’s eerie, melancholy film “Everything Strange and New” captures a sensation that can suddenly overtake you: that everyday life is as weird as any piece of science fiction. | 'Everything Strange and New': Bye-Bye, Happiness; Life Is a Trap 2011-02-25T01:03:32Z

Some, of course, think that in their purest forms the western and science fiction are at once complementary and antithetical. Cowboys & Aliens ? review 2011-08-20T23:05:27Z

H. G. Wells certainly belongs in the pantheon of great science fiction writers. Science Fiction, ‘The Decameron’ and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z

By the time they attended MileHiCon, a gathering for science fiction and fantasy fans, a month later, they were falling in love. A Wedding 18 Years in the Making for Colorado Governor 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z

Jackie: We both like science fiction, the same TV shows and stuff. Date Lab: She’s already a winner in his book 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z

I'm going to go back to something that you had said just about the whole idea of this crossover with science fiction. Funk was the black answer to “Star Wars”: Take the trip with “Tales From the Tour Bus” 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

Along with the Nebula Awards, the Hugo Awards are generally considered the preeminent awards in science fiction and fantasy. The Hugo finalists: John Scalzi on why the sad puppies can't take credit for Neil Gaiman's success 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z

I don’t read much science fiction or fantasy. Dani Shapiro: By the Book 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z

He said, "I used to think that writing science fiction was about writing unfamiliar characters in unfamiliar settings. It took me 10 years to realize I was wrong. It's writing familiar relationships in unfamiliar settings." Comics and sci-fi powerhouse J. Michael Straczynski has an incredible origin story of his own 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z

Pitched by its publisher Image Comics as "for mature readers", the science fiction series follows the adventures of new parents Marko and Alana as they struggle to raise their child during a never-ending galactic war. Apple bans gay sex images in adult comic 2013-04-10T13:00:55Z

The British science fiction comedy follows the life of an ordinary guy given the power to do, you guessed it, absolutely anything by a group of offbeat aliens. Watch Robin Williams Voice a Dog in the New 'Absolutely Anything' Trailer 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

It features nine “outsider” novels in American science fiction’s coming of age period of the 1950s. 15 books for the readers on your list 2012-12-13T00:35:33Z

Jupiter Ascending, a $150-million science fiction epic from the directors of The Matrix, is expected to earn less than $20 million. Spongebob unseats 'American Sniper' at top of U.S. box office 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z

The story was widely praised, including by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. Daniel Keyes, author of the classic book ‘Flowers for Algernon,’ dies at 86

“This sounds like science fiction, but to some, it’s not so far-fetched.” M.I.A. Debuts the Video for "Double Bubble Trouble": Watch 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

But by speaking his mind, arguing in favor of same-sex marriage and feminism, advocating for making science fiction conferences and online gaming communities more hospitable to women, Scalzi has created vituperative online enemies. John Scalzi conquers the publishing universe 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

The studios turned to fantasy, science fiction and a kind of filmmaking that was at once technologically advanced and charmingly old-fashioned. ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ and the Modern Comic Book Movie 2012-06-27T16:13:49Z

I was going to say that I no longer read science fiction. A Man in a Cafe Asked Julie Otsuka What She Was Reading. They Dated for Two Years. 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

Modern surveillance techniques look like the stuff of science fiction. Watching you 2010-05-21T23:06:00Z

For most of science fiction’s history, its beating heart could be found in its fanzines. Review | Beyond George R.R. Martin: A critic’s pick of science fiction and fantasy 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z

Before he took to science fiction, Verne provided librettos for Parisian operetta, and Pip Leckenby's design has a velvet-swagged, vaudevillian look. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 2010-06-02T21:01:00Z

For all the weaknesses and sometimes tedious minutiae of his monumental biography, it remains an important contribution to the history of American science fiction. ‘Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with his Century,’ by William H. Patterson, Jr.

McQueen, who dedicated the films to Floyd, began thinking of the anthology as science fiction — movies not just about the past and present, but about the future. In McQueen’s ‘Small Axe,’ an epic of West Indian heritage 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z

The Great Wall, an upcoming science fiction action blockbuster starring Matt Damon, has been billed as the largest film ever to shoot entirely in China for global distribution. Why Hollywood isn't panicking about China's economic crisis 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z

Ms. Tsangari lived there as a child for a few years, and this industrial ghost town, eerily uniform and now underpopulated, provides a vivid, vaguely science fiction setting. Athina Rachel Tsangari Directs ?Attenberg? 2012-03-02T19:13:03Z

Critics regard this tale as perhaps the high point of Hoban's long career, but his works remained popular as he produced a steady stream of novels, many with supernatural and science fiction elements. Prolific fantasy writer Russell Hoban dies 2011-12-15T18:02:10Z

Not so long ago, it was science fiction. Climate apocalypse is here, now: Science fiction has become our new reality 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z

Much science fiction asks, as this novel does, what is the point of human effort? Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks 2012-07-27T21:50:00Z

The other Earth that hovers and sometimes looms above Rhoda like a promise may be the stuff of science fiction. | 'Another Earth': Living in a Different World, Searching for a Second Chance 2011-07-21T22:19:22Z

A 1973 article in The New York Times said that “Japan Sinks” is “a chillingly realistic work of science fiction” by an author “who evidently knows his geophysics.” Sakyo Komatsu, Japanese Science Fiction Writer, Dies at 80 2011-08-10T16:25:10Z

Ballard turned to science fiction – he said – because "what interested me were the next five minutes", rather than a simple past to be evoked by the simple past tense. Will Self: modernism and me 2012-08-03T21:55:10Z

It strayed dangerously close to what science fiction author James Blish called the idiot plot. Outcasts: season one, episode two 2011-02-08T22:00:03Z

This year, a few successfully manipulated the Hugo science fiction award nominations so that they were dominated by white, male contenders. John Scalzi conquers the publishing universe 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

"The idea that she is somehow a threat to science fiction and fantasy because of who she is as a person is INSANE." John Scalzi conquers the publishing universe 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

In the United States, such a claim would be “science fiction or paranoid survivor cultism of the furthest fringe-dwelling kind,” he notes. Review: ‘Discontent and Its Civilizations’: Mohsin Hamid at Home in Three Lands 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z

But they are also fantastical, a blend of satire, science fiction and parable, the point of which is to change our view of reality by inflating it to surreality. A Different Kind of Dystopian Novel 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

Blending science fiction, comedy and fantasy, Machado explores violent acts committed against women. 9 short-story collections we can’t wait to read this fall 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z

The films were front and center at the Comic-Con convention that wrapped up in San Diego on Sunday in the largest gathering of fans of science fiction, fantasy and video game genres. 'Hunger Games' ushers in era of dystopian young adult films 2013-07-22T01:05:40Z

Frank M. Robinson, an author of thrillers and science fiction who also helped slain San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk craft some of his most powerful speeches, died June 30 at his home in San Francisco. Frank M. Robinson, speechwriter for Harvey Milk, dies at 87

Born in New York City in 1919, Pohl became a literary agent and an editor before getting his own work published in science fiction magazines of the 1930s. Science Fiction writer Frederik Pohl dead at 93 2013-09-03T23:11:28Z

Q. A few years ago, you were working on a science fiction series for Showtime. Salman Rushdie on His New Novel, With a Character Who Floats Just Above Ground 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z

But, as Jeremy Withers’s “The War of the Wheels” reminds us, the father of science fiction was also fascinated by the bicycle. Even in the 21st century, H.G. Wells still speaks to our fears and dreams 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z

I avoid science fiction — religious traditions already are packed with fantasy stories — and often skip fiction, unless it’s amazing, and then irresistible. Elaine Pagels: By the Book 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

Frankly, I never thought about science fiction until I started to realise that there was something in the first Alien that no one ever asked questions about. Ridley Scott unveils Prometheus 2011-07-22T11:22:54Z

Star Wars isn't really even science fiction, except in the sense that it contains robots and spaceships as window dressing. Star Trek v Star Wars: Star Trek v Star Wars: fans weigh in on the timeless debate 2013-05-17T13:50:00Z

The final new film to make this week’s top 10 was science fiction effort The 5th Wave. The Revenant finally claws its way to No 1 at US box office after epic journey 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z

"It's incredibly exciting to be a part of a new dynasty with one of the most beloved science fiction franchises of all time" said Ross Richie, BOOM! BOOM!, Fox bring 'Apes' comic prelude online 2011-07-13T09:16:04Z

With Roy Lichtenstein whaaming 'em at London's Tate Modern, it is all too easy to forget that pop art began in Britain – and our version of it started as science fiction. Daleks are a legacy of British pop art 2013-02-25T15:04:55Z

Glancing back at the radical, sometimes fatal activities of the Weather Underground more than 40 years ago, Night Moves is almost political science fiction today. REVIEW: Night Moves: Political Thriller at a Slow Boil 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z

Oswald started distributing his early sonic experiments in the mid-1970s, when the notion of layering digital files and working cut-and-paste computer tools seemed the stuff of science fiction. Revisiting the transitive nightfall of John Oswald's 'Grayfolded' 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z

Though the value of the text is questionable, the Folio edition is valuable for Fraser's illustrations, which conjured up a strange fantasy world, redolent both of Elizabethan woodcuts and science fiction. The Arabian Nights: a thousand and one illustrations 2011-03-12T00:06:32Z

Bradbury's literary style was honed in pulp magazines and influenced by Ernest Hemingway and Thomas Wolfe, and he became the rare science fiction writer treated seriously by the literary world. Ray Bradbury, author of 'Fahrenheit 451,' dies 2012-06-06T15:02:47Z

Director Sebastian Cordero puts a smart spin on the device, applying it to science fiction with “Europa Report,” a mostly successful thriller about six astronauts whose mission to deep space goes haywire. ‘Europa Report’: A space mission that goes awry 2013-08-08T19:34:13Z

The film or television offers that rolled in during his later life tended to be in the realm of science fiction. Leonard Nimoy, a pop culture force as Spock of ‘Star Trek,’ dies at 83 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

Are there any science fiction “island” books that are a bit more cheerful? Review | Desert-island books: Science fiction tales set in isolation that feel just right now 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z

Mythology and science fiction seem at least as pertinent here as Surrealism. Art Review: ?Exquisite Corpses: Drawing and Disfiguration? at MoMA 2012-03-29T22:25:34Z

"Fringe," which combines science fiction with elements of police procedural drama, debuted on Fox in 2008 averaging 10 million viewers in its first season. "Fringe" to end run on Fox with "love letter" to fans 2012-09-26T22:24:57Z

“Seveneves” will please fans of hard science fiction, but this witty, epic tale is also sure to win over readers new to Stephenson’s work. The best sci-fi and fantasy books for May 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z

Why would these clear-eyed Americans cut off their families, divorce their spouses and leave their children based on the work of a science fiction novelist? HBO’s ‘Going Clear’ details Scientology’s theater of the surreal 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

What was the main challenge of making Switzerland's first major science fiction film? Swiss go sci-fi 2010-05-05T10:08:00Z

It's got a little horror in it, a little science fiction in it. Film party: Everybody comes to Cannes, or wants to 2011-05-10T09:46:04Z

“Tiamat’s Wrath: Book 8 of The Expanse” — the latest book in the popular science fiction series by James S.A. Best-Selling Books, Unusual Authors 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

University officials say the collection will be used to build an international resource for the study of horror and science fiction. University gets horror filmmaker George Romero’s archives 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z

Abbey Mei Otis is an exciting voice in contemporary science fiction. Review | Best science fiction and fantasy books out this month 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z

Amal El-Mohtar, the Book Review’s science fiction and fantasy columnist, won the Nebula, Locus and Hugo awards for her short story “Seasons of Glass and Iron.” Ghosts, Robots and Monsters: A Roundup of New Sci-Fi and Fantasy 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z

Matt Damon believes that Europe’s ongoing refugee crisis has given his new science fiction thriller The Martian an added layer of importance. Matt Damon: the refugee crisis is a reason to release The Martian 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z

This year’s Hugo Awards, given to the best in science fiction, turned into a referendum on the genre’s politics. 'Puppies' Unrewarded at Sci-Fi Book Awards 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z

Fact, fantasy and science fiction mingle in this script, which unites an imagined Civil War soldier with the real-life artificial intelligence pioneer Ada Lovelace. Theater Listings for Oct. 16-22 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

Hugo Awards are also given to science fiction presented in visual formats. ArtsBeat: ‘Redshirts’ Takes Hugo Award for Best Science-Fiction Novel 2013-09-02T15:48:47Z

The science fiction and fantasy awards are considered the greatest mark of fandom. No love for 'Sad Puppies' at this year's Hugo Awards 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z

The actor's latest motion-captured role, after Gollum in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong, is an intelligent chimpanzee in science fiction reboot Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Geek out!: Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson and the lure of Comic-Con 2011 2011-07-25T20:30:00Z

Because science fiction writers are meant to depict future worlds that audiences will find entertaining, they tend to predict technological advancements that are wondrous to behold. We were promised hoverboards: Of course “Back to the Future II” got 2015 mostly wrong — here’s why 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z

I've got one science fiction idea that I'm absolutely in love with, which I'm pretty sure is going to be my next film. Matt Damon in talks to star in Neill Blomkamp's Elysium 2010-12-13T16:12:00Z

The one film that rules them all, however, is Kubrick's 2001, a more intellectual take on science fiction that never sought to spawn a franchise. Our science-fiction and fantasy top 25: who's lost in space? 2010-10-21T11:19:00Z

Like most dystopian science fiction, “Snowpiercer” has a lot of explaining to do. In ‘Snowpiercer,’ the Train Trip to End All Train Trips 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

“The Fades,” a British show beginning on Saturday on BBC America, and “Lost Girl,” a Canadian show beginning on Monday on Syfy, feed an apparently bottomless American hunger for dark science fiction. Television Review: ?The Fades? on BBC America; ?Lost Girl? on Syfy - Review 2012-01-14T01:49:07Z

“We can appropriate it, empowered by science fiction. We can create it ourselves.” Science Fiction From Latin America, With Zombie Dissidents and Aliens in the Amazon 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z

“It’s a celebration of science fiction and being able to be around like-minded people,” Mr. Wannamaker said. Night at the Space Museum: 10 Open Bars and Tons of Kubrick References 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z

If one looks to a certain subset of science fiction, the future of food is edible sludge. We asked an AI to draw its favorite food. The results were bleak 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z

I’m ashamed to admit it, but I just don’t understand science fiction. How Bob Dylan Turned David Remnick on to Serious Reading 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z

The result was The Foundation Trilogy, a stunning science fiction work that raises profound questions, such as why do empires rise and fall? Saci Lloyd's top 10 political books 2013-03-15T16:24:50Z

Might there be truth to the commonplace that science fiction writers are prophets? What we can learn from two literary masters: Ursula K. Le Guin and James Salter 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z

The science fiction series returns to Fox this month for a limited six-episode run, 13 years after going off the air. Chris Carter on bringing back The X-Files: 'This show has more life to it' 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z

His outspokenness may have won him readers who wouldn't ordinarily be tempted to pick up a pulpy science fiction novel with "war" in the title. John Scalzi conquers the publishing universe 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

It’s fitting that the week Bradbury leaves us, the New Yorker releases a special issue devoted to science fiction. Is there any reason to read? 2012-06-08T00:00:00Z

In the early 1950s, Mr. Dubin helped shape early television by directing shows like “Tales of Tomorrow,” a science fiction anthology series, and “Two Girls Named Smith,” a comedy series starring Peggy Ann Garner. Charles S. Dubin, Television Director, Is Dead at 92 2011-09-10T00:48:55Z

And his enthusiasm for science fiction is what led him to poetry. The Education Issue: Stephen Burt, Poetry’s Cross-Dressing Kingmaker 2012-09-16T00:17:27Z

Thor: The Dark World stuffs two handfuls of delicious dorkyness into its maw, one rich in fantasy, the other from science fiction. Critics assemble: our writers pick their favorite superhero films 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

In it, she argues that, contrary to appearances, science fiction is a mimetic discourse—that the “objects of science-fictional representation, while impossible to represent in a straightforward manner, are absolutely real.” How “The Memory Police” Makes You See 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z

He imagines an award-winning writer named Lionel Hampshire, whose latest novel, a failure with the critics, is a feminist science fiction tale called “Fallopia.” ‘Middle England,’ a Traditional Novel Set in Our Very Unconventional Times 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z

Until recently, science fiction took particular pride in its past. Review | Let us praise the giants of science fiction: Campbell, Asimov and, yes, L. Ron Hubbard 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z

While I enjoy a lot of science fiction, when it gets into the nitty gritty of the tensile strength of the titanium cables threaded into the wings of the automatovelociraptor, you’ve lost me. Karin Slaughter: By the Book 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

Part of the new line of multicultural fantasy novels overseen by Rick Riordan — he of the popular Percy Jackson series — “Dragon Pearl” is a clever mash-up of Korean mythology and science fiction tropes. New Fantasy Novels for Kids (and Adults) Ready to Go Beyond Harry Potter 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z

The Hugo Awards, widely considered the most prestigious science fiction and fantasy prizes, were announced Friday, with female authors dominating and N.K. Women were the big winners at the 2017 Hugo Awards 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z

They’ll be programmed to catch squirrels in my neighbor’s yard and then fly around with them at 15 feet while playing music from old science fiction films. Style Invitational Week 1132: You and what army? 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

The boy loved pulp magazines and science fiction, but he also attended theatrical productions, took parts in school plays and wanted to be an actor. John Jakes, Whose Historical Novels Hit the Jackpot, Dies at 90 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z

Because this is a science fiction film but not an action film — there’s no violence, no gunplay. Gather around, screwed millennials: You must see this 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

It’s also worth mentioning the great work done by the imprint Haikasoru to bring Japanese science fiction to the English-speaking audience. Review | Let’s talk about fantasy and science fiction books that have fallen off the radar 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z

Indeed, with its elegant mix of science fiction and metaphysical mystery, Le Tellier’s thriller is comfortably settled in the middle seat between “Lost” and “Manifest.” Review | Hervé Le Tellier’s ‘The Anomaly’ has already sold a million copies in France. It should take off here, too. 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z

Andy Weir’s suspenseful survival story, “The Martian,” won the science fiction award; that book was read by R.C. Mandela Documentary Wins Top Prize for Audio Books 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

I would class the genre of the book as science fiction, as most of it is not true, but I read it in a few days, it was so engaging. 172 Hours on the Moon by Johan Harstad - review 2012-08-04T08:00:00Z

For kids with a goofy sense of humor, Himalaya Media presents a science fiction musical podcast about “the most popular band in the universe.” A Podcast Playlist of the Summer’s Hottest 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z

Part science fiction, part horror film, "The Purge" was dismissed by critics but eagerly awaited by horror fans. 'The Purge' scares off 'Fast & Furious' crew to take box office lead 2013-06-09T17:25:26Z

He found himself invited to science fiction conventions, and embraced by the world of SF fandom, hitherto a closed book to him. Iain Banks: 'A star whose light will travel a long way' 2013-06-10T16:56:34Z

Last fall, the science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson was asked to predict what the world will look like in 2050. A Sci-Fi Writer Returns to Earth: ‘The Real Story Is the One Facing Us’ 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z

Twenty years in the making, “CoDex 1962” is made up of three sections, which were published as individual books in Iceland — a romance, a crime novel and a science fiction story. An Epic From Iceland, Complete With Unicorns, Angels and a Stamp-Collecting Werewolf 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z

Does that mean an 11th season of the popular science fiction TV series is around the corner? Actress Gillian Anderson says horror of child trafficking cast her in real-life role 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z

With book, music and lyrics by Richard O’Brien, “Rocky Horror” was already a throwback to the age of Hollywood himbo movies and science fiction double features when it was first produced in 1973. Which Show Is Good, Clean Fun: ‘Rocky Horror’ or ‘The Music Man’? 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z

Todbaum imagined it would be “the Game of Thrones of science fiction” and encouraged Sandy to endlessly revise their script. Review | Jonathan Lethem’s ‘The Arrest’ imagines a kinder, gentler apocalypse 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z

When he finally started reading fluidly, he began binging on pulp science fiction novels. A Debut Novelist’s Descent into Darkness 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z

It's mind-bending science fiction that isn't afraid to challenge its audience. Review: Brilliant 'BioShock Infinite' takes flight 2013-03-26T12:26:15Z

When you're telling a story about someone who can shrink so much that he or she is capable of entering new universes, the potential for creative science fiction is limitless. MCU: The Franchise of the 2010s 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z

Ostensibly, the film is science fiction – directed by the Israeli animator Ari Folman and spotlighting issues of intellectual property, internet avatars and the withering flesh. Robin Wright: 'I'm in my 40s and I don't inject my face with Botox' 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

As Christo spoke, surreal drawings evoking science fiction were projected on the wall. Talking to Christo About His Floating Piers 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z

“The shadow of Anglophone science fiction has been over us for a long while,” he said. Science Fiction From Latin America, With Zombie Dissidents and Aliens in the Amazon 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z

In all his copious free time this week, Gregg was kind enough to choose his five favorite science fiction films. Clark Gregg's 5 favorite sci-fi movies 2012-05-03T16:56:09Z

US networks are largely running scared of science fiction and fantasy shows. Game of Thrones 2010-03-24T15:40:00Z

I thought, this is really fascinating writing, accessible science fiction that gets deep. How Elvish, comics and rowdy astrophysicists helped Eric Heisserer write 'Arrival's' Oscar-nominated script 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z

He studied art at Hunter College in New York in the 1940s and ran a studio selling illustrations to comics and science fiction magazines before turning to writing. Sci-fi author Harry Harrison dies 2012-08-15T16:40:07Z

She began publishing science fiction in genre magazines in the early 1960s, as a mother and committed pacifist in Portland, Ore., where she lived for more than 50 years. The Essential Ursula K. Le Guin 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z

If you watch NBC's "The Jensen Project" on Friday, you probably won't realize how much the science fiction movie owes to toothpaste and diapers. 2 of nation's biggest advertisers join for movie 2010-07-15T17:54:00Z

It is, in a nutshell, a sweeping historical novel that's also a love story but is rooted in time-travel science fiction and takes on as its subject the meaning of time itself. In 'The Lost Time Accidents,' John Wray balances the logical and the ludicrous 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z

Pulp science fiction, the kind that Tic loves and influences "Lovecraft Country," is defined by heroes with hideous origin stories who go on to have fantastic voyages. "Lovecraft Country" is an intoxicating, myth-shattering hero's journey through a map of Black fear 2020-08-16T04:00:00Z

The last section in the book, “Printed,” includes tributes to some of his favorite science fiction writers. An Essayist Searching for Alternate Worlds 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z

Shakespeare plays are often set in other times, but it's rarely seen in a science fiction setting. Much Ado About Joss Whedon 2013-06-14T07:15:50Z

That still didn’t leave it as anything more than routine science fiction, though. Television: As They Were Saying ... (Network Dramas Return) 2010-03-01T06:21:00Z

It’s a vision oddly terrifying and ethereal, and another demonstration of this author’s extraordinary range, flowing gracefully from historical fiction to contemporary realism to science fiction. Review | As catastrophic waters rise in Thailand, a writer examines the past and imagines the future 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z

He would have reached superhuman levels suitable only for science fiction. From John Adams to Mozart: Dudamel's powerful pairing at the Bowl 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z

Urban fantasy is currently top dog in the science fiction/fantasy genre, with countless variations, from raunchy paranormal romance to mystery noir. What's hot: Summer reading tips in science fiction, urban fantasy and steampunk from a Seattle expert 2011-07-10T22:48:04Z

That they are merely egg containers would seem boringly reductive, in a biology-is-destiny way, except that it’s such an interesting answer to science fiction’s big question: Who creates life? The History Lurking Behind “Orphan Black” 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

Related: Divergent sequel Allegiant struggles at US box office as fans tire of Hollywood's split ends Allegiant is only the most recent young adult science fiction effort to nosedive at the box office. Not the future after all: the slow demise of young adult dystopian sci-fi films 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z

In St. Louis and Washington, librarians have been putting together book bundles based on genre — such as mystery or science fiction — that are available for pickup. Librarians find creative ways to serve kids when buildings are closed for browsing 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z

In 2007, he received a special Pulitzer Prize citation "for his distinguished, prolific and deeply influential career as an unmatched author of science fiction and fantasy." Ray Bradbury, author of 'Fahrenheit 451,' dies 2012-06-06T15:02:47Z

“I think science fiction is rarely in any important way about the future, in the sense of trying to predict the future,” Freedman said. What Black Mirror, Her and the near-future genre tell us about tomorrow 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z

At a time when writers are profitably testing the boundaries between “literary fiction” and “genre” — science fiction, fantasy, etc. Dealing in uncertainty, the essay may be the perfect form for our time 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

The author of “World War Z” returns with another science fiction story, of carnage long forgotten amid a volcanic eruption. New Audiobooks, From Thomas Cromwell to the World of Darkness 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z

But since “Tin Can” is a hybrid of science fiction and body horror, consider this praise. Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z

Comic-Con is the holy land for fans of science fiction, fantasy, animation, horror and related pop culture. ArtsBeat: Comic-Con Opens With Exuberant Fans and Subdued Studios 2012-07-12T14:58:04Z

Renown science fiction and fantasy author Ursula K. Le Guin was presented with the foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters for her “exceptional impact on this country’s literary heritage.” These Are the Winners of the 2014 National Book Awards 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

The film explores the boundaries between consciousness and reality within a science fiction narrative. ArtsBeat: Critics' Picks Video: 'Solaris' 2011-02-01T18:30:29Z

"I was more interested in science feasible than science fiction." '2010' the movie vs. 2010 the year 2010-12-20T16:40:00Z

After the novel appeared in serialized form in the science fiction magazine Analog, Herbert and his agent tried to interest publishers in producing it as a single, unified novel. “Dune,” climate fiction pioneer: The ecological lessons of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi masterpiece were ahead of its time 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

His work was beloved by fans of science fiction and comic writing, by atheists and environmentalists, and by nearly everyone, it seems, who found his novels at an impressionable age. Remembering Douglas Adams: Was he political? 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z

When you hear “science fiction,” it’s easy to think of stories set in the far-flung future where circumstances are almost unrecognizable. Travel to the near future with these sci-fi reads 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z

Overnight New York felt like a science fiction movie and, in the absence of a coherent message from the oval office, the speculation was nightmarish. Pater Familiar: Watching Andrew Cuomo's pandemic briefings finally let me grieve my father 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z

Drayden mixes folklore, urban fantasy and science fiction in her futuristic South Africa to dazzling effect. Best science fiction and fantasy books to read this month 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z

In a brilliant marketing move, a novelization of the album is being written by science fiction writer Kevin J. Anderson in collaboration with Peart, the band’s lyricist. Dude vs. Chick Rock: Is There a Music Gender Divide? 2012-06-12T13:29:51Z

One of these seems to be a science fiction narrative and points the way to Banks's strong interest in this genre. Iain Banks dies aged 59 2013-06-09T17:22:02Z

I think science fiction is great when it tackles things that we deal with. Ryan Reynolds on Self/less, Parenthood, and Why He's Trying Comic-Book Movies Again 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

“We all saw how fast he was progressing and could picture where he was going to be, like in a science fiction movie, how the little lizard rapidly evolves into a monster.” Bounce so hard 2012-07-28T13:00:00Z

Here I should interrupt my plot summary to comment on Zapata’s own evident love for and knowledge of science fiction. Review | Bibliophiles love the mystery of a missing manuscript. ‘The Lost Book of Adana Moreau’ is just what they’re looking for. 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z

"The Star Wars films are set in an imaginary science fiction world," the judgment noted. Star Wars helmet designer strikes back against movie empire 2011-07-27T21:06:34Z

At The Martian premiere on 11 September, Toronto International film festival audiences cheered Scott’s latest venture into science fiction as a return to form, although a Guardian review was more sober in its response. Prometheus sequel to be shot in Australia or Canada, says Ridley Scott 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z

Nancy Hightower, who reviews science fiction and fantasy every month for the Washington Post, is author of “The Acolyte.” Best science fiction novels to read this month 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

Instead, science fiction for Cubans became a way, he said, “to escape, and sharply criticize the realities that they were living.” Sci-Fi Writers Find Warmer Climate Amid Cuban Thaw 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

In 2010, the rediscovery of his science fiction mini-series “World on a Wire” showed that he had gotten the jump on “Inception” by almost 40 years. Review: ‘Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day,’ Another Fassbinder Masterpiece 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z

The least successful science fiction to me is the stuff that takes today’s political catfights and dumps it uncut into the deep future, hundreds if not thousands of years in the future. During Trump's present, it's gotten hard to write the future, says John Scalzi 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z

This rosy picture might seem surprising, given science fiction’s proclivity for doom and gloom. When Science Fiction Comes True 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z

Returning to science fiction 30 years after , Scott uses  to explore the fate of the space jockey’s people — the race that brought life to Earth and whose own planet is their burial chamber. Prometheus: Alien Minus One 2012-06-05T13:20:45Z

Unlike Scoob, Stone, as a kid, was an avid reader of books, ranging from the early reader series “Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle” to adult science fiction, including “Jurassic Park.” Nic Stone’s ‘Clean Getaway’ explores a mixed-race family and a travel adventure 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

A collection of Ray Bradbury's personal book collection, art, rare science fiction ephemera and more was auctioned last week for close to a half-million dollars. Ray Bradbury's collection of books, art and more sells for $493,408 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z

As is widely known, science fiction novels only appear to be about the future or other worlds. Perspective | ‘Dune’ has long divided the science fiction world. The new film won’t change that. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

Although “Blade Runner” has become one of the most critically acclaimed science fiction films in history, it was originally a box-office dud. Joe Turkel, the Spectral Bartender in ‘The Shining,’ Dies at 94 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z

And more problematically, Luckhurst removes Lovecraft from the traditions of science fiction and horror and from his pulp context and instead treats him as part of the “Weird.” Does H.P. Lovecraft belong in the canon? 2013-05-08T22:07:00Z

Fairly benign song titles — "Flies," "Owls," "Woodpecker" — are merely doorways into worlds shaped by dreams, folk tales, science fiction and the couple's wicked imaginations. The Handsome Family crafts a gem 2013-07-13T05:00:00Z

He remained on the faculty for 23 years, offering popular courses in writing and on science fiction as literature. 2010-02-14T04:16:00Z

This sacrificial disabled person trope is a genre specialty, seen in a whole host of science fiction and fantasy from the gothic classic "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" to the 2021 film "Mother/Android." Frank deserves better than "Station Eleven." So do disabled stories 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z

HG Wells's science fiction tale may be dated, but in the hands of scripter Gatiss it largely works beautifully as a piece of TV steampunk – affectionately knowing without too much irony. Tonight's TV highlights: The First Men In The Moon 2010-10-18T23:05:00Z

Krishna writes about space science and technology for Paste Magazine and science fiction/fantasy for Syfy Wire. Antonia Honeywell's novel 'The Ship' asks what happens when we get everything we thought we wanted 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z

Set in near-future Phnom Penh, Cambodia, “Karmalink” belongs to the branch of science fiction preoccupied with spirituality and metaphysics: Where do we come from and what makes us who we are? Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z

He went on to have a prolific career as a character actor, with bit parts in dozens of television dramas and science fiction shows. Joe E. Tata, Peach Pit Owner in ‘Beverly Hills, 90210,’ Dies at 85 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z

Ultimately, this is a discussion to be had at Comicon among all the other fantasy and science fiction stories. A Conservative Catholic Begs the Pope: Lead Us Not Into Temptation 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z

There was one interesting aspect of the whole thing that showed a little science fiction potential: James Shapiro's hatred of his wife for not contributing to society. Outcasts: series one, episode seven 2011-03-06T23:27:01Z

But the play made me think about science fiction and the time machine I’d need to send my teenage self to the show. Review: In ‘Athena,’ Two Teenage Fencers Parry Ordinary Life 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z

Online, it feels like science fiction fandom has erupted into civil war. The scifi fans are alright: I saw the future at the Hugo Awards — and it will never belong to the toxic right-wing trolls 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z

Rather, Magrs treats the details as if writing a historical novel or science fiction: using them to build a picture of a world, and show what matters to the people in it. The Diary of a Dr Who Addict by Paul Magrs 2010-05-21T23:07:00Z

With that book, which told the intertwined stories of four women at different moments in history, she helped inaugurate the now flourishing tradition of feminist science fiction. Joanna Russ, Who Drew Women to Sci-Fi, Dies at 74 2011-05-08T07:23:01Z

Topics: , Space Physiology, NASA, Dartmouth, , , As far as certain death in a science fiction plot line goes, being ejected into the vacuum of space is more than a pretty sure thing. Can we survive in space unprotected? 2013-04-08T15:53:00Z

Mr Asimov might take a science fiction tour of even more exotic places such as Michigan, where for years we were known for making only sickening sweet jug wine. Five Common Wine Myths, Debunked 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

It is a science fiction movie at heart, it is a story of human survival. "Twilight" author hopes aliens lure vampire fans to "The Host" 2013-03-20T10:58:20Z

And it seems to afflict science fiction to an unusual degree. What Philip K Dick needed was a co-author 2010-06-04T15:07:00Z

Scientology, founded by the science fiction writer L Ron Hubbard in 1955, boasts Tom Cruise and other Hollywood adherents despite a reputation, long denied by the group, for manipulation and bullying. Subject of Scientology film: Louis Theroux used 'morally bankrupt tactics' 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

I remember being in English class in eighth grade, hiding a science fiction novel behind the boring stuff we were reading and getting caught. Brad Taylor Has a Theory About What Makes for Good Thrillers 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z

This is the premise for “The Pink Cloud,” a Brazilian domestic drama with a helping of science fiction that, remarkably enough, was conceived of in 2017 and filmed in 2019. ‘The Pink Cloud’ Review: Love in Lockdown 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z

Increased digital access widened the space for science fiction readers and writers, and then the pandemic accelerated the sharing and discovery of what had become a sprawling and impassioned community. Science Fiction From Latin America, With Zombie Dissidents and Aliens in the Amazon 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z

He had a message for the fewer than 300 attendees: Do not let others label your passion for comics or science fiction as mere escapism. Perspective: For Comic-Con, home is where the heart is -- San Diego 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

In the noughties, when Suzanne Collins wanted to write about the invasion of Iraq, she wrote The Hunger Games, a piece of hypnotically violent science fiction. Nina Bawden's Carrie's War speaks a truth about the ripple effects of conflict 2012-08-24T16:30:00Z

Honestly, I have very little patience for science fiction, but as my daughter says, “That is a you problem, Mama.” Dana Spiotta Loves Coming Across Jokes in Really Old Books 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z

It’s part medical science fiction and part puzzle film. Movie Review: ‘Implanted,’ Starring Justice Leak 2013-12-06T00:24:32Z

A few years ago, I read the science fiction novel “Aurora,” by Kim Stanley Robinson, a prolific author whose works combine elements of both social futurism and hard science fiction. Fifty Years After Apollo 11, the View of Earth from the Moon 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z

There was also an APA paperback guide to New York State, science fiction, a book on witchcraft and various dog-eared crime novels. Public bookshelves spread across Germany 2011-10-14T11:36:09Z

“My look is inspired by science fiction and drag, I find inspiration in so many places,” Ms. Morris wrote in an email. Latte Art Begone! Here Come the Bold Freaks of Instagram 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z

Abrams' science fiction drama "Revolution," though the networks have tried and failed over the last few years to replicate the magic of "Lost," the other Abrams-produced show that launched TV's science fiction fascination. And the winner is? The sitcom, as networks add new shows 2012-05-17T18:57:45Z

He tells a pre-Internet days story of being at the bar at a science fiction convention and hearing two women — former Pentagon key-punch operators — talking about computer viruses, then obscure and mysterious. William Gibson coaxes the future out of the present 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

This year’s nominees draw on a wide range of sources, including the untold history of NASA, Jacques Demy musicals, science fiction, several lost mothers, and two plays about black life half a century apart. Oscar Spotlight: The Screenplays 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z

I have avoided science fiction my entire life, or any kind of fantasy. Fran Lebowitz: By the Book 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z

There is a lot of talk in fantasy and science fiction in general about strong female characters. Sofia Samatar on the many influences on her fantasy novel, 'The Winged Histories' 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

“Dark Shadows,” seen daily on ABC from 1966 to 1971, was a departure from standard soap opera fare, blending romantic intrigue with horror and science fiction. Lara Parker, a Memorable Witch on ‘Dark Shadows,’ Dies at 84 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z

Long before 2017’s controversial Hollywood remake, the Japanese cyberpunk classic’s moody depictions of futuristic urban sprawl were a turning point in how science fiction was depicted on screen. Ghost in the Shell's urban dreamscapes: behind the moody art of the anime classic 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z

A team of planetary ambassadors take to space for diplomatic relations in the Zyxx Quadrant of the Tremillion Sector in this new improvised science fiction drama. Yes, and . . . 13 delightfully unpredictable podcasts 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z

They vowed that Clarke would always refer to Asimov as the best science writer and Asimov would call Clarke the best science fiction writer. Back to the Hugos: Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C Clarke 2011-02-10T15:32:31Z

It was the early days of science fiction and fantasy—Tolkien wouldn’t publish The Hobbit till 1937—so he grew up reading Poe and L. Frank Baum and Edgar Rice Burroughs. R.I.P. Ray Bradbury: He Jumped Off Cliffs and Never Hit the Ground 2012-06-06T17:50:51Z

The Riverside curators decided to pursue a sci-fi theme to build on the university’s large collection of science fiction and fantasy literature. For Latino Artists in Sci-Fi Show, Everyone’s an Alien 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z

I grew up reading and watching science fiction with a fascination that bordered on passion. We are the empire: Military interventions, “Star Wars” and how we’re the real aliens 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z

But this early foray does offer a unique angle on the cultural role of science fiction during that era. Review | Roberto Bolaño’s popularity surged after his death. What does a ‘new’ book do for his legacy? 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z

“The Annihilation Point,” a spoofy piece of lo-fi sci-fi from the Berserker Residents, a Philadelphia company committed to producing fantastical shows, is the latest example in the current surge of science fiction in the theater. Cyborgs Onstage, Robots in the Wings 2010-12-30T23:58:33Z

On a certain level, this is a dystopian project; it borders on science fiction. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2017 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z

If you're anywhere near work colleagues, elderly relatives, small children or nonagenarian science fiction writers, I feel I must warn you in advance that you view it at your own peril. The Ray Bradbury video tribute I never expected to see 2010-08-23T15:34:00Z

“It’s kind of a science fiction story,” he added. Frank Gehry’s Disney Hall Is Technodreaming 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

Fairly benign song titles – “Flies,” “Owls,” “Woodpecker” – are merely doorways into worlds shaped by dreams, folk tales, science fiction and the couple’s wicked imaginations. Handsome Family sing 'language of dreams' 2013-07-12T16:06:00Z

Plenty of people had tried to adapt Frank Herbert's 1965 science fiction novel over the years, but after enough attempts hit wide of the mark it developed a reputation for being nigh-unadaptable. "Dune: Part Two will have “much more Harkonnen stuff” 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z

When viewed from the street above, all the mounds, valleys and large sandy areas make it look like the setting for a science fiction film or Animal Planet episode rather than a golf course. ‘America’s St. Andrews:’ a golfing gem in Pierce County 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z

It is in the nature of science fiction to aspire to more, to ascend fearlessly toward the sublime. Review: Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar,’ with Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

The issue of extraterrestrial proselytizing has attracted some attention from notable science fiction writers, too. Book review: ‘The Book of Strange New Things,’ by Michel Faber

Technically, it’s science fiction, but that doesn’t really cover it either. Pulp Fiction to Magnolia: the best films of the 90s – as chosen by critics 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z

American science fiction draws heavily on American culture, of course—the war for independence, the Wild West, film noir, sixties psychedelia—and so humanity’s imagined future often looks a lot like America’s past. Liu Cixin Is China’s Answer to Arthur C. Clarke 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

Mr. Cugini consistently had a close group of friends, and loved reading science fiction books and playing video games. He Said (I Do), She Said (I Do) 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z

These days, science fiction cinema has essentially separated into two camps: The brain and the brawn, and outside of Christopher Nolan movies, never the twain shall meet. Total Recall Revisited: What Colin and Arnold Can Tell Us About Pop Culture 2012-08-01T12:00:49Z

"Utopia" is a conspiracy theory thriller with some science fiction elements and some dark humor. Rainn Wilson opens up about life, death, "Blackbird" and being "#blessed" 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z

The novel, Mr. Scalzi’s eighth, is something of a hit, especially for a work of science fiction without light sabers — or any of the accouterments of big-brand series. In ‘Redshirts,’ John Scalzi Gives Expendables a Life 2012-07-06T22:52:40Z

The publisher's summary describes a science fiction novel that combines the alien-encounter genre with African mythology to create a vast narrative network of characters, human and nonhuman, that stretches across Nigeria. Disney’s Black mermaid is no breakthrough — look at the literary subgenre of Black mermaid fiction 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z

He was a voracious reader with a penchant for science fiction, which rubbed off on me. Family life 2012-05-18T23:05:08Z

There's sweet relief when a show reaches its end, particularly in science fiction, a genre in which many don't even make a full first season. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2013-05-11T05:00:14Z

It’s a science fiction version of the American family play that, Greenfield said, “explodes open.” ‘Downstate’ and ‘Catch as Catch Can’ in Playwrights Horizons New Season 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z

Fans will also get a "bonus" episode of "Spectrum," the science fiction series within the "Con Man" series. 'Firefly's' Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk reunite for 'Con Man' Web series 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

There’s no contest between the science fiction of Arthur C Clarke and the class struggle of Karl Marx: the left abandons Marx at its peril. Is Finland’s basic universal income a solution to automation, fewer jobs and lower wages? 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

Most readers of science fiction did not consider me to be a science fiction writer. A brief survey of the short story part 26: JG Ballard 2010-06-10T15:24:00Z

Here he had to first create this ecologically minded, science fiction fantasy tale as a comic book to generate enough interest to get the film version off the ground. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2010-10-15T23:06:00Z

Artists inspired by science fiction usually depict robots, extraterrestrials and futuristic machinery. Review | In the galleries: Artists, too, might someday be replaced by machines 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z

While it also contains the quirky sense of humor and brainy science fiction of the original movie, it infuses its own unique thematic elements into the series rather than simply copying what worked in 1997. In defense of "Men in Black: International" 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z

For Nevala-Lee, it’s unavoidable that, as a creator of science fiction, Campbell would be judged by how well he anticipated societal changes. John W. Campbell Award Is Renamed After Winner Criticizes Him 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z

Mr. King’s books have a far stronger real-world component than they used to, even when he deals with premises rooted in science fiction. Books of The Times: Stephen King?s ?11/23/63? - Review 2011-10-30T22:44:25Z

I thought he brought such a fresh eye to the world of science fiction, which, frankly, was usually pretty sterile, and certainly not haunting and creepy. Sigourney Weaver discusses why she signed on for the new 'Alien' video game 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

Space ships, science fiction, movies, sports and guitars have been among the many, many formative passions that he has indulged to the max. Books of The Times: The Reclusive Other Half of Microsoft?s Odd Couple Breaks His Silence 2011-04-18T23:23:20Z

But in my early teens, science fiction and fantasy had an almost-total hold over my imagination. When Hari Kunzru met Michael Moorcock 2011-02-04T12:05:01Z

It’s a witty notion, of a kind that characterized old-school science fiction: the fantastic “what if?” premise that allows the writer to examine the conditions of his own time from a different perspective. film: Apes From the Future, Holding a Mirror to Today 2011-07-27T12:00:09Z

This simple domestic biography is overridden by a supreme passion when Adana falls in love with a newly born art form: commercial science fiction. Review | Bibliophiles love the mystery of a missing manuscript. ‘The Lost Book of Adana Moreau’ is just what they’re looking for. 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z

Boots Riley describes his directorial debut as “an absurdist dark comedy with magical realism and science fiction, inspired by the world of telemarketing.” "Sorry to Bother You" speaks the hidden truths of "white voice" out loud 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

The asymmetrical dark blue coat with gray pants looked to many observers like it had been designed by science fiction nerds. The Year Space Got Sexy All Over Again 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z

America’s current crisis of fracture and extremism can’t be clearly explored through the lens of pop culture — especially if that lens is focused even more narrowly on superhero, fantasy, science fiction and apocalyptic horror. What Our Extremist Politics Owe to Batman and Captain America 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z

It’s a wild thing, this book, covered in sequins and scales, blazing with the influence of fabulists from Angela Carter to Kelly Link and Helen Oyeyemi, and borrowing from science fiction, queer theory and horror. Fairy Tales About the Fears Within 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z

But I think for the social science fiction, it might. Naomi Alderman Was Writing a Pandemic Novel Before the Pandemic Hit 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z

The Martian” is closer to classically optimistic science fiction than the dystopian works that have crowded the genre of late. ‘The Martian’ Author Andy Weir Brings His Nerd Thriller Into the Mainstream 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z

Thom points out that, historically, Oscars for best sound would too often go to the biggest, loudest movies — war pictures, science fiction epics, superhero flicks and the occasional musical. Perspective | This year, for once, the best sound Oscar might not go to the loudest movie 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z

The power of science fiction and alternative world-building also runs through multiple shows. The Getty Gives $17 Million to Museums for Pacific Standard Time 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z

To that end some of the most powerful science fiction stories take some aspect of the "real world" and tweak and adjust it so that it becomes different while also being all too familiar. "Captive State" director Rupert Wyatt on sci-fi, commercial failure and the age of Trum 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z

The British Sugar Bureau dismissed Yudkin’s claims about sugar as “emotional assertions”; the World Sugar Research Organisation called his book “science fiction”. The sugar conspiracy | Ian Leslie 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

Without a doubt, he’s already in the pantheon for science fiction/speculative fiction, but as weird as it might sound, I think he’s still underrated. Charles Yu Loves Reading With His Children. Don’t Tell Them. 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z

Though it’s not aesthetically recognizable as such, this is science fiction — more “Sliding Doors” or “Early Edition” than “Black Mirror,” but still. ‘Hindsight’ Is a New VH1 Series 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z

There are more connections between the two works, which both draw heavily from the screen science fiction of the past but update it for a radically changed world. Perspective | ‘Westworld’ and ‘Ready Player One’ show how our relationship to artificial intelligence has changed 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z

Although it lacks a big hungry fish, the guiding metaphor is also the stuff of science fiction. Review: ‘We Come as Friends’ Explores Potential Exploitation of South Sudan 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

Ed Wood was born in 1924 in Poughkeepsie, where he became attracted to horror and science fiction films shown at the city's movie theaters. NY statue sought for Hollywood cult figure Ed Wood 2013-05-29T13:00:28Z

Scholars have a term for our fascination with the science fiction of the past: they call it “retrofuturism.” A Return to the Nostalgia of “The X-Files” 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z

Like the best science fiction “Never Let Me Go” shines its strongest light on the present. The Oscars: Movies Worth Another Look 2011-01-01T01:32:00Z

The cable channel that could boasts tales of science fiction, fantasy, horror and . . . sex positivity? The surprisingly sex positive "Resident Alien" 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

Apparently some bloke called Charles Stross has written a science fiction novel called Rule 34. What is Rule 34, you ask. Let Charles Stross explain 2011-08-11T11:25:12Z

At its core, science fiction as a genre reflects the fears, anxieties, politics, events, and mood of the present. "I don't want to be L. Ron Hubbard": Andy Weir on writing escapism & new book "Project Hail Mary" 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z

Despite a recent upsurge, science fiction remains a comparative rarity in theater and is often played for laughs. The Playwright Mac Rogers Explores Robots, Aliens and Allegory 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

She became the first science fiction author to be granted a MacArthur fellowship, and the first Black woman to win Hugo and Nebula awards. The Essential Octavia Butler 2021-01-15T05:00:00Z

The novel is a glorious mash-up of alternate history, science fiction, supernatural horror and detective thriller, peopled by real characters who are in no sense subservient to the plot. Eric Brown's science fiction choice 2010-05-07T23:14:00Z

He continued playing roles, big and small, in films and TV, into the 21st century, including a regular role in another science fiction series, “Battlestar Galactica.” Dean Stockwell of ‘Quantum Leap,’ ‘Blue Velvet’ dies at 85 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z

Add an easygoing, no-frills style, and the result is a lively, deeply personal set of “readings in science fiction and the fantastic.” Review | An expert’s guide to science fiction’s greatest — and neglected — works 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

Ray Canterbury, a Republican delegate, is appealing to the West Virginia board of education to include science fiction novels on the middle school and high school curriculums. Bill for compulsory science fiction in West Virginia schools 2013-04-19T15:16:24Z

It’s been called the greatest science fiction novel of all time and won a Hugo and a Nebula, the top awards in its field. “Dune,” climate fiction pioneer: The ecological lessons of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi masterpiece were ahead of its time 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

Even today, science fiction images of Mars outdo mere reality. Curiosity rover: why does sci-fi always look more marvellous than reality? 2012-08-08T15:05:34Z

The movie looks and plays like a western but also flirts with dystopian science fiction and pure pulp: bang, bang, splat. ‘Bacurau’ Review: Life and Death in a Small Brazilian Town 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z

I’ve had an idea for a science fiction/futuristic/dystopian novel for years but never find time to do more than think about it. By the Book: Donna Leon 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

Next up is Captive State, in August, from Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ Rupert Wyatt, the British director’s first science fiction movie since leaving the man-versus-simians saga. Future shock: unearthing the most cutting-edge sci-fi movies of 2018 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z

No science fiction author of his generation had a more polished or more poetic prose style — a skill that stood out all the more given the slapdash sentences of his pulp fiction contemporaries. Is there any reason to read? 2012-06-08T00:00:00Z

Comic-Con, which attracts more than 125,000 people over four days, is a pop culture showcase where fans of comic books and science fiction movies gather. "Game of Thrones" in focus among TV shows at Comic-Con 2012-07-14T01:04:33Z

Leave it to other science fiction fantasists to conjure the heaving frenzies of wars and purges, invasions and explosions. ‘Queens Row’ Review: Richard Maxwell on Life After Doomsday 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z

In the tradition of internet science fiction, “World’s Fair” teases the boundary between the actual and the virtual, though in a frame of mind that is quietly ruminative rather than wildly speculative. ‘We’re All Going to the World’s Fair’ Review: Is It Horror, or Just Ennui? 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z

If any literary tradition is adapted to lead that discussion, it is science fiction. China Miéville was the star turn at the Edinburgh International Book festival 2012-08-24T14:52:58Z

This novel has the distinction of winning the Hugo Award for science fiction in 1963. The Essential Philip K. Dick 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z

Masks arrived in our lives like costuming from a terrifying science fiction film. Masks are here to stay. And they’re quickly becoming a way to express ourselves. 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z

Quantum reality. there are some wild ideas in science fiction. Science fiction's five best guides to the present 2013-07-26T09:59:29Z

Pohl co-authored 1991's "Our Angry Earth," a polemical essay against humankind's environmental destruction, with fellow American science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. Science fiction writer Frederik Pohl dies at 93 2013-09-03T18:49:29Z

It's the job of science fiction to be critical of society, in order to bring about its improvement. UFOs and hope: films probe "future" Jerusalem 2011-01-04T11:25:01Z

In general, works of science fiction are not as prevalent in Spanish as they are in English. Sci-Fi Writers Find Warmer Climate Amid Cuban Thaw 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

“It’s like a science fiction movie, a Stanley Kubrick thing.” Skin Deep: Glittery Eye Makeup 2012-01-09T20:07:05Z

Janelle Monae grew up with an appreciation for science fiction, flying the flag of its creative influence in much of her music and visual art. The pop singer/actor spoke to Salon about the Amazon series' new mystery and our sci-fi reality 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z

Scott has said that any sequel will not tie events to those of Alien, the 1979 film which served as an inspiration for his belated return to the science fiction genre after three decades. Ridley Scott turns from Prometheus to Moses 2012-06-06T14:53:40Z

Steampunk is a genre which includes elements of science fiction, fantasy, alternate history and horror. What's steampunk? 2012-08-28T13:55:51Z

“A lot of science fiction films are about conquest. In that void, that huge universe, there’s not many things to fight, unless you do ‘Star Wars’ and there’s an alien living there. For Denis and Pattinson, a cosmic connection in ‘High Life’ 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z

In 1936 he and a dozen other enthusiasts gathered in the back room of a bar in Philadelphia for what many regard as the world’s first science fiction “convention.” Frederik Pohl, Worldly-Wise Master of Science Fiction, Dies at 93 2013-09-03T16:42:10Z

Benson: The only similarity between Aaron and I and John and Levi is we spend a lot of time talking about science fiction. D.I.Y. Sci-Fi: A Talk With Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z

Ballard, the late British author who falls partway between science fiction and the postmodern literary avant-garde, was in the deepest sense a man of the 20th century. Depravity, class war and the 1 percent: Tom Hiddleston shines in brilliant dystopian fable “High-Rise” 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

If I could add one subject to the New Liberal Arts curriculum it would be science fiction. Welcome to the New Liberal Arts. Fancy a BA in Science Fiction? 2011-08-26T10:40:24Z

The series is one example of many more in which black comic books have reimagined the world, or in some cases even created their own brand of speculative science fiction. Spare Times for Jan. 15-21 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

Co., the woman often called the mother of horror and science fiction is resurrected and transmuted in a rambling epic that is conceptually unique but too often wearyingly opaque. Review: Road-Tripping with Frankenstein’s Monster in ‘Maery S.’ 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z

The first group uses architecture as a mnemonic device to recall histories and traditional design practices; the second as a vehicle — a time-traveling spaceship — for a kind of joyous science fiction. Radical Rethinking at Biennale: Africa and the Future Share Pride of Place 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z

When I was a kid, I was a complete addict of science fiction. Salman Rushdie on His New Novel, With a Character Who Floats Just Above Ground 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z

But science fiction has a way of becoming science fact. TV’s War With the Robots Is Already Here 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z

It would be unsporting to describe “Blast Radius,” set 12 years later, and “Sovereign,” set eight years after that, in any detail — science fiction is a genre sensitive to spoilers. Review: In ‘The Honeycomb Trilogy,’ a Family Confronts Invading Apian Overlords 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

The end result crosses the boundaries between science fiction and horror in a way that is hugely entertaining for the genre fan, but which might risk giving the film a slightly trashy overtone. Take Splice, add Inception: the possible recipe for a big-screen Neuromancer 2010-07-22T17:52:00Z

In this regard, Wessells — himself a bookman — rightly devotes his penultimate chapter to honoring science fiction’s most influential scholars and bibliographers, including E.F. Review | An expert’s guide to science fiction’s greatest — and neglected — works 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

“I wanted fantastical images and science fiction and the primitive world all to collide,” he said. Summer Movies: Creating a God, With Links to Olivier 2011-04-28T13:49:44Z

While some filmmaking disciplines reward experience — many other types of directors, like dramatists, get better as they become more seasoned -- science fiction is about concepts. 'Chappie': Who do so many sci-fi helmers lose heat on their fastball? 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z

"Imagine `Pirates of the Caribbean' or `Raiders of the Lost Ark,' and picture them as science fiction novels," he said. Science fiction satirist Harry Harrison has died 2012-08-15T21:24:11Z

The zone of death around ancient ruins will soon become a familiar science fiction trope, as in Stephen Vincent Benet’s prescient 1937 story of Earth after the Great Burning, “By the Waters of Babylon.” Review | A look at the post-apocalyptic world envisioned in the novel ‘After London’ 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z

Nothing — including a happy ending — is as it seems in this accelerating swirl of political and academic satire, science fiction and romantic melodrama. Review | Joyce Carol Oates has seen hell, and it’s 1950s Wisconsin 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z

In a recent video call, Joy spoke from her office in Los Angeles about being a perpetual outsider, current events imitating science fiction, and her partnership with Nolan. Lisa Joy on ‘Reminiscence,’ ‘Westworld’ and the Lure of Techno-Noir 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z

Unlike science fiction or rock and roll or fantasy literature or superheroes, Mad could never escape its ghetto, by design. A World Without Mad Magazine 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z

Although the subtitle promises a “true story,” “Woolly” is, like Peale’s beast, something of a chimera, a hybrid of journalism and science fiction. When Woolly Mammoths Roamed the Earth 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z

What follows, our reviewer writes, is “a nation exposed over and over to itself, as in an enormous mirror, part trite situation comedy, part science fiction, part cop show.” Pandemics in the Pages of ‘The Stand,’ ‘Severance’ and More 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

Batmanglij’s pacing is very deliberate, and marvelously, he leaves open the dueling possibilities of science fiction and a much more mundane reality. Sound of My Voice: You'll Want to Listen to This Cult Leader 2012-04-26T17:42:32Z

“I couldn’t believe that something of this caliber of science fiction and wit and just dark humor and something with so many layers was written at the time that it was.” ‘Black No More’ to Land Off Broadway This Winter 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z

Romance novels tend to center character and emotion in a way most science fiction and fantasy novels can’t or won’t — but for some reason Roberts chooses not to do so in “Year One.” From ‘Frankenstein’ to Nora Roberts in 200 Years 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z

But this morning, Bookslut has, joyfully, shown me that it isn't only science fiction novels that get covers they truly don't deserve. World's worst book covers: would these make their authors cry? 2012-10-04T12:31:46Z

Butler, who died in 2006, was a bestselling Pasadena novelist and the only science fiction writer to win a MacArthur fellowship. What to see in L.A. galleries: An ode to a black sci-fi trailblazer and Lari Pittman 'Mood Books' 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z

How does any science fiction writer finesse that one? During Trump's present, it's gotten hard to write the future, says John Scalzi 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z

Adana channels her restless imagination into a science fiction masterpiece, "Lost City," a novel of displacement and survival. 7 must-read novels to transport you in February 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

I quit programming computers, going to laser tag, organizing Dungeons & Dragons campaigns, reading science fiction and playing video games. Games of Drones 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

Beyond the formulaic westerns and science fiction movies, Miss Albright was often cast as a femme fatale, including as a lusty married woman pursuing Kirk Douglas in the 1949 boxing movie “Champion.” Lola Albright, alluring actress in stylish ‘Peter Gunn’ TV series, dies at 92 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z

In our new column, we hope to highlight some of the fresh, exciting, weird and wacky science fiction and fantasy from around the world and also look back at some underappreciated gems from the past. Review | The weird, the wacky, the underappreciated: A new look at science fiction and fantasy 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z

Pro tip from a science fiction writer: You don’t want to live in a dystopia. Dystopias are fantastic in fiction. But do you really want to live in one? 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

Same with the important – certainly in outer space science fiction – work in worldbuilding. Outcasts: season one, episode three 2011-02-14T22:00:00Z

Even the most casual consumer of science fiction can tell you that tinkering with the past, however commendable the reason, is a fool’s game. ‘Aporia’ Review: Killing Time 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z

That's the central question in life and the paramount question in science fiction. Blade Runner 2: pray for a Ridley Scott replicant or there'll be tears in the rain 2011-03-04T12:17:56Z

In this post-truth moment, science fiction is particularly popular with artists. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

Fast-forward six years and “during production, everyone had an , so even in that small part of time, part of the script turned from science fiction to reality,” he said. In ‘Robot & Frank,’ Technology of the Not-So-Distant Future on Display 2012-08-12T02:53:01Z

A similar kind of tricky balancing act is inherent in science fiction, a genre that often employs recognizable details to tether readers and viewers in fantastical realms. Movie Review: ‘Oblivion,’ With Tom Cruise 2013-04-18T22:11:58Z

I have never been a great reader of science fiction. Claire Tomalin’s Favorite Fictional Heroine? It ‘Must Be Natasha’ in ‘War and Peace’ 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

From the moment Mr. Schwarzenegger entered “The Terminator,” that science fiction fantasy became a pop-cultural classic, partly because of his title performance as a killing machine from the future. Review: ‘Terminator Genisys’ Shows That Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Most Assuredly Back 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

Charlie is a well-educated guy, but he seems not to have read enough science fiction to know that “fun” is the last thing he’s going to have. Review | The robot revolution is coming: Will there be any room left for us? 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z

And by that I mean specifically the way that science fiction in the 1980s and the 1970s shows how the future would be. As billionaires prep for the apocalyptic "Event," what happens to everyone else? 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z

Joanna Russ, a writer who four decades ago helped deliver science fiction into the hands of the most alien creatures the genre had yet seen — women — died on April 29 in Tucson. Joanna Russ, Who Drew Women to Sci-Fi, Dies at 74 2011-05-08T07:23:01Z

The notion of Fassbinder tackling science fiction might seem strange given the extent to which his films are embedded in social and historical realities. Film: A Bold Vision, Still Ahead of Its Time 2010-04-04T03:02:00Z

Don't read on if you haven't seen episode five … I was talking to a friend about the movie Moon when he described a feeling that should be familiar to any science fiction fan. Outcasts: series one, episode six 2011-02-27T23:25:00Z

But the guts of dictionary-making is the writing of definitions, which for science fiction terms carries particular challenges. Tracking the Vocabulary of Sci-Fi, from Aerocar to Zero-Gravity 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z

But we’ve found it’s especially rewarding to use genre books: mysteries, romance novels, science fiction, pulp thrillers, westerns, the cheesier the better. Down to the Sea Again, Impersonating Writers 2011-07-01T16:12:05Z

It was said to resemble a chimney, a parasol, a raspberry and — shades of science fiction — a “convoluting brain.” How the Mushroom Cloud Boomed and Bloomed Across American Pop Culture 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z

Post-scarcity is not a new idea in science fiction, but it may be one with growing relevance in our real world. The bright side of science fiction 2010-04-01T10:08:00Z

“The distancing device of science fiction was helpful, and it changed the metaphors.” Tracy K. Smith Is the New Poet Laureate 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z

The story is so outsize and absurd as to sound like science fiction—but then again, literal science fiction comprises the backbone of Scientology’s belief system. Scientology and Hollywood: Tom Cruise, John Travolta and the new “Going Clear” shockers 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

Scenery is provided by the same method. Although science fiction and fantasy characterize the majority of these dramas, they are not so identified. Science fiction’s 2012 2012-08-05T16:00:00Z

The moon landing inspired films that greatly expanded the realm of science fiction and began an ongoing dance between the space program and the movies: two sunny industries driven by technological discovery and starry-eyed daydreams. The moon landing was a giant leap for movies, too 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z

Hanks appeared on the show to promote his coming science fiction/philosophical movie "Cloud Atlas" when anchor Elizabeth Vargas coaxed him into speaking a few lines in the voice of his character in the film. Tom Hanks slips from nice guy rep with a Big-worthy swear 2012-10-19T20:44:00Z

The show will follow "a young science fiction writer living in 1949 at the dawn of the age of TV" who "spends his time penning stories no one else would dare to write." George R.R. Martin is developing new series for HBO 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z

Scott's film, due next year, is his first science fiction outing since Blade Runner, 25 years ago. Geek out!: Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson and the lure of Comic-Con 2011 2011-07-25T20:30:00Z

Innovating science fiction is an incredibly daunting task regardless of who's doing the world building because very few speculative visions are remarkably different from anything that's come before. Ridley Scott's new series "Raised by Wolves" imagines a bleak future for humanity – and android moms 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z

And, laughing, Arnold says there’s usually a serendipitous connection to science fiction. Bridge Productions turns 1, works to turn people on to local artists 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z

First published in 1869, the classic science fiction novel is in the public domain. Two "20,000 Leagues" films in the works 2010-05-17T06:51:00Z

It drapes a science fiction story around the window it provides on science fact's very latest understanding of how astronomical objects and events appear and behave. Adler's new sky show blends fact with fantastic 2011-07-06T22:13:00Z

Asimov, for the uninitiated, is one of the most important figures in science fiction and is often regarded as one of the "big three" authors, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. "Foundation": An introduction to five major themes in the work of sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z

He was an avid reader of science fiction and fantasy, Shannon Katona said; hence the dragon. She built a miniature world to honor her late son. Now it brings joy to others. 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z

The real danger lies less in rethinking the story than in violating the basic nature of the original series’s kind of science fiction. film: Apes From the Future, Holding a Mirror to Today 2011-07-27T12:00:09Z

And the same thing with recording quality, like things that sound really, really hyper-real or surreal or science fiction, or junk — and everything in between. Grizzly Bear Takes a New Approach on Its Album ‘Shield’ 2012-09-16T07:23:03Z

First encountered by the Second Doctor, the Ice Warriors are classic science fiction monsters: humanoid reptiles from Mars, sheeted in armour, with pincer-like claws who speak in hissing whispers. Michael Scott's top 10 Doctor Who creatures 2013-03-19T16:23:01Z

On a recent Monday, Mr. Osment was in New York to promote the new season of “Future Man,” a science fiction comedy on Hulu, and to audition for some new roles. Haley Joel Osment Plays Pool at His Favorite N.Y.U. Hangout 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

His best-selling trilogy, “The Last Policeman,” is a genre-defying blend of crime writing and science fiction, starring a stoic police officer trying to solve crimes as the world braces for a catastrophic asteroid collision. In His New Novel, Ben Winters Dares to Mix Slavery and Sci-Fi 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z

A century of uncertainty, relative perspectives and endless technological revolutions was frequently invisible to mainstream culture, but was not ignored by science fiction. The Hero’s Journey: The idea you never knew had shaped “Star Wars” 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z

And after writing this, I think I need to rediscover what made me love science fiction so much as a younger reader. Chelsea Clinton: By the Book 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

There was no arts or architecture roundup either, but Hollywood and science fiction instead. Eleanor Roosevelt Buying Pears and Other Letters to the Editor 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z

There’s no science fiction movie that has this in it. Quentin Tarantino rips Simon Pegg for acting like he knows R-rated "Star Trek" details 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z

He enjoys opera, especially Wagner, and with his wife, Karen Haber, regularly takes long trips, sometimes to science fiction conventions, often to Paris. Robert Silverberg: The Philip Roth of the science fiction world 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z

Even taxi drivers had strong opinions: “I like it because it’s by a woman and because I like science fiction,” one said. Building Zaha Hadid’s Bold Afterlife 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

The Laotian director Mattie Do’s third feature is usually described as science fiction, and it is. Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z

As with Family Guy it's the pop culture references that work best, with a huge amount of film devoted to the duo's love of a particular 1980s science fiction classic. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2012-11-17T00:05:26Z

It’s a dystopian world, just like it almost always is when science fiction writers flash forward. Review: ‘Incorporated’ Travels to a Dystopian 2074 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z

James Gunn, author, critic and a "grand master" of science fiction, agreed that "classrooms should expose more students to science fiction", and said that Canterbury's plan "sounds like an enlightened idea". Bill for compulsory science fiction in West Virginia schools 2013-04-19T15:16:24Z

“Everything streams from the zeitgeist,” said Daniel H. Wilson, a robotics engineer and the author of science fiction novels including “A Clockwork Dynasty” and “Robogenesis.” Why Is Fashion Having an Astral Moment? 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z

The films may not have fared as well, but the stories are at the very heart of science fiction’s history, and I wish more people read them. Review | Let’s talk about ‘Starship Troopers’ and other science fiction and fantasy novels that wowed us on screen 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z

The science fiction aspect is thematically vital and integral to Zapata’s mission, which is to portray the workings of coincidence and multiversal alternatives in our daily lives. Review | Bibliophiles love the mystery of a missing manuscript. ‘The Lost Book of Adana Moreau’ is just what they’re looking for. 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z

“Gardens,” he said, is “very science fiction” and not a model of what the sculpture park might look like in the future. Bloom and doom: Pokemon Go-like art project explores climate change 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

People who may have been categorized as science fiction but were more people who made their own worlds. Love Story: A Q&A with Singer-Songwriter Robyn Hitchcock 2013-03-05T20:02:08Z

Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive If science fiction is a genre of ideas, is there any wonder Hollywood doesn't get it? Why Hollywood doesn't get sci-fi 2010-10-15T11:49:00Z

Growing up, Douglas was a fan of science fiction movies, became fascinated with photography and could build crystal radio sets. Douglas Trumbull, Visual Effects Wizard, Dies at 79 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

What follows is suspenseful, then fantastical, then man versus nature, then almost science fiction. Newly Released Books Include ‘The Pier Falls’ by Mark Haddon 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z

But this fusion of folk and science fiction is niftily sui generis. Review: ‘Rags Parkland’ Plays the Interplanetary Homesick Blues 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z

Fortunately, the science fiction writer’s seal of approval helped remove the misgivings that some might entertain about the artistic character of Ruscha’s “Boulangerie.” A New Era for Postwar and Contemporary Art 2010-05-14T11:30:00Z

In the late 2000s he began a guest role on the science fiction TV show Fringe as the genius scientist William Bell. Leonard Nimoy Was So Much More Than Mr. Spock 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

The programs also offer pure charm in shorts like Erik Dumas’s animated “Art’s Automotive,” science fiction about a car-repair robot and a stray kitten. 3 Film Festivals Brimming With Animal Magnetism 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

“John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’ is a foolish, depressing, overproduced movie that mixes horror with science fiction to make something that is fun as neither one thing or the other,” Canby wrote. Five Sci-Fi Classics, One Summer: How 1982 Shaped Our Present 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

I don’t read science fiction, let alone in such girthy volumes. New & Noteworthy Audiobooks, From Harry Potter to Kevin Hart 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

Halley VI is a line of four-legged mechanical beasts, seven blue and one red, like a desert caravan gone astray or a figment of science fiction. Halley VI research station, Antarctica – review 2013-02-10T08:00:03Z

“I wrote to make money, not for any other purpose,” Mr. Vance said of himself in an interview last year with Locus online, the Web site of a science fiction and fantasy magazine. Jack Vance, Writer of the Fantastical, Dies at 96 2013-06-03T02:51:11Z

“The history of science fiction is the history of the imagination,” intones Mark Gatiss, narrator of the four-part series “The Real History of Science Fiction” on BBC America starting Saturday, April 19. BBC America’s ‘Real History’ is Science Fiction 101 2014-04-16T20:07:37Z

In Brazil, Afrofuturism has taken flight, with an explosion of science fiction inspired by African heritage and culture. Science Fiction From Latin America, With Zombie Dissidents and Aliens in the Amazon 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z

Many of our most loved science fiction TV series owe a great deal to Asimov and his pioneering work blending genres. "Foundation": An introduction to five major themes in the work of sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z

Edgar Allan Poe is often cited as the originator of both horror and science fiction. For Years, a Literary Villain Made Joe Ide Wary of Nurses 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z

Of all the forms discussed, only science fiction films exhibit certain themes that run against this grain. Creating a spectacle of slaughter at the movies: Ambush at Kamikaze Pass 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z

He is the author of the “Exponential Apocalypse” science fiction series. Modern Love Podcast: Chris Messina Reads ‘When Love Isn’t as Simple as Standing by Your Man’ 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z

“The purpose was to bring it into that science fiction setting,” Rodgers said. ESPN uses technology to bring Davis, Rozelle back to life 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z

Like the Niccol films, takes the sociologist’s notion of two economic class systems in Europe, the Americas and India — the affluent North and the impoverished South —  and extends it into science fiction. Upside Down: Defying Gravity and Logic 2013-03-15T12:00:10Z

He writes cannily about his own progress as a writer and about how the early deaths of his parents cracked his life in two and led to his interest in science fiction. Books of The Times: William Gibson?s ?Distrust That Particular Flavor? - Review 2012-01-01T20:27:07Z

“And there is a very interesting crossover between science fiction and science.” Tracking the Vocabulary of Sci-Fi, from Aerocar to Zero-Gravity 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z

The show groups work by artists who draw on science, fantasy and science fiction. In the galleries: Small universes and a large cosmos at Greater Reston Arts Center 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z

Whatever the format, this labor of love demonstrates how much today’s science fiction fandom owes to its past. Review | ‘The Visual History of Science Fiction Fandom’ beautifully demonstrates the evolution of a genre 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z

It features her work across a variety of disciplines, including science fiction films made with the actress Tilda Swinton and ‘‘Reach,’’ a print from her photograph series ‘‘Phantom Limbs,’’ which shows women merging with technology. What’s On This Week Around the World 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z

"Men in Black III" in 2012, on the other hand, was a return to form, with a smart script that added a surprisingly touching subplot to the franchise's traditional tongue-in-cheek comedy and cerebral science fiction. In defense of "Men in Black: International" 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z

Better that science fiction breathes life into today’s anxieties and aspirations in more clever and possibly subtler ways. During Trump's present, it's gotten hard to write the future, says John Scalzi 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z

What really comes through is that they were hooked on science fiction at very early ages, whether through reading, film or television. BBC America’s ‘Real History’ is Science Fiction 101 2014-04-16T20:07:37Z

Daalder says she is fascinated by the idea of the near future in science fiction, which is why "Black Mirror" appeals to her. Moment of Friday: 'Biomass Man' creator Megan Daalder sees into 'Black Mirror' 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z

These questions might not be deal breakers but when science fiction withholds such basic information we get to the end and find it's all been a robot's dream or somesuch nonsense. Outcasts: season one, episode two 2011-02-08T22:00:03Z

"The Map of the Sky" isn't a thriller, science fiction or fantasy, and it's not horror or a romance. 'The Map of the Sky': conjuring world's end in the name of true love 2012-10-10T22:09:05Z

Mr. Johnson, a contemporary and colleague of writers like Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury and Charles Beaumont, was recognizable on the science fiction and comic convention circuits by his unruly beard and eccentric clothing. George Clayton Johnson, Science Fiction Writer Known for ‘Logan’s Run,’ Dies at 86 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z

Everdeen Mason reviews science fiction and fantasy for The Washington Post. The 5 best science fiction and fantasy novels of 2018 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z

Photograph: Victor Chavez/WireImage.com Tom Cruise is in talks to play one of the last men on Earth in the post-apocalyptic science fiction tale Oblivion for director Joseph Kosinski, reports Deadline. Tom Cruise on course for Oblivion 2011-04-13T09:26:12Z

“There’s nothing inherent in the ideas of fantasy, science fiction or any other genre that shouldn’t appeal to men and women equally — to everyone equally.” Fangirls Rule Comic-Con 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

Do you remember the first thing you cooked or baked based on fantasy or science fiction? Geek food for the geek soul: “As society gets increasingly secular, we need to fill the social void” 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z

While Gibson grew up on classic science fiction, as a writer he has sought to infuse his stories with a “literary naturalism” that wasn’t often associated with the genre. ‘The Peripheral’ Isn’t Really About the Future 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

It’s essentially science fiction, cheap and cheesy, with lots of stock scenes of explosions, fires and chaotic crowds, but it’s consistently interesting. Critic’s Notebook: On National Geographic Channel, No End in Sight for Doom 2012-11-30T23:21:41Z

He began his career writing science fiction, and his work abounds with magic, miracles and the supernatural. Dean Koontz’s ‘Ashley Bell’: A colorful tale that veers toward the otherworldly 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z

The Hugo and Nebula award-winning science fiction author Bacigalupi's The Tamarisk Hunter focuses on drought in the American south-west, a water-scarce environment in which the rights for water are centrally allocated. Top writers tackle climate change in short stories 2011-08-10T11:42:20Z

Soft City was created in the 1970s, fuelled by a dystopian vision the artist shared with his friend and mentor, the counter-culture novelist Axel Jensen, whose celebrated science fiction books he illustrated. Artist of the week 202: Hariton Pushwagner 2012-08-09T14:27:00Z

Despite insisting that the new Star Wars film was "not his genre", Spielberg has been a prominent director of science fiction from 1977's Close Encounters of the Third Kind onwards. Anne Hathaway takes on Robopocalypse 2012-11-13T11:29:30Z

This trip has the trademarks of dark science fiction, but it’s more silly than sinister. Theater Review: ‘Space//Space’ by Banana Bag & Bodice at Collapsable Hole 2012-06-17T22:09:07Z