From Austin Taylor to Nadia Afifi, there is lots to look forward to in the sci-fi out this month - including a novel which ...

Science fiction allows artists to speculate about the future through imaginative and technical concepts. But so often the prevailing vision of that future in popular culture tends toward the dystopian ...

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

Nuclear-powered planes may sound like science fiction, but they've been the subject of serious research for decades. As ...

When was the last time you saw a piece of science fiction depict a future you actually wanted to live in? Maybe there’s the idealized version of 2015 in “Back to the Future Part II” that ...

It is uncanny how human fears about robots mirror those about immigrants. But maybe they aren't out to take our jobs or ...

At the 1976 World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) in Saint Louis, MO, where Robert Heinlein was the guest of honor, I was able to get his autograph on some of his books and even rode on an ...

One of science fiction’s preeminent preoccupations, the settlement, and eventual terraforming, of Mars has been a part of the futurist outlook since Ray Bradbury’s novel on the idea in the 1950s.

People sometimes say science fiction basks in optimism for a better future, while fantasy is about nostalgia for an imaginary past. But this year’s most notable fantasy books worked to uncover ...

Comment The best new science fiction books of January 2025. From Cory Doctorow to Nnedi Okorafor and from fancy space opera to elegantly written visions of a flooded future world, there is plenty ...