Readers of science fiction and fantasy–or those curious to dive into the genres–it’s time to rejoice. The finalists for the ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-05-05 16:46:51 UTC ]
These elements of ‘Star Wars’ stories might seem like science fiction but are actually real. Just 48 short years ago, movie director George Lucas used the phrase “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” as the opening to the first Star Wars movie, later labeled Episode IV: A New Hope. But at... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2025-05-04 08:30:00 UTC ]
Now we’re seeing cozy science fiction and fantasy, and even cozy horror. So what exactly does "cozy" mean? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-04-30 10:00:00 UTC ]
Sam Weller on Ray Bradbury’s underappreciated classic: “The Martian Chronicles is a serious book about serious human themes. It is science fiction as a reflection of modernity.” | Lit Hub Criticism Milo Todd on tracing and preserving trans history while writing historical fiction. | Lit Hub... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-04-28 10:30:04 UTC ]
It’s behind you! Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu find themselves at the mercy of a terrifying invisible enemy … and he really shouldn’t have called an evil officer ‘babes’A lot of science fiction and fantasy franchises love to commission sequels but have a patchy record on delivering second stories... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-04-26 19:05:11 UTC ]
A new progressivism, one that embraces construction over obstruction, must find new allegories to think about technology and the futureBlack Mirror is more than science fiction – its stories about modernity have become akin to science folklore, shaping our collective view of technology and the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-04-10 07:00:24 UTC ]
A new take on Lady Macbeth, anonymous fantasies, a science fiction thriller on a space ship, and more of today's best book deals Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-04-07 15:37:09 UTC ]
Elon Musk said he borrowed the name from a 1960s science fiction novel, but another AI startup applied to trademark it before xAI launched its chatbot. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2025-03-31 09:30:00 UTC ]
Here are the finalists for this year's Nebula Awards, honoring the best in science fiction and fantasy. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-03-13 14:16:15 UTC ]
Bloomsbury USA has announced the launch of a new science fiction and fantasy imprint, Bloomsbury Archer, which will publish a wide range of speculative fiction and be headed up by Noa Wheeler and Erica Barmash. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
J.D. Beresford’s The Hampdenshire Wonder is generally considered to be the first fictional treatment of superhuman intelligence, or “superintelligence.” This is a familiar trope for readers of science fiction today, but when the novel was originally published in 1911 it was anything but. What... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-03-06 09:59:31 UTC ]
My friend and former work colleague Simon Welfare, who has died aged 78, was a writer and pioneering TV producer whose programmes aimed to make science accessible to all.Together with the science fiction author Arthur C Clarke and a fellow producer, John Fairley, in 1980 he cooked up the format... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-02-24 11:07:52 UTC ]
Science fiction has been obsessed with perfect female robot companions but never considered what makes a good male human companion, till now. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2025-02-05 17:21:10 UTC ]
The subgenre helped increase the market share by 41.3% last year aided by bestseller Fourth Wing from Rebecca Yarros while food and drink topped nonfiction salesSales of science fiction and fantasy books rocketed last year, with their value increasing by 41.3% between 2023 and 2024.The booming... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-02-03 17:00:52 UTC ]
Mysterious tarot + a missing person, an action-packed science fiction thriller, an ancient guide to modern life, and more of today's best book deals Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-01-21 16:18:42 UTC ]
Unfortunately, there are two crucial flaws with the idea that the show’s severance procedure could involve a simple snip to the hippocampus. Severance, which imagines a world where a person’s work and personal lives are surgically separated, will soon return to Apple TV+ for a second season.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2025-01-20 17:00:00 UTC ]
These genre-defying science fiction books dissect, critique, and upend the genre, forging a whole new approach to sci-fi. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-01-16 11:00:00 UTC ]
After winning just about every major science fiction and fantasy award, Nnedi Okorafor explores a traumatic event in her own history in her most autobiographical novel yet. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2025-01-12 21:44:34 UTC ]
After winning just about every major science fiction and fantasy award, Nnedi Okorafor explores a traumatic event in her own history in her most autobiographical novel yet. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2025-01-12 10:01:14 UTC ]
Prolific science fiction writer who conceived alternative lives for figures including Emily Dickinson and Sigmund FreudIn 1965, Barry N Malzberg, who has died aged 85, decided that the career he sought as a literary writer was closed to him – the magazines were impenetrable, the control of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-01-09 17:38:28 UTC ]