The audio version of an in-depth article on how science fiction’s hopes and fears can inspire humanity’s response to the climate crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2021-10-11 09:13:49 UTC ]
Danis Goulet's Night Raiders had the widest theatrical opening of any movie by an Indigenous Canadian filmmaker. But while the movie examines very real — and heartbreaking — events, Goulet opted to do so through the lens of science fiction. ... Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2021-10-10 08:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling, Hugo Award–winning science fiction series, which has reimagined the space opera and spawned an acclaimed television series, will wrap up this November with 'Leviathan Falls.' Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, the writing duo known by the pseudonym James S.A. Corey, discusses their... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
At Time, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Powers discusses his newest novel, Bewilderment, which is set during a period that resembles our own—but not quite. ” I was thinking a little bit along the lines of the form that science fiction writers like to call the ‘near-term future,'” Powers... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Millions | 2021-09-29 20:30:41 UTC ]
Romance, crime and science fiction novels are among the five shortlisted books for the £20,000 Kindle Storyteller Award, which this year received a record number of submissions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-29 00:11:05 UTC ]
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One of the greatest science fiction writers, Asimov’s work has had a lasting effect thanks to his prescient takes on technology, climate collapse and humanity’s future. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2021-09-24 15:01:23 UTC ]
With clone emperors in haute couture and exotic wolf-lizards poised to attack, Foundation and For All Mankind herald a new era of ravishing spectaculars. Can they do for sci-fi what Game of Thrones did for fantasy?Dynastic infighting, the decline and fall of a mighty empire, tyrannical rulers... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-09-23 15:57:15 UTC ]
As the agency develops plans for exploring the moon and Mars, it's seeking cutting-edge research that could turn science fiction into reality. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2021-09-22 21:04:50 UTC ]
“The Body Scout,” “Light From Uncommon Stars” and “No Gods, No Monsters” tell stories of genetic dystopias, musical gifts and mythic creatures. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-09-21 09:00:09 UTC ]
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Mary Shelley was goth before it was cool. She wrote Frankenstein—sometimes described as the world’s first science fiction novel—as part of a horror story writing game. She lost her virginity to Percy Shelley on top of her mother’s grave. (To be fair, it was one of her main leisure spots, but... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-09-17 16:41:12 UTC ]
The best science fiction and fantasy book deals of the day, curated by Book Riot Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-09-13 12:33:54 UTC ]
Choose from early readers, middle grade, or young adult age categories to find your next kids' science fiction and fantasy graphic novel. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-09-07 11:45:00 UTC ]
Art may imitate life but it rarely does so with realistic fidelity. As Naomi Pequette, Space Science Programs Specialist at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, argues in her essay "The Sounds of Contact" as part of The Science if Sci-Fi Cinema: Essays on the Art and Principles of Ten Films,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2021-09-04 15:30:43 UTC ]
Solaris has landed Aubrey Wood's "edgy" debut novel Bang Bang Bodhisattva, a comic science fiction mystery. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-08-31 10:17:52 UTC ]
In Matthew FitzSimmons’s speculative murder mystery “Constance,” the title character’s consciousness is mistakenly downloaded into a clone. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-08-24 19:55:19 UTC ]
There’s a scene in 2014’s Wolfenstein: The New Order where J, a character inspired by Jimi Hendrix, explains to the game’s white protagonist, BJ Blazkowicz, why he’s not fighting. After Blazkowicz talks back, J tells him: "You don't get it, do you? Before all this, before the Germans, before the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2021-08-19 17:45:33 UTC ]
Little, Brown science fiction and fantasy imprint Orbit has snapped up fantasy author Emily Tesh's "phenomenal" debut novel, Some Desperate Glory. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-08-17 15:24:34 UTC ]