The Arthur C. Clarke Award, named in honor of the eponymous author, is the United Kingdom’s most prestigious prize for science fiction first published in the UK. The prize comes with an award plaque and a cash prize of £2020.00. Previous winners include Yoon Ha Lee, Ahmad Saadawi, and Anne... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-09-23 19:55:57 UTC ]
As diverse as Spanish genre fiction is, most of it is hidden from the English-language world. Thankfully, enthusiasts and small publishers are filling the void. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-09-21 12:00:00 UTC ]
THE LONG AND VARIED career of science fiction author Robert Silverberg can almost be viewed as a microcosm of the genre’s development over the past seven decades. Starting out in the world of fandom, Silverberg edited a popular zine in the early 1950s, then turned to professional writing during... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-09-18 15:00:52 UTC ]
Explore Indigenous Futurisms by reading these 25 science fiction and fantasy books by Indigenous authors with Indigenous main characters! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-09-18 10:38:00 UTC ]
We live in unreal times. I wake up in the middle of a global pandemic to watch a reality-TV president spout conspiracy theories while dystopian corporations enact new science fiction tech. In this chaos, I’ve found myself turning to escapist fiction. Stories that conjure a different, more... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-09-17 08:49:57 UTC ]
The fear of nuclear annihilation during the Cold War was so palpable that a common joke at the time was: "What do you want to be if you grow up?" In the late 1950s, 60% of American children suffered nightmares about it. Hollywood didn't help. During the 1950s, science fiction crossed to the dark... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2020-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Famed writer and activist Cory Doctorow is selling the audio version of his upcoming book via Kickstarter to sidestep the walled garden of Amazon-owned audiobook platform Audible. When science fiction writer and activist Cory Doctorow releases his new novel, Attack Surface, next month, you’ll be... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2020-09-12 09:00:52 UTC ]
IN 1889, the science fiction writer Jules Verne and his son, Michel, envisioned that, in a thousand years, there would be a personally curated newsfeed. What’s really remarkable about that futuristic prediction, says author Rob Brotherton in his new book, Bad News: Why We Fall for Fake News, is... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-09-05 17:00:41 UTC ]
Izumi Suzuki, whose works of science fiction have earned her a special place in Japanese counterculture, will soon make her English-language debut with a story collection whose synopsis sounds almost unbearably cool. Verso Books will publish Terminal Boredom, a short story collection, in April... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-09-04 16:26:09 UTC ]
Why aren’t there more Science Fiction Black writers? There aren’t because there aren’t. What we don’t see, we assume can’t be. What a destructive assumption. —Octavia E. Butler, in Octavia E. Butler: Telling My Stories. A small good thing amid the unrelenting horror: This week, almost fifty... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-09-03 16:37:21 UTC ]
From contemporary and historical fiction to science fiction and fantasy, including Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao, these 21 books are must-reads for 12th graders. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-09-03 10:33:00 UTC ]
David Benioff and D B Weiss, creators of HBO’s "Game of Thrones", are adapting Cixin Liu’s science fiction trilogy The Three-Body Problem for Netflix. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-02 17:51:43 UTC ]
David Benioff and DB Weiss to adapt The Three-Body Problem and two sequels with Alexander WooGame of Thrones co-creators David Benioff and DB Weiss are to adapt a series of hit science fiction novels by Chinese author Liu Cixin for Netflix. Together with Alexander Woo, who has worked on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-09-01 14:29:32 UTC ]
A story collection offers a cleareyed survey of the Black American experience, and a debut novel traverses hundreds of versions of Earth. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-08-27 09:00:05 UTC ]
Soft science fiction focuses on the social sciences, is more philosophical in approach, and explores the important social issues of our time. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-08-21 10:36:00 UTC ]
From nonfiction to science fiction and fantasy, we have a list of 25 contemporary books for 9th graders that are top of the class. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-08-17 10:34:00 UTC ]
Get to know the work of these Black science fiction authors, from the established and prolific to debut authors shaking up the genre like Cinderella is Dead author Kalynn Bayron. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-08-13 10:37:00 UTC ]
The Martian author Andy Weir will return with a new astronaut thriller, Project Hail Mary, in spring 2021, publishing with Cornerstone's science fiction and fantasy imprint Del Ray UK. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-11 15:38:46 UTC ]
Few science fiction writers have their vision of the future tested immediately upon publication. But that’s what happened to Ilze Hugo, whose novel about a mysterious epidemic, The Down Days, debuted in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic. “To be published right in the middle of all this is the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-08-07 08:48:58 UTC ]
NBCUniversal's streaming service Peacock has an original science fiction series, Brave New World. Netflix is prepping Away, an upcoming sci-fi drama following a group of astronauts on a journey to Mars. Now, HBO Max has announced the premiere date of its own ambitious sci-fi show. Raised by... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2020-08-05 21:37:25 UTC ]