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 ]
While science fiction is often preoccupied with the threat of artificial intelligence successfully imitating human intelligence, researchers say a bigger danger right now is people using the technology to imitate one another. A recent survey from the University College of London ranked deepfakes... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2020-08-05 21:14:18 UTC ]
Have you ever noticed how many scenes in science fiction and military movies take place in a command center? Whether it’s a fictional character like Captain Kirk aboard the USS Enterprise or a real-life crisis unfolding in the White House situation room, the command center plays a critical role... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-08-03 07:00:00 UTC ]
The science fiction world is having a bit of a week. Today, New Zealand, the host of this year’s World Science Fiction Convention (WorldCon), virtually kicked off one of the world’s most popular sci-fi events. New Zealanders had been preparing for the international convention, which normally... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-07-29 17:44:32 UTC ]
Sci-fi preconceptions are challenged by little-known marvels from James Tiptree Jr, Angélica Gorodischer and othersThe border between science fiction and mainstream literature is more permeable than booksellers or publishers would have us think. Double Booker prize-winner Margaret Atwood’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-07-27 06:00:46 UTC ]
Netflix's German science fiction series stuck the landing in its third and final season. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2020-07-24 16:00:00 UTC ]
From space operas with sapphic women to nonbinary artists and mechanical dragons! Check out this this list of 2020 adult LGBTQ+ science fiction books, including The Seep by Chana Porter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-07-17 10:36:49 UTC ]
“The City We Became” and “Vagabonds” made waves. Next up: Susanna Clarke’s “Piranesi.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-07-14 05:34:00 UTC ]
H. G. Wells helped pioneer science fiction with his 1898 book The War of the Worlds. Many iterations later, it still scares and fascinates us. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2020-07-06 19:54:21 UTC ]
Need some cheering up and an out-of-this-world story? Pick up some of the funniest science fiction books this side of the galaxy. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-06-30 10:34:22 UTC ]
Over the weekend, the winners for this year’s Locus Awards were announced. For a little otherworldly, escapist fiction, read on! (Also, can we talk about this rocket-shaped trophy? The winners must be over the moon!) * SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL Charlie Jane Anders, The City in the Middle of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-06-29 15:20:49 UTC ]
Stack your Pride TBR with these hopeful, queer science fiction and fantasy novels where queer characters are celebrated and highlighted. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-06-29 10:35:00 UTC ]
Isaac Asimov’s Foundation trilogy has long been one of the great unadaptable science fiction works (read more on that here, along with a catalogue of Asimov’s awful serial harassment of women), but after 50 years, it has finally made it to screens. Starring noted tall man, Lee Pace (along with... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-06-23 14:28:10 UTC ]