What are your favorite science fiction novels that have yet to see a film adaptation? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-27 10:30:00 UTC ]
Get to know the Nebula Awards for science fiction and fantasy writing, with outstanding, must-read examples to pick up right now. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-21 11:00:00 UTC ]
Photo by Arturo Villarrubia Science fiction writer Ted Chiang has won the 2024 PEN/Bernard and Ann Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. The award is given each year to a writer who has “demonstrated exceptional achievement in the short story form.” Ted Chiang has published two... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-06-12 14:52:48 UTC ]
In which Robin Sloan writes Moonbound—a science fiction book about science fiction—and our writer writes his way into total insanity. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2024-06-11 11:00:00 UTC ]
An elaborate water trap, three generations of empathetic witches, a space thriller, and more of today's best science fiction and fantasy book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-10 13:30:00 UTC ]
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of American (SFWA) has announced the winners of the 2023 Nebula Awards, one of SFF’s most prestigious honors, “given to the writers of the most outstanding speculative fiction works released in 2023.” Here are the winners: NOVEL Vajra Chandrasekera, The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-06-10 12:14:36 UTC ]
In a new book, the journalist and science fiction writer Annalee Newitz shows how we have used narrative to manipulate and coerce. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-06-05 09:05:03 UTC ]
Four years after two Minneapolis specialty bookstores were destroyed amid unrest following George Floyd's murder, Uncle Hugo’s Science Fiction Bookstore and Uncle Edgar’s Mystery Bookstore are thriving in their new locations. Their owner, Don Blyly, is also celebrating his 50th anniversary as a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
"This list is a pretty balanced blend of science fiction and fantasy, spanning cultures and space, past and future, authors familiar and under-the-radar." Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-05-29 10:30:00 UTC ]
AI is being shoved into everything now, from laptops to kitchen appliances to celebrity gossip news. (No, none of that is an exaggeration.) The term is so ubiquitous that it’s fast becoming meaningless, just like “performative” or “green.” So, I’d like to thank Cooler Master for taking... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2024-05-22 14:28:16 UTC ]
Out of this world deals on some of the best science fiction and fantasy–grab these excellent reads for under $3. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-05-20 13:30:00 UTC ]
Here are the finalists for the 2024 Locus Awards honoring the best in science fiction and fantasy across several categories. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-05-13 14:32:10 UTC ]
Over the last few days, heightened solar activity (and those heady geomagnetic storms) led to outages in the GPS navigation systems that guide some modern tractors from John Deere and other brands. 404 Media reported farmers have been told to pause using high-tech tractors that use GPS systems... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-05-13 11:15:58 UTC ]
In this installment of What We're Listening To, Engadget writers and editors discuss some of the recent music releases we've had on repeat. It's safe to say there's some variety on this list. Sierra Ferrell - Trail of Flowers Sierra Ferrell seems almost like an anachronism in 2024, but in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-05-11 14:30:52 UTC ]
As baby boomers have aged, they have accumulated more assets leading to more discretionary spending. Since retiring two years ago, Joan Harris has upped her travel game.Once or twice a year, she visits her two adult children in different states. She’s planning multiple other trips, including to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2024-04-29 13:22:05 UTC ]
Murder aboard a claustrophobic space ship, an island hidden by magic, a tale of blood and loyalty, and more of today's best science fiction and fantasy deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-04-29 13:00:00 UTC ]
The answer lies at the heart of theoretical physics. Note: The following article contains spoilers about the Netflix series 3 Body Problem.I first encountered the three-body problem 60 years ago, in a short story called “Placet is a Crazy Place” by American science fiction writer Frederic Brown. Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2024-04-27 12:00:00 UTC ]
Do you like rip-roaring science fiction books? Do you like movies? Then you are in for a treat in, well, two years. Amazon MGM Studios just set a release date of March 20, 2026 for Project Hail Mary, according to Deadline. It’s based on the Andy Weir novel of the same name, which was one of our... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-04-19 17:44:40 UTC ]
Today Samuel Delany–inventor/expander of several galaxies–turns 82. And I for one would like to throw some birthday love towards this greatest of octogenarians. Known for his high-concept science fiction and his sharp theories on social contact, Delany’s canon spans genres and generations. I... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-04-01 17:53:48 UTC ]
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘The Electric Ant’ is a short story by the American writer Philip K. Dick (1928-82), written in 1968 and published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in October the following year. The story is about an ‘electric ant’ or robot which has... Continue reading >> [ Source: Interesting Literature | 2024-03-29 15:00:43 UTC ]