In the Cosmos To the Editor: H. G. Wells certainly belongs in the pantheon of great science fiction writers. However, Charles Johnson’s review of “The Young H. G. Wells” (Dec. 12) goes too ...

The 21st century is starting to feel a bit like a sci-fi novel with driverless taxis roaming around San Francisco, generative ...

We’re in a cultural moment of villain appreciation, spearheaded by films like “Wicked.” Science fiction and fantasy books ...

Science Fiction – Sci-fi novels rely on current or imagined technological advances and the exploration of the consequences of those developments. Examples of science fiction novels include “Ender’s ...

The best new science fiction books of July 2024 The Matrix star Keanu Reeves’s debut sci-fi novel is out this month, written in collaboration with old hand China Miéville, and we also have new ...

The racist tinge to Elon Musk’s hacking of the government eerily reflects cyberpunk's vision of the future—especially the science fiction coming out of South Africa.

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

More importantly, what is real? The birth of science fiction came from these exact fears, from a biblically-rooted, pseudo-instinctual apprehension to knowing too much, or subverting our true nature.

Science fiction writers have a long history of trying to predict future technology. Here are six devices from sci-fi novels that became a reality.

Carroll’s book is valuable as part of that struggle. Speculative Whiteness provides a chilling analysis of what the worst ...

Comment Martin MacInnes: 'Science fiction can be many different things' The author of In Ascension, the latest pick for the New Scientist Book Club, on why he wrote his novel, cultivating a sense ...

Decades before the current debates over gender and sexuality, the late Seattle science-fiction writer Vonda N. McIntyre flipped the script.