A return to Westoros. A farewell to the land of Fillory. A sequel to one of the most acclaimed science-fiction debuts ever. A new novel from one of sci-fi’s undisputed modern masters. 2014 was a banner year for science-fiction and fantasy readers, and we’ve got a rundown of the can’t-miss, must-read titles.
The megacity: an urban sprawl so huge, so monolithic, that it eats up most of continent —or a planet. It’s a familiar concept in sci-fi, and has been at least since the days of Fritz Lang and his titular Metropolis. One reason the megacity remains so prevalent is simple: while it seems futuristic and exotic, the fact is, the […]
2014 offered ample pleasures for sci-fi and fantasy readers: A return to Westoros. A farewell to the land of Fillory. A sequel to one of the most acclaimed science-fiction debuts ever. A new novel from one of sci-fi’s undisputed modern masters. These books and more made our list for the year’s top reads. If one of […]
With the new William Gibson book The Peripheral, the author’s first far-future story in two decades, arriving this month, it seems appropriate to take a look back at Neuromancer, his influential 1984 debut. Gibson, who coined the term “cyberspace” in 1981, is widely regarded as the progenitor of the cyberpunk movement, a gritty neo-noir genre […]
The argument against Valentine’s Day is that it is an invented holiday designed to sell greeting cards, chocolate, and flowers. But who’s to say those tokens of affection don’t symbolize real love? What exactly is real love, anyway? A system of measured responses, right? Couldn’t we think of it as a subroutine hidden within our […]