Hold the Door: Game of Thrones and the New Frontier of Storytelling
Warning: This article reveals a massive Game of Thrones spoiler from the fifth episode of Season 6—possibly the most unexpected twist in…
Adam Rowe
7 Epic Fantasies That Grew in the Telling
We’ve recently gotten the bad news straight from George R.R. Martin himself: winter won’t be coming, at least, not until well…
May the Farce Be With You: How the Jedi Order Boosted International Census Results
The long ago, far, far away world of Star Wars is no stranger to modern Earth politics. A global defense system…
New from Jim Butcher: The Aeronaut’s Windlass Is a Rollicking Steampunk Adventure
Self-important fantasy is not for me. I shy away from grandiose worlds of shimmering elves, awe-inspiring dragons, and evil rulers with inevitably…
6 Brilliant Sci-Fi Takes on Arthurian Legend
A: The search for a Holy Grail. Chivalry mixed with petty romantic triangles. The wizard Merlin and the sorceress Morgan le…
7 Award-Winning Science Fiction Authors Who Wrote Film Novelizations
We’re used to films adapted from books, but the reverse form of adaptation holds a certain stigma among book lovers.…
From 42 to 2001: Science Fiction by the Numbers
There are plenty of eye-catching numbers in the realms of speculative fiction. J.K. Rowling has sold the most copies of…
9 Awesome SF/F Novels That Were Almost Never Published
Everyone loves an underdog, and nothing defines an underdog like success in the face of constant rejection. Philip K Dick, one of…
The Decades-Long Flame War Between Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimov
Science fiction history has its share of disputes and disagreements, but there’s only one that left a plane crash, untold…