The Alien Other in The Three-Body Problem
Editor’s note: The Nebula Awards are often described as the Academy Awards of SF/F literature. Like the Oscar, the Nebula…
Science Fiction & Fantasy
The Works of Terry Pratchett: A Primer
Terry Pratchett died last week at the age of 66, after a lengthy and public struggle with early-onset Alzheimer’s. He…
6 SF/F Novels with Non-White Protagonists That Aren’t By Octavia Butler
There’s currently a movement in sci-fi and fantasy encouraging readers to seek out more diverse books. But what to read? Well, there’s Kindred,…
Neil Gaiman on Dangerous Fiction, His First Short Story, and Trigger Warning
Neil Gaiman is a remarkably affable fellow. Even a few minutes after finishing signing several hundred books, even several minutes…
9 Books with Metaphorical Maladies
My dad once told me the story of his brother contracting polio in the post–World War II epidemic. My grandma…
The Season’s Best Books for Gamers
From old-school pen and paper role playing games, to the latest installments of popular video game franchises, to the Minecraft…
The Art of The World of Ice & Fire, by George R. R. Martin
Before the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros were brought to life on HBO’s Game of Thrones, they existed only in the minds…
The Ice Dragon: From George R. R. Martin, an Epic Adventure All Readers Can Share
George R. R. Martin’s blockbuster fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire, is many things: A marvel of epic…
John Scalzi’s Lock In Is Sci-Fi at Its Most Human
John Scalzi made a name for himself writing science-fiction in one of its classic forms: warfare in space. His excellent Old…
This Season’s Best Fantasy and Adventure Books for Teens
Diving into the fantasy fiction genre is exhilarating—there are so many wizards, princesses, orphans, faeries, and dragons to spend time with. Whether your giftee…
Gifts for Doctor Who Fans
What do you get for the Whovian who has everything? The obvious answer: a ride on the TARDIS. But, as…
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Throwback Thursday: True Neuromance
With the new William Gibson book The Peripheral, the author’s first far-future story in two decades, arriving this month, it…
Gifts for Game of Thrones Fans
For fans of HBO’s Game of Thrones, winter is the best season of all. The only thing more delightfully chilling than…
John Scalzi Explains the Secret to Writing Books Hollywood Will Love
Just a few months ago, I observed that it was a very good time to be John Scalzi: he was fresh off…
Four Sci-Fi Retellings that Are Even Better than the Originals
It’s a popular cliché that science fiction is just regular fiction…IN SPACE! It certainly doesn’t help that Star Trek was…
Mutant and Proud: 6 Books for X-Men Fans
Here’s the story of a man named Charles, who was bringing up some very lovely mutants. And it’s the story…
The Giant Mantises of Grasshopper Jungle, and 5 More Bizarre Fictional Apocalypses
How does that famous poem go again? “This is the way the world ends This is the way the world…
The 6 Most Memorable Robots in Literature
The Singularity is Near! Indeed, some computer scientists expect artificial intelligence to surpass human intelligence within our lifetimes. Revolutions in…
Black Moon’s Insomnia Plague, and 10 Other Fictional Maladies that Make Our Skin Crawl
A strange plague is spreading around the world in Kenneth Calhoun’s Black Moon, released earlier this month to rave reviews:…
The Revolutions, and the Charm of Victorian Science Fiction
What is it about the 19th century that so fires the science fiction imagination? I still think it’s the top…