6 Essential Philip K. Dick Novels
Had he lived an easier life, Philip K. Dick might have lived to see today—what would’ve been his 91st birthday.…
Science Fiction
7 of the Scariest Science Fiction Horror Novels Ever Written
Space is terrifying. Outside the protective layer of the Earth’s atmosphere, you find yourself in an environment which has made…
Author Derek Künsken Explores Our Transhuman Future
The creative process has been famously described as the leaves of ideas and stories falling and composting in the mind,…
Editors Hannu Rajaniemi and Jacob Weisman Are Your Guide to The New Voices of Science Fiction
In this new golden age of speculative fiction, an almost mind-boggling number of excellent short stories are published in print…
This Week’s New Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books: Mythpunk, Awakened Dragons, and a Nanotech Fog
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An Extraterrestrial Outbreak Returns in Michael Crichton & Daniel H. Wilson’s The Andromeda Evolution
It’s been 50 years since the town of Piedmont, Arizona was all but wiped out by the mysterious Andromeda Strain in…
The Future, Unevenly Distributed: William Gibson’s Neuromancer at 35
When Neuromancer was published in 1984, its author, a newbie writer named William Gibson with not many credits to his name…
This Week’s New Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books: Slave Rebellions, Magical Armor, and a Shapeshifting Starship
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7 Times Science Fiction Reimagined the Space Race
Apple launched Apple TV + this month, its version of a streaming video platform, and with it comes with a…
So Say We All: 10 Frakking Good Books for Battlestar Galactica Fans
There are those who believe that life here [pregnant pause] began out there. Many of those same people understand that…
Our Dark History Surfaces in Rivers Solomon’s The Deep
The Deep, the new novella by Campbell Award-nominated author Rivers Solomon (An Unkindness of Ghosts), is actually the third iteration…
This Week’s New Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books: American SF Classics, Fallen Heroes, and Living Puppets
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The Sisters of the Vast Black A Mission to the Stars
The Order of Saint Rita aboard the living spaceship Our Lady of Impossible Constellations has one objective: to do as…
This Week’s New Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books: Alien Zealots, Space Nuns, and Enchanted Dragons
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Never Give Up, Never Surrender: 20 Years of Galaxy Quest
In 2019, watching a fascinating sci-fi film or series is as easy as firing up your smart TV or cell…
Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Could Be Science Fiction’s Next Great Adaptation
Apple has announced its first cast members for its upcoming adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation: Jared Harris (Chernobyl, The Expanse)…
This Week’s New Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books: Sentient Plants, Social Media Horror, and the Lightbringer’s Return
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6 “Lost” Sci-Fi & Fantasy First Novels Published Posthumously
First novels—as in, the first manuscript a writer actually completes, not necessarily their first published work—are always fascinating. Often they are……
Escaping Exodus Explores Environmentalism, Gender, and the Class Divide from Within the Belly of a Space Beast
Nicky Drayden’s novels are weird—and I mean that as the highest of compliments. Her genre-blending debut The Prey of Gods landed on the…
This Week’s New Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books: Alien Parasites, Giant Space Beasts, and Sleeping Dragons
What are you reading this week?