10 Harlan Ellison Short Stories That Changed Sci-Fi
There will never be another Harlan Ellison. Insanely talented, incredibly smart, legendarily prickly and difficult, and difficult to get along…
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Harlan Ellison: He’s Not Dead Yet, and He’s Not Done Either
In a 1994 Babylon 5 episode “TKO,” a character in the year 2258 is seen reading, and laughing, at a…
How to Name a Science Fictional World
World-building: an essential part of science fiction and fantasy. Possibly the most overlooked, yet crucial aspect of building a world: naming it.…
5 Sci-Fi Books Featuring Homicidal Artificial Minds
We humans are funny creatures. Apple releases a new device that promises to do the thinking for us, and we celebrate…
6 Time Travel Loops, Predestination Style
Today, the Ethan Hawke-starring time travel flick Predestination hits theaters. Like many time travel movies, it pays homage to the old-school Robert A. Heinlein…
10 Book Titles that Would Rock as Heavy Metal Songs
Coming up with the title to a work is hard (except for New York Post headline writers), which makes for…