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)…
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Of Love and Robots: 12 Stories of Truly Science Fictional Romance
The argument against Valentine’s Day is that it is an invented holiday designed to sell greeting cards, chocolate, and flowers.…
Reassessing 6 Works from an Astounding Era of Science Fiction
During his tenure as an editor, Campbell discovered and nurtured a group of writers who would go on to stand…
7 Times Sci-Fi and Fantasy Went Full “Deep State”
One of the strangest gifts the current political situation in the U.S. has given us is the concept of the…
Head On Is a Fascinating Future Mystery in the Tradition of Asimov
Reading Head On gave me déjà vu, in a good way. Hugo-winner (and 2018 Hugo nominee) John Scalzi’s latest novel…
Let’s Rename Major League Baseball Teams After Cities’ Notable Authors
Naming a sports team after literature—that’s pretty awesome. (The Baltimore Ravens of the NFL are technically; they’re named after an…
6 of the Most Fascinating Galactic Empires Outside of Star Wars
Invariably, when the topic of galactic empires comes up, someone will reference Star Wars—the muddy details of the Empire’s economy…
8 Dated Science Fiction Novels That Are Still Essential Reading
Science fiction can be a harsh mistress: what is incredibly futuristic idea today might seem quaint and ridiculous by tomorrow. The term…
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.…
4 Books in Which Interstellar Travel Is Insane
Faster than light travel is a science fiction staple. Like time travel and encounters with alien life, it is one…
Not-so-Elementary! These 6 Science Fiction Detectives Are on the Case
If you love both detectives and science fiction, there’s a chance you’re a really fun person. But what would it…
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…
17 Epic Burns Given to Classic SF/F Authors
Time magazine, reporting on a 1989 plane crash, offhandedly mentioned that one passenger had been reading an Arthur C. Clarke…
5 Oddball Detective Books That Are Made of Awesome
If you’ve been conscious at any time in the last century or so, you’re familiar with private detective tropes: the…
A Reading List for the New Season of Doctor Who
Overwhelmingly, fans of Doctor Who have strong opinions about Doctor Who. Do we love Peter Capaldi’s no-hugging grumpier Doctor, or…
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…
5 Books That Predicted The Internet
Someday I’ll be able to tell my daughter that I grew up in a time before the internet, and she’ll…
When Famous Authors Use Not-so-Famous Pen Names
It seems appropriate that the pen name (aka pseudonym, nom de plume, or nom de guerre) itself has multiple monikers.…