2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey Series #1)

Science fiction history has its share of disputes and disagreements, but there’s only one that left a plane crash, untold awards ceremony speeches, and the world’s first combination war treaty/book dedication in its wake. Today, in honor of the light-hearted tomfoolery April Fool’s Day inspires in us all, I’m taking a look at the rivalry […]

We humans are funny creatures. Apple releases a new device that promises to do the thinking for us, and we celebrate and camp outside the store. But whenever we imagine a science fiction story involving artificial intelligence, we always foresee genocide and apocalypse. The biggest movie of the summer is likely to be Avengers: Age of Ultron, and its titular A.I. does […]

There are plenty of eye-catching numbers in the realms of speculative fiction. J.K. Rowling has sold the most copies of any book series: 450 million. Game of Thrones, much to HBO’s chagrin, is consistently the most pirated TV show ever: in a mere four-week period it was downloaded almost 1.6 million times. A few weeks back, John Scalzi netted […]

A human discovers an alien device on an ancient starship. Gloved hands, shielded from the void, but not from curiosity, grasp the artifact. The human possesses the item, but only in a physical sense. Metaphorically, and psychologically, it possesses its claimant. This relic is a deviation from a universe where humans reign as the sole […]