August is traditionally a quiet month in publishing, and this one is no different. But there are still science-fiction gems ...

I’m very proud of the films we’ve selected for the LAcon Film Festival. They prove that speculative fiction is alive ...

Major studios are finally taking creative risks again, with ambitious new projects across Star Wars, Marvel, DC, and beyond.

Narratives used to justify war have achieved a flimsiness so outrageous they would strain credulity in novels. Inspired by ...

Thousands of years before robots became reality, Greek mythology introduced Talos, a bronze giant whose story explored ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. As the recent Worldcon 2025 Convention here in Seattle ...

I am excited about this book: M. John Harrison is a really classy writer, winner of all sorts of awards, and his latest novel sounds right up my street. It’s set in a future years after an obscure ...

Sublimation by Isabel J Kim; Last Day of a Prior Life by Andrés Barba; Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep by Paul Tremblay; The Carrier by Ruth Newton; Time to Burn by Ellery Lloyd ...

Scientists recently announced they had found potential signs of life on a planet 124 light years from Earth. While the bold claim has been challenged, the mere prospect is enough to inflame a ...

Pan Haitian, born in 1975 in Fujian province, graduated from Tsinghua University's Department of Architecture and is regarded ...

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