In 1928 the writer Jack Williamson recounted Gernsback’s view: Science fiction “takes the basis of science . . . and then adds a thing that is alien to science—imagination. It lights the way.” ...

Intelligent machines have long played a role in science fiction, going back to Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis” (1927), Isaac Asimov’s Three Rules of Robotics (1942) and HAL 9000 in “2001: A ...

The pattern of science fiction anticipating, or at least dovetailing with, cutting-edge real-world ideas is not new: In a 2016 article for The Atlantic, Edward Simon explored the sci-fi that was ...

When George Lucas says "Star Wars isn't a science fiction film," he's really saying, "Star Wars isn't really a science fiction film according to definitions of SF from before 1977." Think about it.

Science fiction has historically been considered a niche genre, one in which far-flung scenarios play out on distant planets. Today, though, such plots are at the center of our media landscape.

This is, of course, not true. Science fiction can present new artistic possibilities for the reader, exposing our imagination and thinking to new worlds and ideas that may seem unimaginable.

The 10 best science fiction and fantasy novels of 2023 These titles feature a cursed film, high-flying martial arts, thoughtful reflections on climate change and more November 14, 2023 ...

January 2 is National Science Fiction Day, and ESSENCE is paying tribute to one of the greatest sci-fi novelists of all time, Octavia Estelle Butler. Named after her mother Octavia Margaret Guy ...

Short stories that play with science fiction are attracting attention in the hands of writers like Liliana Colanzi of Bolivia and Samanta Schweblin of Argentina, who is now widely translated and ...

The Chengdu Science Fiction Museum was commissioned to host this year’s 81st annual World Science Fiction Convention, nicknamed Worldcon. A building of this size and complexity would typically ...

Whether you’re after classic science fiction from the likes of Gareth L. Powell and Adrian Tchaikovsky, high-concept thrillers or flooded future Earths, you’ll find it here.