The science fiction and fantasy author Martha Wells recommends her favorite novels that will transport you to other worlds.

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.” ...

Are we living in “The Matrix” in real life? In the 1999 science-fiction film, Neo discovers that the universe is a simulation — but one scientist believes that the idea isn’t all fiction ...

As the science-fiction critic Frederick Shroyer put it, “In his anti-dogmatism, he is fanatically dogmatic.” For that matter, the same could be said of Charles Fort himself.

The Last Dangerous Visions (edited by Harlan Ellison). I missed this one last month, but I’m including it in our November round-up as I’m sure many of you will be keen to learn about it.

I n 1950, a U.S. Army psyops officer named Paul Linebarger used a pseudonym to publish a science-fiction story titled “Scanners Live in Vain” in a pulp magazine.It was about a man named Martel ...

Best books of 2023 — Science fiction on whatsapp (opens in a new window) Save James Lovegrove. Published November 14 2023. ... The Hidden Legion by Snorri Kristjansson (Solaris) ...

The story introduces a simulated gravitationless environment—a concept that, while seemingly futuristic, has roots in real-world scientific advancements and theories.

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 ...

Science fiction can also illustrate the grim possibilities of overuse of social media and lack of data privacy—both closely related to the explosion of AI—in a more forceful way than ...

HONG KONG — Organizers of the Hugo Awards, one of the most prominent literary awards in science fiction, excluded multiple authors from shortlists last year over concerns their work or public ...