I found that the science fiction books in those 10 elementary school libraries were checked out at a higher rate per book than all of the other genres. Science fiction had 1-2 more checkouts per ...

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

While there are no big names publishing new science fiction novels this May, there are some real gems nonetheless – including a big tip from me, Grace Chan’s near-future Every Version of You.I ...

4 science fiction and fantasy books mine a real issue: Climate change. Books by Ray Nayler, Stephanie Feldman, Akil Kumarasamy and R.B. Lemberg challenge the reader to get used to the unthinkable.

A rich visual history of science fiction's impact on real-world technologies, this book is perfect for lovers of H. G. Wells, Star Trek, Isaac Asimov, Jules Verne, Aldous Huxley, and 2001: A Space ...

Comment The best new science fiction books of October 2023. From an authorised sequel to George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four to a collection of newly discovered short stories from the late ...

In ‘The Terraformers,’ Science Fiction Reveals Real-World Challenges In “The Terraformers,” author Annalee Newitz takes readers on a multigenerational adventure to transform a planet. Read More ...

The world of fantasy books has been dominated lately by romance-fantasy hybrids and cozy coming-of-age stories disguised as adult fiction. So Lev Grossman’s “The Bright Sword” stands out as ...

Cooper’s informed, engaging account of the ways that science-fiction planets correspond to their real counterparts provides a lucid primer on exoplanets, while also demonstrating that Gernsback ...

Black women have always gathered knowledge faster than society writ large gathers wisdom. Thus, a Black woman science fiction — or fantasy — writer might be the most prescient writers of these ...

We asked New Scientist staff to pick their favourite science fiction books. Here are the results, ranging from 19th-century classics to modern day offerings, and from Octavia E. Butler to Iain M ...