May’s new science fiction novels include a hot tip from our culture editor, as well as war on an alien planet from Bora Chung ...

The Eternaut plunges the viewers into an extremely haunting science-fiction landscape—but it’s the title itself that silently mandates the most amount of attention.

although science fiction in other media (films, drama, perhaps even painting or sculpture) must be judged by standards other than those applied to the written word. 1 Concentrating on science fiction ...

Smithsonian spoke with the eminent critic John Clute, co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, who quotes Bertrand Russell’s prophetic words from 1924: “‘I am compelled to fear that ...

Science fiction emerged nearly 300 years ago during a time of great advances in science. Since then authors have tried to make sense of their world by imagining what the future will look like.