August is another great month for science fiction fans, whatever your taste. You can take a journey to the multiverse courtesy of the award-winning Lauren Beukes or enjoy a sci-fi take on the haunting ...

Science fiction has always inspired many visionary tech leaders. The stories often explore futuristic concepts and ...

There are some huge names with new works out this month: Cixin Liu and Ann Leckie both have collections of shorter writing to peruse, plus there’s a dystopic future from the award-winning Téa Obreht ...

Humanoid mosquitoes, alien contact on deadly moons, implants that let you know everything your partner is thinking… the science fiction novels on offer in February feel especially interesting, and I’m ...

Whether you're looking for a classic or the latest and greatest, start here. By The New York Times Books Staff The year’s best speculative fiction includes a fantasy novel by Kelly Link, alien epics ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." At its core, science fiction is a conceit. It’s a thought experiment beginning with a “what if X” or an ...

This article was originally published in The Conversation. Science fiction can lead people to be more cautious about the potential consequences of innovations. It can help people think critically ...

Grayson Schnitger is a sixth grader at the Pasadena middle school and says his dad first recommended sci-fi. “I like just reading stuff that could happen and, like, knowing possibilities in the future ...

George R.R. Martin, Martha Wells and other writers shared backstories about their work at Worldcon, the world's premier ...

From an authorised sequel to George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four to a collection of newly discovered short stories from the late Terry Pratchett, there is a mountain of brilliant science fiction to ...

This has been a great year for escapes: Speculative-fiction writers have leaned hard into the fantastic and the diverting, offering stories that posited everything from “methgicians” to AIs hard at ...