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Finding the Truth In the Imaginary: On “Accurately” Writing About Time Travel

Finding the Truth In the Imaginary: On “Accurately” Writing About Time Travel

Aja Gabel Offers Some Tips For Crafting Scientifically and Emotionally Sound Speculative Fiction

By Aja Gabel | November 4, 2025

Antimemes and Nanobot Beauty Scams: November’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Antimemes and Nanobot Beauty Scams: November’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

New Autumnal Reads From Travis Baldree, Claire North, Victor Manibo and More

By Natalie Zutter | November 3, 2025

“It’s Okay But It’s Also Really Not.” When Dystopian Fiction is No Longer a Thought Experiment

“It’s Okay But It’s Also Really Not.” When Dystopian Fiction is No Longer a Thought Experiment

Yume Kitasei Explores the Different Forms Dystopias Can Take, On and Off the Page

By Yume Kitasei | October 6, 2025

How to Think About the Future, With a Little Help From Science Fiction

How to Think About the Future, With a Little Help From Science Fiction

Nick Foster Explores the Relationship Between Sci-Fi and Our Conception of the Future

By Nick Foster | August 26, 2025

On the Joy of Building a Sci-Fi World with a Korean Inflection

On the Joy of Building a Sci-Fi World with a Korean Inflection

Elaine U. Cho: “If you want to belong to the world, you’ll have to pick up on its lingo.”

By Elaine U. Cho | August 5, 2025

Our 33 Most Anticipated Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books for the Rest of 2025

Our 33 Most Anticipated Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books for the Rest of 2025

In Case You Need More Books to Read...

By Drew Broussard | July 8, 2025

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By Elizabeth Costello | May 23, 2025

Writing Towards the Future: Searching for Realism In an Increasingly Surreal World

By Fred Lunzer | May 21, 2025

Kazuo Ishiguro Reflects on <em>Never Let Me Go</em>, 20 Years Later

Kazuo Ishiguro Reflects on Never Let Me Go, 20 Years Later

On the Decades-Long Creative Process Behind His Most Successful Novel

By Kazuo Ishiguro | May 5, 2025

Elon Musk Just Doesn’t Understand the Sci-Fi Visions of Iain M. Banks

Elon Musk Just Doesn’t Understand the Sci-Fi Visions of Iain M. Banks

Tobias Carroll on When Bad Fans Happen to Good Books

By Tobias Carroll | April 30, 2025

75 Years Ago, <em>The Martian Chronicles</em> Legitimized Science Fiction

75 Years Ago, The Martian Chronicles Legitimized Science Fiction

Sam Weller on Ray Bradbury’s Underappreciated Classic

By Sam Weller | April 28, 2025

Following the “Mom Rule.” On Writing Sci-Fi My Mother Could Get Behind

Following the “Mom Rule.” On Writing Sci-Fi My Mother Could Get Behind

Daryl Gregory Remembers the Reader Who Transformed His Storytelling

By Daryl Gregory | April 11, 2025

Ted Chiang on Superintelligence and Its Discontents in J.D. Beresford’s Innovative Work of Early 20th-Century Science Fiction

Ted Chiang on Superintelligence and Its Discontents in J.D. Beresford’s Innovative Work of Early 20th-Century Science Fiction

Rereading “The Hampdenshire Wonder”

By Ted Chiang | March 6, 2025

Inside the Climate Techno-Dystopia of Michel Nieva’s <em>Dengue Boy</em>

Inside the Climate Techno-Dystopia of Michel Nieva’s Dengue Boy

Rahul Bery on Translating a Stylistically Innovative Work of South American Science Fiction

By Rahul Bery | February 5, 2025

How Literature Predicted and Portrayed the Atom Bomb

How Literature Predicted and Portrayed the Atom Bomb

Dorian Lynskey on Pierrepoint B. Noyes, H.G. Wells, and the “Superweapons” of Early Science-Fiction

By Dorian Lynskey | January 28, 2025

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