We’re in a cultural moment of villain appreciation, spearheaded by films like “Wicked.” Science fiction and fantasy books ...

From Austin Taylor to Nadia Afifi, there is lots to look forward to in the sci-fi out this month - including a novel which ...

1. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne. Perhaps the first superintelligent person to appear in science fiction, the novel’s hero Captain Nemo is sort of like Iron Man in the late ...

Science fiction is in a constant state of flux, and coming up with a solidified canon is something that will vary from person to person. Certainly, there are classics throughout the genre, books ...

To help you chart any fantastic voyages you might take this vacation season, NPR Books is focusing our annual summer readers' poll on science fiction and fantasy. Share your favorite novels: Your ...

A list of 30 of the science fiction and fantasy books Polygon is most excited for in 2023, including a new Fonda Lee book and one book described as Ocean’s Eleven meets Pirates of the Caribbean.

Our columnist takes a look at recent books by Sofia Samatar, Vajra Chandrasekera and Emet North. By Amal El-Mohtar Amal El-Mohtar is the Book Review’s science fiction and fantasy columnist. She ...

If you need a break from your Earthly worries, check out one of these nine new science fiction novels about space travel. Who knows, maybe there's a planet out there 1 'The Collapsing Empire' by ...

Let’s talk about how science fiction has dealt with environmental change. It’s not all depressing. Lavie: One book I want to introduce is by the Japanese author Chiaki Kawamata.

Here are potential answers in books by 10 science-fiction writers who envision sentient machines that fulfill human desires, topple governments, disrupt economies, save humanity and, maybe ...