Science Fiction: Reviving the Old Sci-Fi Dream Science fiction was once called ‘space fiction,’ which is mostly what it was. By Tom Shippey Follow July 31, 2020 9:35 am ET ...

For that reason, so many familiar sci-fi tropes are being evoked here. When sci-fi doesn’t have a real-world explanation for something, plenty of old science fiction explanations will do.

Susan Barker’s “Old Soul” begins when two stranded travelers discover an unsettling coincidence: Both of them had loved ones who suffered similarly strange and drawn-out deaths. Both behaved ...

Robotics Through Science Fiction: Artificial Intelligence Explained Through Six Classic Robot Short Stories • By Robin R. Murphy • MIT Press • 190 pages • ISBN: 978-0-262-53626-4 • £20 ...

Every year in July, writers and readers of fiction gather for Readercon, in Burlington, Massachusetts. The conference, which has been held every summer for the past quarter century (at least), is ...

Science Fiction Studies is a refereed scholarly journal devoted to the study of the genre of science fiction, broadly defined. It publishes articles about science fiction and book reviews on science ...

Ben Affleck made a sci-fi movie in 2003 that has since been forgotten, but 22 years later, the rarely-seen film is a streaming hit on Netflix. Even as his two-decades-old science fiction effort ...

I was reading old science fiction novels from the 1800s and watching Civil War documentaries. CBSBoston.com: There's a lot of literature from the period that explores technology, like "Frankenstein".