An eco-masterpiece, icy intrigue, cyberpunkish cyborgs, memory-eating aliens and super-fast travel sends the world spinning out of control ...

Science fiction can seem like an intimidating genre for the uninitiated, what with its fantastical tales of advanced technologies, otherworldly beings, and, yes, all that science. But in reality, ...

Science fiction in 2025 has settled into a confident, highly visible phase. This is no longer a genre pleading for legitimacy or hiding its ideas behind dense w ...

Science fiction as a genre appeals to readers both young and old as it explores possibilities outside our experiences. The best sci-fi books answer “what-if” questions about our societies, species, ...

I’ve been looking forward to the English translation of Haruki Murakami’s latest novel, The City and Its Uncertain Walls, since it was published in Japan early last year. It’s out in time for ...

The author of the Red Rising series recommends books cloaked in myth that use fantastic adventures to explore what it means to be human. By Pierce Brown Pierce Brown is the number-one New York Times ...

Ringworld by Larry Niven was published in 1970 to huge acclaim, winning both Hugo and Nebula awards; it’s been in print ever since. It came out when humans had just landed on the moon and it looked ...

Over the course of her career, Judy-Lynn del Rey earned a reputation as a superstar editor among her authors. Hugo Award-winner Arthur C. Clarke called Judy-Lynn del Rey the ‘most brilliant editor I ...

A fireproof edition of Margaret Atwood's prescient and often-banned book "The Handmaids Tale." It is one of the greatest works of speculative fiction. Speculative fiction, often referred to as spec ...