Science fiction allows filmmakers to critique the current social paradigm by extrapolating it to its distant but logical ...

Described by Gollancz as a “epic and hard-hitting space opera” in which “Swan expertly weaves the lives of a widowed party ...

In “Cerebral Entanglements,” Allan J. Hamilton argues that new imaging technologies give us unprecedented access — with ...

For seemingly no reason, the world comes to a stop for everyone except one man, who goes on a mission to uncover the mystery in Pause.

We’re sorry to report the passing of artist Chris Moore, a world famous commercial illustrator best known for his science ...

Boston’s oldest film festival will run at the Somerville Theatre and other Davis Square venues from Feb. 12-17, with 10 feature-length and seven short sci-fi movie programs, along with panels and ...

In this genre it’s easiest to trace the “what’s next?” questions. Setting aside all the imagined apocalypses, a powerful, ...

George R.R. Martin joins a growing list of authors, actors and musicians who have published scientific research papers.

The next novel by Ian McEwan will be a post-apocalyptic story, set in part in the 22nd century and centered on a scholar’s ...

A new post-apocalyptic, dystopian science fiction novel, “Decapitation Day,” pits authoritarianism against artificial ...

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It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.