While the deluge has become a nuisance, the stories are easy to spot. The writing is “bad in spectacular ways,” one editor said. By Michael Levenson It could be a tale from science fiction itself: a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. As the recent Worldcon 2025 Convention here in Seattle ...

Science fiction has an uncanny ability to predict the future. In its pages or on the screen, sci-fi, from the time of Jules Verne onward, has envisioned technological advances, societal ...

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the May 10, 1980 issue of America as “Science Fiction and Religion.” Science fiction and religion walking—or jetting—hand in hand? Shades of the ...

The science fiction of Joanna Russ. In her science fiction, the novelist offered not only an astringent critiques of the present but also bold visions of the future. “From now on, I will not trust ...

Like many of you, no doubt, Ursula K. Le Guin is one of my favourite sci-fi writers. So I am really excited about a collection out this month that brings together the maps she would draw when starting ...