Alien first-contact stories are a classic of science fiction, and they’re all the more fascinating because they can feel like ...

This novel is nominally about an interstellar voyage. It’s actually about sex, love, God, and the problem of evil.

At 80, SF author M John Harrison is producing some of his best work. He talks about finding his voice, alien intelligence and the advice from Iain Banks that still spurs him on ...

In the following six books, each writer looks to space to skillfully explore what it means to live on Earth. Salvation and ...

Titles like Slaughterhouse-Five and Hyperion are timeless classics of sci-fi that should be on your 2026 reading list if you ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson’s 'Take Me To Your Leader' turns alien perspective into a witty cosmic mirror, questioning human ...

Steven Spielberg is in his aliens exist era — but in truth, he’s been there since at least 1977. That’s when the director ...

Ray Bradbury watched a lot of movies in his day, and he had plenty to say about the first movie in the Predator franchise.

Your summer reading list is set with titles from Adrian Tchaikovsky, M.R. Carey, Brandon Sanderson, Leigh Bardugo, and more.

We've been looking at nature the wrong way, argues Rowan Hooper. If we stop focusing on the individual, we get a whole new picture of how life on Earth – and elsewhere – may have begun ...

2026 has been great for sci-fi fans.

This book is incredible.