It wasn’t really until the late 19th century that fiction begin to engage with scientific possibility. The French novelist ...

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Young people who are hooked on watching fantasy or reading science fiction may be on to something. Contrary to a common misperception that reading this genre is an unworthy practice, reading science ...

It takes a dreamer to think outside the box, imagine something impossible, and conjure up uses for an object previously undreamt. Artists and authors have created unbelievable situations in their ...

Science fiction allows artists to speculate about the future through imaginative and technical concepts. But so often the prevailing vision of that future in popular culture tends toward the dystopian ...

1. Never did it occur to me that I would ever be this closely associated with the world of literature, especially as I to this day feel no particular fondness for it. Many roads lead into the ...

So: what were the best works of science fiction published this year? I will start with two new books that aren’t actually new, but have only just been published in English. First up is Ice by Jacek ...

The power of words Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring, which begins with a form of sci-fi, led to the ban on DDT in agriculture, showing how sci-fi can influence real-world science. (Courtesy: ...

What does the future hold? In our new series “Imagining the Next Future,” Polygon explores the new era of science fiction — in movies, books, TV, games, and beyond — to see how storytellers and ...

When Ken Liu became the second Chinese-American after Ted Chiang to win major sf awards in the United States, his fans in China were excited. 1 Liu’s “The Paper Menagerie” (2011) won the Nebula Award ...

Sci-fi is exactly like rock music. Depending on who you ask, different people believe different definitions of science fiction apply. For most, concocting the secret formula for "real" science fiction ...

Willowick Public Library was a great place to visit on May 4 for anyone who wanted to learn about the science of ghosts, get a close view of creepy, crawly animals or create a dessert that looks dirty ...