We are currently living through an unprecedented rise in the popularity of science fiction over the past couple of years. From new releases from established names such as Star Wars to the rise of ...

Brandon Sanderson spoke with several authors to discuss the overused science fiction tropes they want to get rid of.

Octavia E. Butler didn’t like to wait for inspiration. In fact, the celebrated science fiction author denounced the idea of ...

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 ...

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 author Ted Chiang wrote the short story that became the movie "Arrival." He talks with host Scott Detrow. If, like me, you are a fan of the science fiction author Ted Chiang, you know ...

The Bulletin’s mission—protecting civilization from manmade existential threats like nuclear weapons and climate change—is ...

Ursula K. Le Guin, who broke the artificial wall between science fiction and literature, died on January 22 nd, 2018 at the age of 88. An essayist and poet along with being a fiction writer, she ...

Focusing on the futuristic tech that appears in sci-fi without paying attention to the actual point of the story is a big ...

An Olivetti Studio 46 typewriter that belonged to Octavia E. Butler. As the author recalled: "I wrote my first ten books on a manual typewriter." Chris Gunn Octavia E. Butler didn’t like to wait for ...