It’s been a tough summer. COVID hasn’t gone away, and it often feels like we’re stuck not only inside, but in the wrong timeline. With fall approaching, there’s a whole bunch of new books coming to stores, and it’s a good time to escape into the pages of a new […]
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Sci-Fi and Fantasy Book Releases: September 2021
Steelstriker by Marie LuImage: Roaring Brook Press This month we’ve got stories galore to keep you entertained as the seasons change. Read on for kingdoms in rebellion, magical murder mysteries, space shenanigans, parallel dimensions, vampires, a new Dune novel, haunted houses (and forests and lakes), short-story collections, and so much […]
The Best Sci-Fi Shows to Watch Right Now on Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Amazon, and More
Eliza Taylor, Lola Flanery, and Marie Avgeropoulos, The 100 The CW Who needs reality? If you’re looking for something a little more out there than your typical cop/doctor/lawyer show, you should consider exploring the sci-fi genre. The shows on this list take place in otherworldly universes, play around with concepts […]
Blending Fantasy and Sci-Fi in Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer
I first encountered Gene Wolfe’s work when I was a sophomore in high school, when I accidentally stumbled onto the paperback of The Shadow of the Torturer at my public library. I picked it up not knowing anything about it, intrigued as much as anything by the fact that even […]
“Old,” Reviewed: M. Night Shyamalan’s New Old-School Sci-Fi Movie
Just as it takes a tough man to make a tender chicken, it takes a smart filmmaker to make a stupid movie, which I mean in the best possible way. Science-fiction films, once a cinematic counterpart to pulp fiction, are today often big-budget, overproduced spectacles that substitute grandiosity for imagination. […]
The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of 2021 (So Far)
Photo-Illustration: Vulture. Photos: Courtesy of the Publishers For those still looking to escape into other worlds because the burdens of our own remain too heavy — or just for us nerds who find narratives more interesting with futuristic tech and otherworldly magic livening up imagined universes — 2021 has bestowed […]
51 New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Releases
Detail from the cover of Far Out: Recent Queer Science Fiction and Fantasy.Image: Night Shade It’s hot outside, possibly hot as hell depending on where you live—but one way to keep cool is to plop down in front of a fan or the air conditioner, or perhaps inside a walk-in […]
The Best Sci-Fi Comedy Is Existential
Tom Gerencer’s book Intergalactic Refrigerator Repairmen Seldom Carry Cash features 19 pieces of humorous science fiction. Gerencer selected the stories out of literally hundreds that he’s written over the past two decades. “If you go to Walmart, and you go into the section with the big Tupperware bins that you […]
The Best Sci-Fi Books To Read This Summer
IRA FLATOW: Whether you’ve had a hard time reading during the pandemic or you’ve zoomed through your to-do list and are craving more, you’re going to want to check out our annual list of the best summer science books. And this time, we’re doing something a little bit different. The […]
Sci-Fi And Fantasy Books Have Changed. Tell Us Your New Favorites : NPR
Ten years is a long time! In 10 light-years, you could get from Earth to a whole new solar system, Epsilon Eridani. And in the past 10 years, science fiction and fantasy have undergone a revolution — new voices, new perspectives and new stories, bright as stars in the night […]