Turns out early science fiction predicted man-made climate change
Climate change is real and the stakes are pretty dire. While some of the modern proposed solutions to climate change have started to creep towards something out of science fiction,… Read more »
Will the screen adaptation of “Dune” live up to readers’ expectations?
If you’re a fan of science fiction, then you’re probably counting down the days until the 2020 film adaptation of author Frank Herbert’s 1965 best-selling novel Dune hits theaters. Denis… Read more »
New anime series to include well known Blade Runner characters
Some replicants are headed to your television screen in the not-so-distant future. A new anime series, Blade Runner-Black Lotus, was recently announced by Alcon Television Group. The group is partnering Adult Swim… Read more »
A new career path for science fiction writers: work for Nike or Boeing
It’s tempting to think of the worlds of science fiction and business as completely incompatible. After all, some of our best science fiction helps us imagine the end of capitalism.… Read more »
Hugh Hefner (1926–2017): A literary legacy of sex-supported fiction publishing
Hugh Hefner’s death last week has prompted an outpouring of obituaries that are both tributes and rebukes. He certainly was a complicated figure, distorting sexuality as much as he liberated… Read more »
Yes, please, more screen adaptations of Philip K Dick!
As we approach the release of Blade Runner 2049, we see ever more evidence of sci-fi legend—and Last Interview series participant—Philip K. Dick’s unending mutability. Writer, speculator, and drug-fueled vision-quester, Dick… Read more »
New William Gibson novel will convincingly imagine time travel and Hillary Clinton as president
Science-fiction luminary William Gibson’s new novel, Agency, due out in January 2018, imagines Hillary Rodham Clinton as POTUS #45. But that’s not all. Gibson, the author of Neuromancer and The Peripheral who is credited… Read more »
Science fiction authors are helping shape our bleak, dystopian virtual reality future
Over the last few years, billions of dollars have been invested into virtual reality technology, and 2016 will finally be the year when VR goes mainstream. So now more than… Read more »
Is sci-fi short fiction getting a boost from digital platforms?
Damien Walter writes for the Guardian that short stories in science fiction are enjoying something of a golden age thanks to new means of consuming, promoting, and funding publication of… Read more »
George R.R. Martin responds to uproar over rape scene in Game of Thrones
THERE ARE SPOILERS HERE (Are they still spoilers?) The adoring critical and fan reception to HBO’s Game of Thrones has taken a hit recently, with charges that the series has… Read more »