Sci-fi is the most enduring genre of all time and there are some must-read book trilogies that all fans should read.

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From Frank Herbert's classic Dune to Andy Weir's modern masterpiece Project Hail Mary, these space-themed science fiction ...

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The National Book Foundation, together with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, announced the selected books for the 2025 Science + Literature program. The 2025 fiction selection is science fiction novel ...

We’re lucky to be alive during a time when science fiction and fantasy authors are publishing bold, provocative stories that expand our ideas of how to talk about the future and the nature of power.

Scientists recently announced they had found potential signs of life on a planet 124 light years from Earth. While the bold claim has been challenged, the mere prospect is enough to inflame a ...

Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body Problem, first published in China in 2008, has grown from a Chinese science-fiction novel into a worldwide literary success, with its story reaching millions of readers and ...

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 ...