Science Fiction

The best science fiction and fantasy stories of 2017 (2018)

NPR Best Books of 2018 A teen girl and her robot embark on a cross-country mission in this illustrated science fiction story, perfect for fans of R... (2023)

A journey through the otherworldly science behind Christopher Nolan’s award-winning film, Interstellar, from executive producer and Nobel Prize-win... (2022)

The most influential sci-fi books of all time examine humanity's longest-held hopes and deepest, most visceral fears. (2021)

To celebrate the release of his third book, 'The Electric State,' we spoke with the Swedish painter about the fear of technology, the rise of fasci... (2018)

We’ve grown increasingly obsessed with dystopian narratives since 2016. But why do we look to Orwell’s 1984 when Huxley’s Brave New World rings truer? (2018)

A very brief introduction to modern science fiction from the People’s Republic of China. (2019)

Joyce Carol Oates on Ted Chiang’s new collection of stories, in which technology can be a force for human and robotic good. (2019)

Every generation turns to it in times of political turmoil, and this extract from a new book about the novel examines its relevance in the age of f... (2019)

Meg Murry—the time-hopping heroine at the center of Madeleine L'Engle's 'A Wrinkle In Time'—transported sci-fi into a new dimension. (2015)