For every lit author like Cormac McCarthy, who borrows science fiction themes, there are ten authors who start out writing science fiction, and then become beloved of literary hipsters. Here’s a ...

US readers will have to wait until September. Our writers pick the 26 best science fiction short stories of all time We asked New Scientist writers to pick their favourite sci-fi short story.

Sci-fi and speculative fiction has long used imagined futures to push us to reflect on present-day challenges.

How America’s Leading Science Fiction Authors Are Shaping Your Future The literary genre isn’t meant to predict the future, but implausible ideas that fire inventors’ imaginations often ...

Star Trek has had an enormous influence on the world of science fiction ever since it aired on NBC in 1966. Gene Roddenberry’s drama aboard a spaceship introduced millions of viewers to science ...

Maybe the best depiction of the process of science I've encountered in fiction is the Steerswoman series by Rosemary Kirstein (start with The Steerswoman).

Certainly the science fiction and fantasy genres boast a notably deep bench of female writers. The Harry Potter and Earthsea books fell prey to the YA exception, else they, and their authors ...