An eco-masterpiece, icy intrigue, cyberpunkish cyborgs, memory-eating aliens and super-fast travel sends the world spinning out of control ...

Local author Bob Freeman has released his latest novel, the science fiction adventure “Behind the Now: Time Travel, But Not ...

Science fiction in 2025 has settled into a confident, highly visible phase. This is no longer a genre pleading for legitimacy or hiding its ideas behind dense w ...

Science fiction can seem like an intimidating genre for the uninitiated, what with its fantastical tales of advanced technologies, otherworldly beings, and, yes, all that science. But in reality, ...

Almost exactly a year ago, I asked our team of expert science writers here at New Scientist to name their favourite science fiction novels. Personal tastes meant we ended up with a wonderfully ...

Science fiction as a genre appeals to readers both young and old as it explores possibilities outside our experiences. The best sci-fi books answer “what-if” questions about our societies, species, ...

This article was originally published in The Conversation. Science fiction can lead people to be more cautious about the potential consequences of innovations. It can help people think critically ...

Whether you’re looking for a classic or the latest and greatest, start here. By The New York Times Books Staff The year’s best speculative fiction includes a fantasy novel by Kelly Link, alien epics ...

On our Best Fiction of 2025 list, Emma Pattee imagines Portland’s worst Earthquake in her debut novel Tilt ...

Focusing on the futuristic tech that appears in sci-fi without paying attention to the actual point of the story is a big ...

From an authorised sequel to George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four to a collection of newly discovered short stories from the late Terry Pratchett, there is a mountain of brilliant science fiction to ...

Over the course of her career, Judy-Lynn del Rey earned a reputation as a superstar editor among her authors. Hugo Award-winner Arthur C. Clarke called Judy-Lynn del Rey the ‘most brilliant editor I ...