If you were to track the milestones in the career of George R.R. Martin, the science-fiction and fantasy writer whose knightly tales spawned HBO’s “Game of Thrones” and “House of the Dragon,” you’d ...

In his stories, Han Song explores the disorientation accompanying China’s modernization, sometimes writing of unthinkable things that later came true. By Vivian Wang Reporting from Beijing Science ...

Both sci-fi readers and Star Trek fans might be familiar with the name James Blish. Most know him as a prolific writer with strong ties to the Star Trek book universe; however, his career expands far ...

Through golden hive minds, dreaming androids and interstellar alien worlds, astrobiologist and speculative science-fiction author Seven Rasmussen explores humanity within the unfamiliar and strange.

Congratulations to Eleanor Arnason, who will be celebrated for 50 years as an award-winning science fiction writer at next weekend’s Mythcon 53 in Minneapolis. This national convention of the ...

This is definitely on my reading list: in fact, I am hoping we might choose it for a future New Scientist Book Club read. Longlisted for the Booker already, it has been described by our sci-fi ...

Science fiction author Ted Chiang wrote the short story that became the movie "Arrival." He talks with host Scott Detrow. If, like me, you are a fan of the science fiction author Ted Chiang, you know ...

The science fiction and fantasy author Martha Wells recommends her favorite novels that will transport you to other worlds. By Martha Wells Martha Wells has been writing science fiction and fantasy ...

Those dastardly scientists are at it again, this time developing a neural chip that allows you to turn off sleep. Soon, everyone has one – and then it stops being possible to turn the chip off, and ...

Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture. SEE MORE by Alan Boyle on Aug 17, 2025 at 4:34 pm August 17, 2025 at 6:13 pm ...