Written by Joshua Tyler | Published 2 seconds ago If you’re a space traveler, you’ll need a ship. Right now, the only ships we’re able to build are slow, chunky missile-firing ones. Science fiction travels through space much faster. While some stories are best when things move slowly, science fiction is often at its most … Read more
Written by Jonathan Klotz | Published 1 hour ago When I went to Disney World as a kid, 20,000 leagues under the sea It was my favorite ride, and for 20 minutes, an eternity compared to modern theme park rides, I was able to live out my childhood dream of sailing with Captain Nemo on … Read more
Written by Jonathan Klotz | Published 1 hour ago Science fiction is experiencing a recent renaissance thanks to the rise of high-concept science fiction series such as silo, Three-body problemand institutionbut one of the most popular and innovative subgenres has been left in the dust, with no major films or shows released in the past … Read more
Written by Jonathan Klotz | Published 1 hour ago In Disney’s long history, the company has achieved massive successes, including the history-making Marvel Cinematic Universe and its entire animated output in the 1990s. At the same time, they created some of the biggest bombs ever. Sci-fi adventure 2012 John Carter It was, at the time … Read more
Written by Drew Deitch | Published 7 seconds ago We live in an age where a giant robot movie doesn’t seem all that special. Thanks to over a decade of excellent Transformers movies pacific rimthe novelty of having a giant robot movie that takes itself seriously has been lost on modern audiences. But there was … Read more
Written by Jonathan Klotz | Published 1 hour ago Hollywood is built on adaptations, incl Gone with the wind and Wizard of OzAnd, in the past few decades, it seems like every Philip K. Dick science fiction novel has made it to the screen. Science fiction novels are difficult to bring to life, which is … Read more
Although it routinely ends up on best-of-all-time lists, the 1974 science fiction novel The Mote in God’s Eye never seems to get read. Written by Joshua Tyler Although it routinely ends up on best-of-all-time lists, one way or another, the 1974 science fiction novel A speck in God’s eye It never seems to be readable. … Read more
Written by Joshua Tyler | Published 1 hour ago Space sci-fi is many things, but it never gets more exciting than when it takes place in a tiny, fragile death dispenser. Starfighters are one of the best parts of space adventures, and while they probably wouldn’t be useful in real space combat, that doesn’t matter … Read more
Written by Joshua Tyler | Published 5 days ago Science fiction is often at its best when unusual science fiction circumstances are used to highlight real-world issues. One of the best examples of this is the way science fiction deals with PTSD and the horrific realities of torture. Star Trek, in particular, has never been … Read more