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Neal Stephenson's Latest Book Dodges Its Scariest Premise
In Fall; or, Dodge in Hell: A Novel, the sci-fi author tracks our inevitable descent into AR-enabled filter bubbles—only to leave it all behind.
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Science Fiction’s Preoccupation With Privacy
In a 1975 essay titled “American SF and the Other,” the great science-fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin took her genre to task. Science fiction, she began, centers on “the question of The Other—the being who is different from yourself. This being can be different from you in its sex; or in its annual income; or in its way of speaking and dressing and doing things; or in the color of its skin, or the number of its legs and heads.”
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Author and Grand Master Gene Wolfe, 1931-2019
The science fiction and fantasy community has lost a beloved icon. We are extremely sad to report that author and SFWA Grand Master Gene Wolfe passed away on Sunday, April 14, 2019 after his long b…
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The Sixty Sci-Fi Books all Science Fiction Fans Must Read
Do you consider yourself a Sci-Fi fan? Looking for new books to Read? Check out these sixty must-read science fiction and fantasy novels.
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Bad Air: Pollution, Sin, and Science Fiction in William Delisle Hay's The Doom of the Great City (1880)
Deadly fogs, moralistic diatribes, debunked medical theory - Brett Beasley explores a piece of Victorian science fiction considered to be the first modern tale of urban apocalypse.
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Want to know what China's thinking? Look to its science fiction
Aliens, robo-nannies and folding cities: A new wave of Chinese science fiction authors offer a unique perspective on the country, and the future of technology.
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China gets its first blockbuster sci-fi film
Wandering Earth on track to be one of highest-grossing films in country’s history
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The 25 Greatest Science Fiction Tropes, Ranked
What qualities must a book have to be considered science fiction? Genre categories can be helpful in guiding us toward works that we might like, or just are in the mood to read, but those definitions can be slippery, and many of the very best books defy conventions and upend expectations.
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Time Travel & the Bootstrap Paradox Explained -
The Bootstrap Paradox is a theoretical paradox of time travel that occurs when an object or piece of information sent back in time becomes trapped within an infinite cause-effect loop in which the item no [...]
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The Costs of Building Pop Culture Structures
From Death Star to Hogwarts, pop culture structures are as every bit iconic as the characters. How much would they cost to build in real life? We estimate the costs of five iconic structures.
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Empire of Silence - Christopher Ruocchio
Empire of Silence (Sun Eater, #1) Hadrian Marlowe, a man revered as a hero and despised as a murderer, chronicles his tale in the galaxy-spanning debut of the Sun Eater series. A big book, a truly great read. Has a flavour of Frank Herbert's Dune without the LSD. The only problem with it, is it's the first book of a series and the rest haven't been published yet. I want more.
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Hidden Sun by Jaine Fenn
Shadowlands Book I: Rhia Harlyn is a noble in Shen, one of the dozens of shadowlands which separate the bright, alien skyland. She has a missing brother, an unwanted marriage proposal and an interest in science considered unbecoming in her gender. A delightful new science fiction book.
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Z Nation's Karl Schaefer Spills the Beans On What's Coming Next
Z Nation's Karl Schaefer shares with us his story of success, days of working on Z Nation, and a few tidbits of what's to come.
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Scientists say mysterious 'Oumuamua' object could be an alien spacecraft
Harvard researchers raise the possibility that it may be "a fully operational probe sent intentionally to Earth vicinity by an alien civilization."
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Exoskeletons in the workplace
Once again, technology is extending what the human body can do. There's plenty of engineering involved, optimized for business uses of physical augmentation: power boosts, kinetic energy storage, and "augmented joints" that can lock on demand and distribute static loads while the worker is in an awkward position. It’s business transformation with real transformers. @Enterprisenxt
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‘Star Trek’ Animated Comedy Series Lands Two-Season Order at CBS All Access
The “Star Trek” universe continues to grow at CBS All Access. The streamer has given out an order for two seasons of a half-hour animated comedy series called “Star Trek: Lower De…
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The Nightmare Stacks (Laundry Files, #7)
Alex Schwartz had a promising future - until he contracted an unfortunate bout of vampirism, and agreed (on pain of death) to join the Laundry, Britain's only counter-occult secret agency.
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The Delirium Brief - Charles Stross
Had a paragraph that made me think twice:
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Exclusive: Mystery Science Theater 3000’s new season gets a fitting premiere date on Netflix
Last Turkey Day, Netflix gave fans of bad movies and wisecracking robots something to be thankful for, renewing Mystery Science Theater 3000 for a 12th season. It was a fitting choice, extending the show’s Kickstarted revival on a date that’s long been synonymous with MST3K marathons and premieres.
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Readers Make Good Romantic Partners
New research suggests they have more mature ideas about how real-world relationships work.
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