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  1. overnights
    Westworld Recap: Murder Me a LittleAll of the characters are in the same time and place! What a concept!
  2. overnights
    Westworld Recap: Planned ObsolescenceCaleb and Frankie’s respective storylines make for a damn entertaining hour of television.
  3. overnights
    Paper Girls Season-Finale Recap: Let’s Do the Time Warp AgainTime loops are a bitch, aren’t they?
  4. overnights
    Paper Girls Recap: That’s Not A CatTiff isn’t buying this version of herself.
  5. overnights
    Westworld Recap: God’s MusicIs anyone having more fun than Tessa Thompson?
  6. overnights
    Westworld Recap: Chrissy, Wake UpThis week’s hour is a bit rushed as three separate storylines funneled into one covers decades worth of plot.
  7. overnights
    Westworld Recap: What’s the BuzzThis week, Bernard gets an update to his operating system, and Maeve and Caleb test-run Delos’ new theme park.
  8. overnights
    Westworld Recap: We Have to Go BackThe robot uprising is alive and well — it’s simply gone underground.
  9. overnights
    Stranger Things Midseason-Premiere Recap: Father-Daughter DanceIn the aftermath of the big Vecna/Henry/One reveal, the crew scrambles to put its various plans into motion.
  10. putting the atoms together
    ‘No Aliens, No Spaceships, No Invasion of Earth’An oral history of Contact, the sci-fi movie that defied Hollywood norms and made it big anyway.
  11. overnights
    Westworld Season-Premiere Recap: Christina’s WorldIt’s several years into the new world and everyone has made news lives for themselves — but nothing good lasts long in Westworld.
  12. book review
    In These Novels of Tech Dystopia, Memories Belong to the CloudJennifer Egan’s The Candy House and Vauhini Vara’s The Immortal King Rao are two very different books with a troubling shared prediction.
  13. all about that face
    Halo Lets Us See Pablo Schreiber’s Face, Thank GodIt’s a good face.
  14. profile
    In Another Life, Ke Huy Quan Was a StarHe was an ’80s icon who left acting behind. For his role in Everything Everywhere All at Once, he called on his past selves.
  15. after yang
    Colin Farrell Gets His Ex Machina Dance Moment at CannesOne has not lived until one has seen Farrell, solemn, in a full-body jumpsuit, doing a competitive TikTok challenge in After Yang.
  16. le space
    Rendezvous With Rama: Denis Villeneuve Is Returning to SpaceThe novel by Arthur C. Clarke explores humanity’s first expected encounter with alien intelligence.
  17. trailer mix
    Gong Yoo and His Neck Tattoo Go to Space in The Silent Sea TrailerThe sci-fi series lands on Netflix on December 24.
  18. trailer mix
    John Cho Rocks Steady in Cowboy Bebop TrailerAll aboard the Bebop.
  19. movie review
    Dune Doesn’t Care If You Like ItDenis Villeneuve’s gloriously unfriendly take on Frank Herbert’s sci-fi classic wants to feel as alien as possible.
  20. aliens!
    The CW Is Rebooting Horny Space Opera Babylon 5Because who else could do hot aliens justice?
  21. trailer mix
    Finch Trailer: Tom Hanks Gets an Apocalypse Emotional-Support DogIn the Apple TV+ original, out November 5.
  22. radical grief
    adrienne maree brown Says ‘All Organizing Is Science Fiction’The writer on Grievers, her speculative novel about Black grief during a pandemic — which she started writing years before COVID-19.
  23. trailer mix
    Wheel of Time Trailer: If You’re Lost You Can Look and You’ll Find Rosamund PikeShe can save or destroy humanity, so no pressure.
  24. casting couch
    Sterling K. Brown Racks Up Another Movie Role in Biosphere With Mark DuplassAs This Is Us comes to a close, his pivot to movie stardom continues apace.
  25. movie review
    Hugh Jackman’s Sci-fi Noir Reminiscence Is Weirdly BoringIt’s not that director Lisa Joy, the co-creator of Westworld, doesn’t have interesting ideas — but they’re all shoved to the side.
  26. trailer mix
    Jared Harris Is Psychohistory Daddy in the Foundation TrailerSomething, something, save the Empire.
  27. best of 2021
    The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of the Year (So Far)Africanfuturism, Norse mythology, and trans dystopia.
  28. sci-fi
    Another Octavia E. Butler Book Headed to TV With FX’s Kindred Pilot OrderWritten by Watchmen alum and playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.
  29. sci-fi
    Sissy Spacek, Ed O’Neill Find a Portal to Another Planet in Amazon’s LightyearsGardening, fishing, discovering the true nature of the secret chamber: you know, retirement stuff.
  30. sci-fi
    Dave Bautista Is Basically Dog the Alien Bounty Hunter in Universe’s Most WantedFrom Rampage and San Andreas director Brad Peyton.
  31. trailer mix
    Here’s Your First Look at Jared Harris and Lee Pace in the Foundation SeriesAnd you thought Dune was dense.
  32. trailer mix
    BBC’s The War of the Worlds Trailer: Definitely Do Not Keep CalmThis British invasion involves a lot more giant mechanical spiders.
  33. adaptations
    A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Series Is Headed to HuluFormer Lost showrunner Carlton Cuse is involved.
  34. What Adam Scott and Sanaa Lathan Love About The Twilight ZoneHere’s a twist, it’s not the twists!
  35. open the pod bay doors
    ‘Depressed in Space Alone’ Is My Favorite Movie GenreNothing is more peaceful than movies about people who are floating through the ether, grasping for meaning and finding only the chilly abyss.
  36. tv
    Black Mirror Writer Making an Anthology Series About Love in the Future for AMCComing in 2020.
  37. the industry
    Mahershala Ali Joins Sci-Fi Sovereign, Presumably the Opposite of Green BookFrom A Quiet Place writers Scott Beck and Bryan Woods.
  38. trailer mix
    High Life Trailer: In Space No One Can Hear You Scream, But We All Know You AreYour scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could send André 3000 and a baby to space, they didn’t stop to ask if they should.
  39. comics
    Author Nnedi Okorafor Talks LaGuardia, Wakanda, and … Garfield?The sci-fi/fantasy novelist has been blazing trails in comics.
  40. best of 2018
    The 10 Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of 2018Sentient plants, a telepathic key, obsessive-compulsive zombies and other avatars of our broken world.
  41. obits
    Douglas Rain, Voice of 2001: A Space Odyssey’s HAL 9000, Dead at 90Primarily a stage performer, the actor received a Tony nomination for his turn in 1972’s Vivat! Vivat Regina!
  42. spin-offs
    Michelle Yeoh Confirmed To Lead New Star Trek Spinoff on CBS All AccessHey, there are plenty of places no man has gone before.
  43. interior decoration
    How Doctor Who Designed Its Brand-new TARDISAn inside tour of the Thirteenth Doctor’s ride. Custard-cream dispenser, anyone?
  44. new york comic con 2018
    The Best Philip K. Dick Adaptations, According to His Daughter Isa Dick HackettIncluding Blade Runner, of course.
  45. sci-fi
    Is Your Sci-Fi Genocide Allegory Helping or Hurting?Exploring the grand tradition of screen entertainment using sci-fi as a platform for anti-imperialist metaphor — without quite sticking the landing.
  46. cancellations
    USA Cancels Colony After 3 SeasonsThe show was previously USA’s top scripted series on Thursday nights.
  47. the industry
    Jordan Peele’s New Sci-Fi Show Weird City Is Headed to YouTubeThe anthology series will debut sometime in 2019.
  48. 2001 a space odyssey
    How 2001: A Space Odyssey Has Influenced Pop Culture, 50 Years Later2001 casts an enormous shadow on the last half-century of pop culture, influencing everything from sci-fi films to special effects to soundtracks.
  49. trailer mix
    Syfy’s Nightflyers Trailer: George R.R. Martin Presents Space“It’s Psycho in space.” Well, don’t mind if we do.
  50. vulture lists
    Every Major Sci-Fi Influence in Altered CarbonThe Netflix sci-fi epic is a melting pot of Blade Runner, The Matrix, and much more.
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