Science Fiction

chat room Jan. 25, 2021

The Expanse’s Dominique Tipper on Naomi Nagata’s Hard Time in ‘Hard Vacuum’“I had these pain charts, and I just had to think about every single ounce of it, then throw it all away, take what I knew, and perform it.”

By Clint Worthington

timey wimey Jan. 3, 2021

Doctor Who Season 13 Teaser: The Companion Is Daddy NowIntroducing John Bishop and his good head of hair.

By Rebecca Alter

trailer mix Oct. 27, 2020

Is George Clooney Actually Santa in The Midnight Sky Trailer?The beard! The snow!

By Rebecca Alter

movie review Oct. 2, 2020

Possessor Is a Spectacularly Violent Sci-Fi Thriller From David Cronenberg’s SonBrandon Cronenberg claims more territory on behalf of Canadian sci-fi and horror in his second film.

By Alison Willmore

movie review Aug. 14, 2020

Sputnik Is a Thoughtful, If Modest, Russian Riff on AlienWe’ll take it.

By Bilge Ebiri

tv review Aug. 10, 2020

In Lovecraft Country, Monsters Past and Present ConvergeA present-tense correction of science fiction’s racist past, the new HBO series is what academics would call a “rich text.”

By Matt Zoller Seitz

books Aug. 3, 2020

George R.R. Martin Accused of Racism, Generally Sucking After Hosting HugosHe repeatedly referenced John Campbell, an editor so problematic an award formerly named for him was renamed just last year.

By Madison Malone Kircher

vulture recommends Dec. 3, 2019

Now’s the Time to Make The Expanse Your New Epic ObsessionAmazon has gone all in on the former Syfy series, and with two new seasons of outer-space intrigue on the horizon, maybe you will too.

By Alicia Lutes

Aug. 13, 2019

Watch a User Experience Expert React to Sci-fi Operating SystemsHow long until we can buy those Minority Report gloves?

By Noah Kim

tca press tour Aug. 1, 2019

Star Trek: Discovery Writers to Reboot The Man Who Fell to EarthIt was a David Bowie movie, now it’ll be a CBS All Access TV show.

By Josef Adalian

tv review July 26, 2019

Another Life Is a Clumsy Muddle of Superior Science-Fiction StoriesThe new Netflix series can’t seem to make up its mind whether to be smart and challenging or trashy and shallow.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

adaptations July 24, 2019

A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Series Is Headed to HuluFormer Lost showrunner Carlton Cuse is involved.

By Megh Wright

best of 2018 Dec. 14, 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.

By Jaime Green

Apr. 20, 2018

How Close Are We To Real-Life Westworld Robots?And how should we treat them when we get them?

By Granger Willson

Oct. 12, 2017

Do Androids Dream of Colossal Women?On Blade Runner 2049, and why we keep imagining a future where our cities play host to gigantic, nude, nameless women.

By Emily Yoshida

surprise releases Aug. 17, 2017

Brand New’s Fifth Studio Album, Science Fiction, Is Out Right Now (Yes, Now!)It’s the band’s first studio album since 2009.

By Jordan Crucchiola

science fiction Feb. 3, 2017

Tom DeLonge Is Directing a Sci-Fi Movie About a ‘Tribe of Broken Youth’It’s based on his YA franchise about skateboarding teens who investigate the paranormal.

By Hunter Harris

the end is nigh Apr. 17, 2016

Neil Gaiman Adapting His Novel Good Omens for TVA posthumously found letter from Terry Pratchett urged Gaiman to go on with the project.

By Greg Cwik

sci-fi drama Oct. 30, 2015

Neill Blomkamp: Alien Out, Prometheus InAll is fair in love and aliens.

By Devon Ivie

books Aug. 23, 2015

How This Year’s Hugo Awards Got HijackedScience fiction has its Gamergate moment, led by a bunch of mostly white, mostly male writers calling themselves the “Sad Puppies.”

By Greg Cwik

Mar. 4, 2015