Apocalypse Now: How Television’s Boldest Sci-Fi Shows Are Tackling Contemporary Injustice
By taking place in present-day America, The Leftovers, Black Mirror, and Mr. Robot underscore the country’s most pressing…
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Can ‘Westworld’ Give Us New Ways of Talking About Slavery?
In its first four episodes, HBO’s latest Sunday-night extravaganza takes its postcolonialism seriously. By David Perry Westworld. (Photo: HBO)…
The Literature of Climate Change
A recent boom in “cli-fi” and “post-apocalit” lends an ethical urgency to the threats of global warming. Here’s…
Daniel José Older and Progressive Science Fiction After Gamergate
A conversation with the novelist (and with his pals) about the power of diversity in sci-fi and speculative…
Can the Kremlin’s Bizarre Sci-Fi Stories Tell Us What Russia Really Wants?
Over the past five years, Vladimir Putin’s presidential aide has been publishing fiction under an alias. Desperate for answers, commentators are trying hard to find some meaning in all of the madness.
NASA Discovers Strangely Familiar Planet
Image: NASA NASA’s Kepler probe has discovered a solar system orbiting twin suns. Thrilled scientists announced the discovery of…
Prometheus Adviser Kevin Hand: Aliens’ Advance Man
When Prometheus director Ridley Scott wanted help conceiving his imaginary space creatures, he called one of NASA’s real-life ET-hunters.