Science Fiction
Nothing Takes the Place of You
As Selena Quintanilla awoke from a night of bad dreams she found herself transformed into a posthumous pop cultural icon.
Motherboard Does Dune
Our most durable science fiction mythology predicted the future, or maybe created it, and we're going to talk about it.
Why Do We Talk About Mass Effect's Asari as if They Are Women?
The uni-gender race serves to stand-in for alien women across the galaxy, but they also show how easily the series slips into fearful stereotype.
Pandemics and Aliens: Sci-Fi Writer Liu Cixin Says the Dystopian Future Is Now
"The future is full of unexpected and unprecedented developments. Who knows if aliens will come next?”
'Black Lightning' Makes Me Wish All Black People Had Superpowers
The show creates a universe beyond the empty promise of "thoughts and prayers," giving us a hero dedicated to protecting Black lives.
I’ve Never Watched Star Wars, So I Asked Fans to Convince Me Why I Should
On May the Fourth, I finally try to figure out what I’ve been missing all these years.
Drones to Ploughshares
In a near future, a surveillance drone serving an authoritarian state is captured—and offered a new lease on sentience.
The 2030 Last-Minute Christmas Gift Guide
From a Tier 1 Zone Day Pass to see how the 1% lives to the final installment in the Marvel vs Star Wars saga—these are *the* gifts of 2030.
Epstein Truthers Are Obsessed With a Sci-Fi Book About Child Sex Slavery Written by Bill Barr’s Dad
I bought a novel by Donald Barr about sex slaves in space for $1.95. Now, it’s worth hundreds.