Science fiction is one of the most popular types of fiction out there right now. The genre is defined as anything that ...

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A collection of stories set in George R. R. Martin’s Wild Cards universe and a novel from The Expanse author James S. A. Corey are among the science-fiction books we’re looking forward to this month ...

If you are emerging from post-holiday stupors in desperate need of fresh horizons and new worlds to explore, then I have some great new science fiction for your bedside table. We have some big names ...

Whether you’re looking for a classic or the latest and greatest, start here. By The New York Times Books Staff The year’s best speculative fiction includes a fantasy novel by Kelly Link, alien epics ...

Sci-fi stories are great, but some books are so complex you need to read them twice (or more!) to fully understand them.

In these science fiction books, extraterrestrial beings are sympathetic, horrifying and everything in between.

Popular science fiction has long shaped public understanding of scientific possibility, yet studies suggest that many widely recognized sci-fi concepts depart significantly from established physics. A ...

Two different ways to tell the same story.

It can be funny to look at science fiction writing of the past and see what people thought the twenty-first century would be ...