As Sagan said in his 1978 opinion piece, “The greatest human significance of science fiction may be as thought experiments, as attempts to minimize future shock, as contemplations of alternative ...

Speculative fiction is a broad and beloved genre, ... This open-world space adventure is set in a procedurally-generated ...

"Speculative fiction lives in the space where real life and make-believe converge, allowing for interplanetary travel, time travel and the undead to come out and play." As Wood noted, works of ...

Seattle is home to Clarion West, a literary non-profit that specializes in speculative fiction. And on July 12, it's ...

Christian speculative fiction struggles to get onto bookstore shelves. So the genre is opening other portals to readers. The annual Realm Makers gathering—held in 2024 at a Sheraton in St. Louis ...

Speculative fiction thrives on imagination, with its settings, tropes, ... After all, holding space for fresh perspectives is integral to Ambedkarite thought. ...

New Speculative Fiction About the Villainous Power of Universities. ... $18.99) is a far-future fable set on spaceships stratified into rigid social hierarchies, written with her usual sly and ...

The year’s best speculative fiction includes a fantasy novel by Kelly Link, ... This is a stand-alone sequel to “The Space Between Worlds,” Johnson’s postapocalyptic debut.