Spanning 1960 to 2026, these sci-fi movies simply can't be missed — they've helped define the genre and demonstrate its true ...

New film Gravity promises to rekindle the debate over how "hard" - or accurate - science fiction should be. Should film-makers adhere to basic scientific principles, or should audiences just feel the ...

Science fiction emerged nearly 300 years ago during a time of great advances in science. Since then authors have tried to make sense of their world by imagining what the future will look like.

The use of pulp conventions in The Heart Goes Last undermines Atwood’s claim that speculative fiction is the antithesis of those cheesy, escapist fantasies about talking squids in outer space By ...

Sci-fi helps us think ahead and predicts future technologies, but most importantly it creates debate by asking – what if? You may not immediately believe it, but future technologies are a lot closer ...

Different visions of the future are springing up around the globe. Tom Cassauwers explores what these movements reveal about the places in which they appear – including China, Russia and Africa – and ...

Sometimes, the science fiction and fantasy genres combine well, as classics like Star Wars, Time Bandits, and Nausicaä of the ...

Science fiction writer and editor Gautam Bhatia; and the cover of 'Between Worlds'. (Images via Instagram) Open call for submissions to the second in an annual anthology of Indian science fiction will ...

New film Gravity promises to rekindle the debate over how "hard" - or accurate - science fiction should be. Should film-makers adhere to basic scientific principles, or should audiences just feel the ...