Science Fiction

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Everything you were afraid to ask about "Battlestar Galactica"
A complete primer on the smartest sci-fi TV show ... maybe ever.
The last rendezvous with Arthur C. Clarke
Back in the day, 50 cents would get your mind blown. Thanks for the psycho-computers and ominous aliens, Arthur.
Still has a mouth, and still must scream
Science-fiction legend Harlan Ellison on the new movie starring himself as a "funny, weird old guy" -- and how the WGA wound up as Hollywood's "bitches."
Paul Krugman flies to outer space
A science fiction geek's delight: Aliens, interest rates, relativity theory and Isaac Asimov jokes
Dumbledore? Gay. J.K. Rowling? Chatty.
What happens when authors like J.K. Rowling can't stop telling their own stories?
Science fiction wins a Nobel
Dystopian futures don't just belong to the cyberpunks. Doris Lessing could play post-apocalyptic with the best of them.
L'Engle's last wrinkle
Madeleine L'Engle wrote children's books that were too complicated for grown-ups. I'll miss her.
Now romancer
William Gibson has been hailed as a prophet and a futurist, but his eye is on the present moment. He talks to Salon about virtual readings, emerging technology and his new novel -- set in 2006.
Summer reads
Thrills and chills: These mysteries and science fiction novels will transport you to a higher plane.
Back to the future
Science fiction promised us a tomorrowland of jetpacks, Smell-O-Vision and male mammary implants. So what happened?
Killer smog invades children's fantasy
Pollution is evil in China Mieville's newest novel. The kids will understand.
"Un Lun Dun"
The imaginative world of an alternative London created by China Mieville just may take adults back to their slack-jawed, book-drunk days of youth.
"James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon"
Julie Phillips introduces the fascinating subject of her biography: A sophisticated, adventurous woman who wrote science fiction like a sophisticated, adventurous man.
Stranger than science fiction
Before JT Leroy there was James Tiptree Jr. -- the writer and alter ego of Alice Sheldon, a beautiful woman who struggled under the weight of her talent, depression and sexuality.
Plague wars and border wars
Mexico, the U.S. and "The Patron Saint of Plagues."
Remembering Octavia Butler
The great African-American science fiction writer saw herself as a reclusive outsider, but to her peers she was a beloved insider.
Science fiction for women
Newsweek says spaceships are fun for both genders.
The New Work meets the Old Economy
Kodacell's in trouble, but Andrea's on a new story: Russian biotech weight-loss clinics. Chapter 10 of "Themepunks."
Robot jungle gyms and the New Work
Rat-Toothed Freddy is up to no good, while Lester is a man transformed. Chapter 9 of "Themepunks."
Teach a man to replicate
In the midst of death and mayhem, Perry thinks up the ultimate killer app. Chapter 8 of "Themepunks."
Remixing the shantytown
Can Kodacell save the homeless? Chapter 7 of "Themepunks."
The blogger as starmaker
Never mind the inventors -- Andrea's posts make things happen. Chapter 6 of "Themepunks."
Making the panopticon user-friendly
Lester solves messiness! Chapter 5 of "Themepunks."
The last frontier: Roommate ware
Andrea abandons Silicon Valley, knockoff kitchen gnomes from Eastern Europe flood the market, and Lester and Perry get their first business plan. Chapter 4 of "Themepunks."
"Strange Itineraries" by Tim Powers
The combination of Powers' noir-existentialist worldview with elements of SF, fantasy and literary fiction makes these nine stories truly unique.
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