Science Fiction

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  • A life well spent, reviewing Neal Stephenson

    "Anathem" does not disappoint. Unless you have a problem with philosophy
  • "The X-Files: I Want to Believe"

    This suspenseful, intimate movie reminds us why we've always believed in Mulder and Scully.
  • Scully have I loved

    Fox Mulder was brilliant and sexy in "The X-Files" -- but it's Dana Scully who has my heart.
  • Remembering Thomas M. Disch

    In his many dark, satirical, heretical books, the pioneering science fiction author contemplated death with elegant despair.
  • Everything you were afraid to ask about "Battlestar Galactica"

    A complete (updated!) 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."
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