Category: Science Fiction

Three psycho-spiritual “events” of the 1970s — involving Philip K. Dick, Robert Anton Wilson, and Terence and Dennis McKenna — had a strange synchronicity.

“I sometimes wonder if this continent of ice is begging for a different kind of story to be told about it.”

Ann and Jeff Vandermeer discuss talking animals, the weird/fantasy divide, and the ‘rate of fey’ as an organizing principle in their new anthology of classic fantasy.

Weed? Turns out it’s tricky to grow your own.

In the past few years the world of UFO “researchers” has been afflicted by the kinds of conspiratorial cracks that have appeared throughout American culture: Who can be trusted?

Ann Leckie talks about “The Raven Tower,” the erasure of women writers from the canon, the privilege inherent to ‘the anxiety of influence,’ and the power of tradition.

Man Booker winner Marlon James immersed himself in African myths and history, so he could use that world as a springboard for a new fantasy series.

“I always say, If there is a $50,000 bill flying around, someone is going to try to catch it.”

We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in science and tech.

Read an excerpt adapted from Alec Nevala-Lee’s book, Astounding.

Sjón’s “CoDex 1962” is the fulfillment of a pact he made with the Maharal of Prague in the Old Jewish Cemetery almost three decades ago.

In Ling Ma’s “Severance” — a novel she began to write after getting laid off, while living partly on severance pay — the characters keep going to work, even though they know it’s the end of the world.

Her planet/self-help guide for activists, “Emergent Strategy,” is going mainstream — maybe even in time to save the world.

High-stakes time travel adventure from sci-fi writer Jo Lindsay Walton.

Ursula K. Le Guin may no longer publish fiction, but that hasn’t stopped her from writing.