Every year in July, writers and readers of fiction gather for Readercon, in Burlington, Massachusetts. The conference, which has been held every summer for the past quarter century (at least), is ...

The paberback imprint’s nod to its pioneering heyday with a series of classic science fiction works is entirely appropriate, writes Stuart Kelly Between the Era of the Penguin Classics Black Spines ...

It was Grant Storey's love of languages that drew him to computer programming in middle school and Latin in high school. But it was his time at Princeton that allowed him to examine the intersections ...

This ain't rocket science, just some humble suggestions for those rainy days of spring. Now we realize a lot of you out there are going to take a look at this list and say, Ah hah! They went for the ...

Penguin Classics is to launch a new series of world science fiction "to challenge stereotypes about the genre". Penguin Classics is to launch a new series of science fiction—with livery designed by ...

Once a niche pursuit, science fiction is now a global phenomenon. The British Library in London delves into its history and significance in its new exhibition, Out of this World: Science Fiction but ...

Science fiction’s greatest authors have brilliant ideas, storytelling mojo… and plenty of stubbornness. Many of the field’s greatest writers were buried in rejection slips, before they finally broke ...

A fan named Peter Graham once said that the golden age of science fiction is 12. That's true for me, although like many other fans I'd insist that my first exposure to SF happened during the real ...

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