The first science fiction course in the American academy was held in the early 1950s. In the sixty years since, science fiction has become a recognized and established literary genre with a ...

The explosion of the New Wave was the explosion of the genre itself. Aldiss senses a "rapprochement" with the mainstream, the return from the "ghetto of Retarded Boyhood" and asserts "Science Fiction ...

Jean-Marc Gouanvic. La science-fiction française au XXe siècle (1900-1968): Essai de socio-poétique d'un genre en émergence. Amsterdam: Editions Rodolpi B.V. (USA orders: 800-225-3998), 1994. 292pp.

Atwood’s popular trilogy opens up the genre to a new audience not previously familiar with sci-fi. The author terms her work as speculative, rather than science, fiction meaning that scenarios ...

The long-term exclusion of people of colour from science fiction offers up an interesting paradox. Getty Images How can a genre that imagines a future of infinite possibilities be seemingly unable ...

Please verify your email address. Despite featuring blood, gore, and other gruesome content, some horror games might have a chance to be adapted into fun LEGO games. The intersection of science ...

Author Jude Berman explains what visionary fiction is, why she writes it, and shares her vision for the genre.

As genres, science fiction and fantasy have always been a bit of a boy’s club. Paperback book covers feature muscled men ...

From Harlan Ellison to Haruki Murakami, via an intergalactic cooking competition, this month has plenty of science fictional treats on offer ...

A new crop of Sci-Fi shows is blurring and expanding the genre's boundaries in ways that echo our current reality.