The delights of “Dungeon Crawler Carl” and other adventures that conjure worlds too big for one volume.

People sometimes say science fiction basks in optimism for a better future, while fantasy is about nostalgia for an imaginary past. But this year’s most notable fantasy books worked to uncover ...

1. In 1956, when I was 8 years old and attending my first sleepaway camp, I began reading the Tom Swift Jr. series. The plots, concocted by a stream of ghostwriters who published under the ...

In “Amazing Worlds! : The Science Fiction Art of Randall Ensley,” on display at The Art Studio, Inc. though Nov. 28, the artist explores stories of fantastical voyages. Ensley is an award ...

Science fiction in the 1970s and 80s had a sensuality ... which made sense as he had made his name as an industrial designer creating concept art and advertising visuals for car, tire and steel ...

Science fiction and religion walking—or jetting ... an energetic deism illustrated by the greeting: "Share Water. Thou Art God." While the novel as a novel has its structural flaws—it ...

escaping the insular science fiction community to spark yet another round of internet debate about whether or not AI can create good art. “I’ve never had a tweet go viral like that before ...

But the task of science fiction is not to predict the future. Rather, it contemplates possible futures. Writers may find the future appealing precisely because it can’t be known, a black box ...

Science fiction author Ted Chiang wrote the short story ... you were making the argument that AI is not going to be making great art. Can you walk us through your thinking, your argument, about ...

And art is objects that we enjoy ... Science Council about the creative process and societal impact of science fiction. Many thanks go to the artists and musicians who have kindly agreed to ...