It's the start of a new season, and that means plenty of new fantasy and sci-fi books to add to your bookshelf. Here are 13 ...

In Dealing with Feeling, the latest work of speculative fiction by Marc Brackett, the fantasy is simple: What if, at long last, we could tame the human heart? What if we overcame “the biggest obstacle ...

The great thrill of reading science fiction is encountering wild new ideas — or challenging new spins on familiar ones. Plenty of sci-fi books use robots and spaceships merely as a backdrop for a fun ...

Do you want to travel to Mars, to an alternate version of 1939 London or even to the very far future? If so, then February’s science fiction is for you, with all three flavours on offer from our ...

“The future takes care of itself and decides what’s important,” explains John Scalzi. It’s a theory he applies to all kind of art: music, visual art, literature. The example he uses on the afternoon I ...

Today we're bringing you a beginner's guide to reading science fiction and fantasy from our friends at NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour and Life Kit. Want To Start Reading Sci-Fi And Fantasy? Here's A ...

One of my most anticipated books of the year is out this month: a collection of short stories set in the post-apocalyptic devastation of Stephen King’s The Stand. I love a good end-times story, and ...

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Reading novels goes far beyond fun or aesthetic pleasure: cutting-edge science demonstrates the great benefits of fiction; it makes us more critical, develops our empathy, combats the distraction ...

With this month marking Dune’s 60th anniversary, CU Boulder’s Benjamin Robertson discusses the book’s popular appeal while highlighting the dramatic changes science fiction experienced following its ...

Key points Reading fiction can spur growth and self-development. Exiting our self-narratives and simulating others’ mental states is behind the mechanism of fiction’s transformational powers. Reading ...