Sci-fi master Robert A. Heinlein’s most famous book, Stranger in a Strange Land, is now more than fifty years old.

May is a great month for sci-fi and fantasy lovers. A big part of that comes from the Star Wars fandom celebrating May 4th, and this year's release of The Manda ...

Editor's note, 3/24 — This article has been updated with even more books, because let's be real, there is always more room on the TBR pile. One can never have too many fantasy and sci-fi books to read ...

Some sci-fi writers are skilled enough to carefully build an intricate world across sagas spanning ten or more books.

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 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 ...

Emily H. Wilson is wild for this sci-fi novel: I’ve not heard our sci-fi columnist recommend a book so wholeheartedly in all the time she’s written for us. It follows Mawukana na-Vdnaze, a deep-space ...

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 ...

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