Science fiction stories take place in a world that is different to our own. The story might be set in space, in the future and about new technology or a scientific innovation. Science fiction ...

Local resident Richard Cutler is the author of what has been described as “speculative fiction.” This is a subgenre of science fiction of which there are many genres including horror and space cowboy ...

Science fiction emerged nearly 300 ... This novel is a perfect example of “cosy catastrophe” British fiction. As rival author Brian Aldiss famously describes, the hero indulges himself in ...

But the task of science ... fiction,” says novelist Cory Doctorow, whose clients have included Disney and Tesco. “There is nothing weird about a company doing this—commissioning a story ...

I think what science fiction offers is a safe sandbox where we can game out possible future scenarios, imagining unexpected secondary and tertiary effects of new technologies and policies. A great ...

Link's lecture will conclude with a brief introduction to one of the greatest 20th-century science fiction writers, Philip K. Dick, with special attention paid to his short story The Electric Ant.