There is a long tradition in science fiction of aliens and assorted creatures as metaphorical expressions — among the boldest examples is the monster from the Id in “Forbidden Planet,” from ...

I’m not sure if 2024 had a novel, like 2022’s “Babel” or 2023’s “Fourth Wing,” that took the world by storm and reshaped the map of speculative fiction. But this year did have a ...

“This sleek ride of a novel further cements Phillips’s position as one of our most profound writers of speculative fiction,” said The New York Times. This is described as a “genre-bending ...

A new kind of disaster fiction is serving as scenario planning for real global crises. Call it the apocalyptic systems thriller. What if the star of “The Matrix” worked with a sci-fi novelist ...

My argument is that, if you want to write in a language without the appropriate register, you have no option but to continuously invent it, and that this continuous invention is a science fiction ...

Our annual look at the world’s leading cities for research output in Nature Index journals shows China’s major urban centres are moving from strength to strength, but they are now also being ...

Read more The best new science fiction books of October 2024 I missed this one last month, but I’m including it in our ...

The gender gap in the United States also extends to reading. Men are more likely to read nonfiction over fiction, while the opposite is true for women, according to a study conducted by the ...

This chapter is an extension of the investigation of textual ideology in narrative fiction. In the previous chapter, we carried out a critical linguistic analysis to examine the role of modality and ...

Audiolab has announced two new components in its flagship 9000 Series: the Audiolab 9000Q pre-amp, and the 9000P power amp. Priced from £1,099, the separates will be available from December ...

So, we’ve ask the experts to sort fact from science fiction. ‘While mornings might have a slight edge for some people in terms of giving them focus for the day, the best time to exercise is ...

Impact Link Private equity firm KKR is in talks to acquire the publicly listed adtech company Integral Ad Science, three people familiar with the process said. It couldn't be immediately ...