Blade Runner, Akira, and The Running Man all offer dystopian views of 2019. That says something about the present we’re currently living—but not in the way you think
The literary blend of horror, fantasy and sci-fi is in the mainstream spotlight, with VanderMeer’s Annihilation now a Hollywood production
Guillermo Del Toro’s movie embodies what’s wrong with a certain school of self-satisfied, performatively socially conscious filmmaking
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Terry Pratchett, who wrote more than 70 books, may be best remembered for his Discworld series
Edan Lepucki’s California, though it got a boost from Stephen Colbert, doesn’t leave enough to the imagination
Canadian researchers help isolate and store antimatter
Are bigger comic cons better? Veterans Stan Lee and Lloyd Kaufman tackle the issue.
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Whether alien culture resembles our own depends on one big question: do they have sex?
This Bradbury short story published in Maclean’s in 1949 brings together the world’s great horror and fantasy writers, their ghoulish creations, rocket ships and, of course, Mars