Last Year’s Sci-Fi Was More Genre-Bending Than Ever Clarissa MohamedAugust 23, 20230138 views The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022, which collects 20 of the best fantasy and science fiction stories of the past year, features a wide range of characters and… Read more
‘The Last of Us’ Is a Zombie Story With Heart Clarissa MohamedAugust 23, 20230134 views HBO’s hit series The Last of Us is based on a popular video game from Naughty Dog. Science fiction author Zach Chapman appreciates that the show is a faithful adaptation… Read more
The Dungeons & Dragons Movie Is a First-Rate Comedy Clarissa MohamedAugust 23, 20230133 views The new movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the popular tabletop role-playing game to life with great writing and strong production values. Michael Witwer, author of Empire of… Read more
‘Under Alien Skies’ Will Fuel the Next Generation of Sci-Fi Clarissa MohamedAugust 23, 20230124 views Phil Plait, creator of the popular astronomy blog Bad Astronomy, credits his interest in outer space partly to his childhood love of science fiction movies such as Angry Red Planet… Read more
Robert Asprin Was One of Sci-Fi’s Most Colorful Characters Clarissa MohamedAugust 23, 20230153 views Robert Asprin was a fantasy and science fiction author best known for his humorous Myth Adventures novels, and for coediting the groundbreaking Thieves’ World series of shared-world anthologies. Author and… Read more
Classic Sci-Fi Movies Are Kind of Preachy Clarissa MohamedAugust 23, 20230137 views The 1970s were one of the most overtly political decades for science fiction filmmaking. Humor writer Tom Gerencer grew up watching movies such as Logan’s Run, Silent Running, and Beneath… Read more
‘Rhymer’ Combines Scottish Ballads With Alien Elves Clarissa MohamedAugust 23, 20230132 views Gregory Frost’s fantasy novel Rhymer puts a fresh spin on Thomas the Rhymer, a character from Scottish folklore whose poems were reputed to predict the future. “It’s the origin story… Read more
‘Silo’ Beautifully Adapts One of Sci-Fi’s Best Books Clarissa MohamedAugust 23, 20230120 views The new Apple TV+ series Silo is set in a massive underground complex full of mystery and danger. Screenwriter Rafael Jordan was immediately gripped by the concept of the show.… Read more
John Romero’s ‘Doom’ Memoir Drops You Into Id’s Early Days Clarissa MohamedAugust 23, 20230133 views John Romero, cocreator of the popular first-person shooters Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein 3D is one of the video game industry’s best known designers. In his new book, Doom Guy: Life in First… Read more
Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks Are Still Going Strong Clarissa MohamedAugust 23, 20230134 views Ian Livingstone is the cofounder of Games Workshop, the legendary UK game company behind Warhammer 40,000. In his new book Dice Men: The Origin Story of Games Workshop, Livingstone recounts… Read more