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Actor Gary Lockwood on set with director Stanley Kubrick during the filming of “2001: A Space Odyssey.”
American Icons
American Icons: ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ — Part One
Chinese sci-fi blockbuster The Wandering Earth is coming to Netflix.
The World in Words
The sci-fi of another language
Sun Ra
Space is the place
Sci-fi motherhood.
Arts, Culture & Media
How I learned to stop worrying and love the mom
Flying Cars and Tricorders: How Sci-Fi Invented the Present
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Flying Cars and Tricorders: How Sci-Fi Invented the Present
Full Episode
Arts, Culture & Media
Shakespeare and Sandman
Arts, Culture & Media
The Telling
Arts, Culture & Media
Sci-Fi Genome
Arts, Culture & Media
Space Age Obsession
Arts, Culture & Media
Left Behind
Arts, Culture & Media
Left Behind
Arts, Culture & Media
Special Guest: Ursula K. Le Guin
Arts, Culture & Media
Special Guest: Sir Ridley Scott
Arts, Culture & Media
What’s in a Name?
Arts, Culture & Media
Richard Linklater
Arts, Culture & Media
Battlestar Iraqtica
Arts, Culture & Media
Battlestar Iraqtica
Arts, Culture & Media
Bonus Track: Harlan Ellison uncut
Arts, Culture & Media
More with Moore
Arts, Culture & Media
These Aren’t the Droids
Arts, Culture & Media
Black Mirror: Coming to America
Arts, Culture & Media
The Creator of “Black Mirror” Likes to Be Feverish, Paranoid, and Angry
Arts, Culture & Media
“Blood Music”
Arts, Culture & Media
Real-Life Battle Mechs to Duke It Out
Arts, Culture & Media
“Blood Music”
Arts, Culture & Media
Synthetic Biology in Pop Culture
Media
The very real science behind ‘The Expanse’
Kevin Costner stars in the post-apocalyptic film "The Postman", based on the 1985 novel of the same name by David Brin.
Arts
Can science fiction help prevent a nuclear war?
Girl reading a book under a tree
Books
The best science fiction books for your summer reading list
Ken Liu
Books
Ken Liu’s fiction draws on Chinese radio, Greek myths and American sci-fi
Space
Books
The Harry Potter of China wins English language sci-fi award
Science fiction Star Trek paintings.
Technology
It’s a Star Trek and Blade Runner future, we’re just living in it
Designing Life: Art Meets Synthetic Biology
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"Female" robots Tessy and Tess wear white stiletto heels and pole dance during a demonstration at the Tobit Software stand at the 2014 CeBIT trade fair in Hanover, Germany.
Technology
The ‘sexy robot’ idea has a long history. Is it also the future of loneliness?
Leonard Nimoy, cast member of the new film "Star Trek Into Darkness," poses as he arrives at the film's premiere in Hollywood on May 14, 2013.
Culture
Leonard Nimoy, ‘Star Trek”s Spock, dies at 83
SimCity still
Arts, Culture & Media
The newest version of the SimCity video game franchise offers players two divergent paths
A 21-foot tall model of the Transformers character Optimus Prime is displayed on the red carpet before the world premiere of the film "Transformers: Age of Extinction" in Hong Kong.
Arts, Culture & Media
Some sci-fi writers want fewer killer robots and more vision for the future
Daniel H. Wilson
Environment
After the robot apocalypse, what else could go wrong?
HR Giger poses with two of his works at his museum in Chur, Switzerland. Photograph: Arno Balzarini/AP
Arts, Culture & Media
The life and work of surrealist genius, H.R.Giger
Environment
Soon, computers will become more intelligent than us. Then what?
Arts, Culture & Media
Elvish, Hobbit language, perhaps most detailed of fictional languages
Arts, Culture & Media
Music festival, conference set to celebrate steampunk
Arts, Culture & Media
Hunger Games makes big splash, breaks box office records with debut
Arts, Culture & Media
Hunger Games fans prepare for upcoming movie release with films of their own creation
Arts, Culture & Media
Science fiction author China Miéville discusses ‘Embassytown’
Arts, Culture & Media
Author Samuel R. Delany on the evolution of sci-fi
Arts, Culture & Media
Duncan Jones and his film “Moon”
Environment
Warp Speed Ahead!
Arts, Culture & Media
Sci-fi at the UN
Arts, Culture & Media
Apocalyptic fiction
Arts, Culture & Media
Genre Busters
Arts, Culture & Media
The future of science fiction
New Movie Releases: ‘Evil Dead,’ ‘Jurassic Park 3D’ and ‘No Place on Earth’
Some Republicans Changing Their Tune on Immigration
Arts, Culture & Media
Human Intelligence: A Holiday Tale
Arts, Culture & Media
Beyond Elvish
Essay: Life in Danger’s Path
Arts, Culture & Media
They’re Made Out of Meat
Remembering Ray Bradbury