Science fiction fans actually have some great movies to watch to get in the Halloween spirit, including David Cronenberg's ...

Joshua Kristian McCoy is a freelance writer and film critic from the United States. He is a lifelong film buff, a voting member of the Georgia Film Critics Association, a tournament-winning Smash Bros ...

There’s a well-known story in Plato’s Republic in which a humble shepherd named Gyges finds a magical gold ring that renders whoever wears it invisible. Gyges proceeds to use his newfound power to ...

These science fiction villains are far less known than Darth Vader but are among the scariest characters in the genre.

Jeffrey Weinzweig's Contraptions offers readers a thrilling journey through a world of espionage, betrayal, and advanced technology. Among the novel's many intriguing elements are the cutting-edge ...

Seattle author Vonda N. McIntyre’s science fiction reflected an imaginative view of other worlds. (Illustration: SFWA / Microsoft Copilot / Media.io) Decades before the current debates over gender and ...

Science fiction allows artists to speculate about the future through imaginative and technical concepts. But so often the prevailing vision of that future in popular culture tends toward the dystopian ...

“Pop culture has this huge power to shape peoples’ thinking,” says Timnit Gebru, a leading AI researcher working on the implications of bias in artificial intelligence. Science-fiction movies, TV ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. For decades, science fiction enthusiasts have been fascinated by the limitless possibilities ...