H. G. Wells certainly belongs in the pantheon of great science fiction writers. However, Charles Johnson’s review of “The Young H. G. Wells” (Dec. 12) goes too far in crediting him, with Jules Verne ...

Come on, Joe, George Washington decided to quit and we still like and respect him. And we’re still trying to finish the job he started. Sometimes you have to just let the 60 -year-old little tykes do ...

Harm Schoonhoven raises the concern that people in a Mars colony would never be able to return to Earth. This eventuality was covered by The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. In essence, its message ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. As the recent Worldcon 2025 Convention here in Seattle ...

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the May 10, 1980 issue of America as “Science Fiction and Religion.” Science fiction and religion walking—or jetting—hand in hand? Shades of the ...

One of my most anticipated books of the year is out this month: a collection of short stories set in the post-apocalyptic devastation of Stephen King’s The Stand. I love a good end-times story, and ...