From intergalactic adventures to fantasy romance, these 17 books will sweep you away to new worlds.
(Ron Walotsky’s cover for the 1968 edition) 4/5 (collated rating: Good) By the late 60s Kate Wilhelm’s SF moved from generally uninspiring pulp (à la the collection The Mile-Long Spaces…
Speculative fiction is hard to define but in this article, we have provided 7 great novels that help mark the genre's boundaries - find your next read in this article.
Every day our reality becomes a bit more dystopian. Here are thirteen speculative fiction books that could be real - they're not far enough beyond the pale at all!
Speculative Fiction—an all-encompassing genre created to describe stories of science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, and other stories that have an element of “What if...” in them. A story in speculative fiction is one that adds an element of the unreal, or asks, what would become of our society if history took a different direction at some important event? Fiction with a little something extra thrown in.—William D. Richards
Seeking the strange and unusual? Look to these structurally unconventional speculative fiction novels that diverge from the familiar.
A wide-ranging discussion about how speculative fiction imagines the future—and grapples with the present.
Every day our reality becomes a bit more dystopian. Here are thirteen speculative fiction books that could be real - they're not far enough beyond the pale at all!
When the Sparrow Falls by Neil Sharpson; A Strange and Brilliant Light by Eli Lee; Robot by Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg; Come Closer by Sara Gran; The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig and The 22 Murders of Madison May by Max Barry
What is speculative fiction? You may get a different answer depending on who you ask. Read on to explore this concept, along with examples.
(Roger Phillips’ cover for the 1972 edition) 3.5/5 (Good) “[Lens] Rossman’s narrative is both single-minded and rambling, a tangle of facts and fantasies, distorted sexuality, obs…
In terms of new book releases, 2024 has so much to offer. This list will have your reading pile groaning with excitement and you might need a bigger bookshelf.
(Steve Weston’s cover for the 1st edition) 4/5 (Good) Fantasy and science fiction that deploys geographical and urban allegory—Italo Calvino-esque cities balanced over chasms, the skele…
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This year’s offering of scifi and fantasy crime fiction leans heavily towards alternative history and near-future imaginings, but with plenty of bizarre and magical detours into the just plai…
(Uncredited cover for the 1963 edition of Doomsday, 1999 (variant title: Midge), Paul MacTyre) Behold Part II of my popular series on the doomed city in science fiction cover art (see Part I). A d…
As most of you may know, I’m a speculative fiction writer. You’ve probably seen my tagline. It says that I write about dragons, ghosts and spaceships. Sometimes I write about the ghosts of dragons …
A sci-fi thriller from the future. War of A.I is a story about the struggle between machines and human society. A graphic novel portraying a grim reality of our government and the elites. A tale from the future about our present! Get your humanoid copy today! Free on Kindle.
(Uncredited cover for the 1959 edition of We Who Survived (1959), Sterling Noel) One of many ways science fiction authors speculate about the end (or beginning of the end/or an apocalyptic hurdle) …
