Fantasy author Mary Robinette Kowal has been running an informal experiment over the course of her travels. Whenever she stops by an airport bookstore, she counts the books in the science fiction and ...

Science fiction did not come about by chance; rather, it was shaped by the minds of writers who went beyond what human minds were capable of imagining and explored what science meant for mankind. Even ...

When NASA offered Aisha Bowe a job as an aerospace engineer, she said no. Though it was her dream, she didn’t feel she belonged there. As a kid, Bowe struggled with academics and impostor syndrome—a ...

Science fiction, you (allegedly) have a sexism problem. In an incisive article for the The Guardian's book blog, Damien Walter lays out a stark gender disparity: of the 29 Grandmasters of Science ...

December is traditionally a quiet month in publishing, and that holds true this year, with fewer than the usual number of new books out to tempt us sci-fi nerds. There are some novels that sound like ...

Dr. Omotoyosi Odukomaiya specializes in Black science fiction and women’s literature, with a teaching focus at Hope College on American ethnic literature, Black science fiction and women’s literature.