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Could a sci-fi writer win the Nobel Prize for Literature?

Could a sci-fi writer win the Nobel Prize for Literature?

Ursula K. Le Guin, Ray Bradbury and Samuel R. Delany are worthy candidates.
 
Do classic science fiction stories still matter?

Do classic science fiction stories still matter?

We still care about Jane Austen and H. P. Lovecraft—so why not Edmond Hamilton?
 
<i>The Quiet War</i> reminds us of Bruce Sterling mixed with John Varley

The Quiet War reminds us of Bruce Sterling mixed with John Varley

Paul McAuley's The Quiet War features killer clones and wired battle pilots in a posthuman future.
 
Review: How <i>Cult Magazines</i> kept us connected before there were blogs

Review: How Cult Magazines kept us connected before there were blogs

A loving look at everything from Doc Savage to Weird Tales, from Galaxy to Famous Monsters of Filmland.
 
Review: Karl Schroeder continues his alien epic in <i>The Sunless Countries</i>

Review: Karl Schroeder continues his alien epic in The Sunless Countries

Karl Schroeder calls The Sunless Countries "the fourth book in the Virga trilogy."
 
Review: After 20 years, Ben Bova completes his <em>Voyagers</em> saga

Review: After 20 years, Ben Bova completes his Voyagers saga

The Return concludes a quartet of novels that crosses Lost in Space with 2001: A Space Odyssey.
 
Review: Why Fletcher Hanks was much too weird for comic books

Review: Why Fletcher Hanks was much too weird for comic books

You Shall Die By Your Own Evil Creation! is filled with bizarre sci-fi supermen.
 
Review: What can <em>Warbreaker</em> tell us about <em>Wheel of Time</em>?

Review: What can Warbreaker tell us about Wheel of Time?

Does Brandon Sanderson's newest novel offer hints as to how he'll finish Robert Jordan's massive series?
 
Review: Robert Silverberg looks back on a life spent in the future

Review: Robert Silverberg looks back on a life spent in the future

Robert Silverberg's quasi-autobiography shows how a Grand Master was made.
 
Review: Peter F. Hamilton builds his biggest space opera yet in  <em>The Temporal Void</em>

Review: Peter F. Hamilton builds his biggest space opera yet in The Temporal Void

Peter F. Hamilton builds big. Big concepts, big characters, big events. And that's really the only way to go with...
 
New Wave icon J.G. Ballard dead at 78

New Wave icon J.G. Ballard dead at 78

On Sunday April 19, 2009, after a protracted and courageous battle with prostate cancer, James Graham Ballard succumbed to his...
 
Review: <em>Last Unicorn</em>'s Peter S. Beagle turns trickster in latest collection

Review: Last Unicorn's Peter S. Beagle turns trickster in latest collection

The now-nearly-forgotten SF writer Lloyd Biggle once asked an editor, "What kind of story do you need from me this...
 
Review: Walter Jon Williams warns that  <em>This Is Not a Game</em>

Review: Walter Jon Williams warns that This Is Not a Game

If Cory Doctorow, Bruce Sterling and Charles Stross know what's good for them, they'll check their residences for eavesdropping devices....
 
Review: Death comes to  <em>Futurama</em> as the crew heads <em>Into the Wild Green Yonder</em>

Review: Death comes to Futurama as the crew heads Into the Wild Green Yonder

No, Into the Wild Green Yonder, the fourth direct-to-DVD installment of Futurama, does not suck as much as the third...
 
Philip K. Dick's

Philip K. Dick's "new" novel and 5 other posthumous collaborations

Tessa Dick, Philip K. Dick fifth wife, announced last month that she had completed the manuscript of The Owl in...
 
Review: Aliens apologize to Earth in Nancy Kress' <em>Steal Across the Sky</em>

Review: Aliens apologize to Earth in Nancy Kress' Steal Across the Sky

Of all the hot-button topics that SF can address, religion surely has to be number one. Consider Robert Heinlein's Stranger...
 

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