This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Fans of science fiction offer an unusual opportunity to study that rare bird—a “public” view of science in history. Of course science fiction ...

Scientists recently announced they had found potential signs of life on a planet 124 light years from Earth. While the bold claim has been challenged, the mere prospect is enough to inflame a ...

To increase access to the fan culture that was integral to the rise of science fiction in the 20th century, the University of Iowa Libraries is digitizing 10,000 fanzines. The project, announced last ...

CHENGDU, China (AP) — For a few days in October 2023, the capital of the science fiction world was Chengdu, China. Fans traveled from around the world as Worldcon, sci-fi ’s biggest annual event, was ...

“The Science in Science Fiction: 83 SF Predictions That Became Scientific Reality” by Robert Bly, 2005, BenBella Books, Inc., $ 24, hardbound, 367 pages: Written by the author of “The Unauthorized ...

LOS ANGELES — Sci-fi, Magick, Queer L.A.: Sexual Science and the Imagi-Nation at the University of California (USC) Fisher Museum of Art, organized with ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, begins by ...

Worldcon, the world's oldest and most influential sci-fi gathering, was held in China for the first time this year. — © AFP Worldcon, the world's oldest and most ...