Category: SciFi

Maybe the Cutest Science Fiction Book Ever

In 1931, Czech author Josef Hais Týnecký and illustrator O. Stáfl published the children’s novel The Moon and Beyond. It’s the story of a group […]

Science shows why real space battles would be more Asteroids than Star Wars

You’re probably aware that most sci-fi space battles aren’t realistic. The original Star Wars’ Death Star scene was based on a World War II movie, […]

Classic Science Fiction Book Covers from Hungary Are Mind-Blowing

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The 30 greatest ever designs in sci-fi movies

From prosthetic masks to future costumes, giant starships to alien worlds, the world of science fiction movies offers a unique opportunity to the designer to […]

Whitley Strieber’s Alien Hunter Adaptation Gets Straight To Series Order From Syfy

Syfy is going through something of a reinvention. Over the last few years they’ve gone from being an oasis of genre programing to filling their […]

​8 Things That Prove Star Wars Actually Takes Place In Our Galaxy

It starts “A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…” but is it? Do we really know for sure the events of […]

Pompey UFO Revealed as Publicity Stunt to Promote Sci-Fi Weekend

A story about a UFO being spotted in Portsmouth has been revealed as a hoax.A photo which showed a mysterious object in the sky appeared […]

The 1960s TV Series U.F.O Predicted Today’s Cutting-Edge Military Tech

Yes, this classic show created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson had its share of late-’60s, early-’70s schlock, such as military officers whose mini-skirt uniforms included […]

The Most Complete Chart of Sci-Fi Ships Ever Is Now Complete!

About a year ago, German artist Dirk Löchel created one of the most complete — and supremely nerdy — infographics I’d ever seen. It deservedly […]

The Paradoxes That Define Our Relationship With Science Fiction

Science fiction is the literature of change and discovery. So there are no limits to how far a science fiction story can go… except for […]

Fantasy Novelist Graham Joyce Dies

Graham Joyce, the author of dark, uncanny fantasy novels, has died, according to his publisher. He was 59. Although his novels often dealt with the […]

Doctor Who writer Jane Baker dies, Colin Baker reveals

Doctor Who writer Jane Baker has passed away.Alongside her husband Philip ‘Pip’ Baker, the couple wrote three episodes of the BBC sci-fi drama in the […]

Saturation 70: the Gram Parsons UFO film that never flew

The last thing you’d think of when you hear the name Gram Parsons — the heartbreakingly sensitive singer-songwriter who died aged 26 in 1973 — […]

SyFy to Bring Legendary Sci-Fi Novel to the Screen

Good news, sci-fi fans! Arthur C. Clarke’s classic novel Childhood’s End is making it’s way to our screens – and it doesn’t look we’re going […]

5 Fantasy and Sci-fi Books to Read This September

We’ve nearly reached the end of summer, my friends. Depending on where you’re reading this, folks are headed back to school–if they haven’t begun already–and […]

Time Travel Simulation Resolves “Grandfather Paradox”

On June 28, 2009, the world-famous physicist Stephen Hawking threw a party at the University of Cambridge, complete with balloons, hors d’oeuvres and iced champagne. […]

Doctor Who neuroscience special: the brain of a Time Lord

This Saturday sees the return of Doctor Who and the debut of Peter Capaldi as the 12th Doctor. One of the most enduring qualities of […]

50 Years of Visionary Sci-Fi Computer Interfaces

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Blake’s 7 Concept Art is Totally H.R. Giger

There haven’t been many sci-fi remakes that have gone through more development hell than Blake’s 7. The legendary British series, broadcast on the BBC from […]

Physicists create water tractor beam

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Physicists at The Australian National University have created a tractor beam on water, providing a radical new technique that could confine oil spills, manipulate floating […]

Joe Viskocil, Visual Effects Guru on ‘Star Wars’ Films, Dies at 63

He won an Oscar for ‘Independence Day’ and also worked on two ‘Terminator’ films, ‘Batman Returns’ and ‘Star Trek: Nemesis’ Joe Viskocil, a pyrotechnics expert […]

‘Star Trek’ beer will be assimilated

They boldly brewed what no man has brewed before.That’s right, “Star Trek” fans, you now have your own beer: Klingon Warnog Roggen Dunkel Ale. trad […]

Babylon 5 reboot likely to become big-budget film

According to a report from TV Wise, Babylon 5 showrunner J. Michael Straczynski will shortly begin work on a rebooted big-screen version of his 1990s […]

Praise Be To The Alien-Filled Heavens, Gillian Anderson Has Published A Sci-Fi Novel

The LA Times reports that Gillian Anderson has written her first book, a “supernatural thriller” due in stores this October. Everything about that sentence is […]

Top 20 Sci-Fi Comedies

We can all agree that Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is one of the best space adventure flicks to come along in quite a while, […]