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Haunting and harrowing in its portrayal of existential struggle, Aniara is a wonderfully crafted film recommended for anyone looking for …

On a distant planet called Elone, in the distant future, live two ‘species’ antagonistic to one another. Given their violent …

Captain Vyom, the 1998 sci-fi space opera series, is back digitally remastered and restored the WOW TEENZ youtube channel.

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ is back on the list of bestsellers because of a renewed interest in dystopian literature and a sense of unease about the future.

‘Redshirts’ a fine spoof, a loving tribute to the genre. It’s a meta-fictional reinterpretation of TOS. And you can read it even if you’re not a Star Trek fan.

This brilliant seminal SF novel plays a big role in the real events behind the Oscar-nominated film, but unfairly doesn’t get a mention.

Art Deco flying chairs may not be here yet. But personal jetpacks are not quite far away. And fully immersive …

Here are six of the ones most science fiction worlds that are welcoming enough for a vacation, a backpacking trip or intriguing enough to visit.

Evolution does not necessarily reward intelligence.

Barack Obama took the book along to read on his holiday, and on finishing said, “So that was fun to …

From time-loops and Groundhog Day to the Ramayana; from Flash Gordon to the weird, fantastically imagined world of India in …

Even those with children of their own.

With data rajas, AIs, robots, gods, water wars, nutes, Krishna Cops and divided into a dozen semi-independent states, it’s a familiar-yet-modern India, a hundred years after independence.

On the importance of asking the right questions.

Two days ago was Jagadish Chandra Bose’s 158th birthday, and Google duly celebrated it with a doodle — a fitting …

Earth is vastly overpopulated. Food is scarce. So is fuel. Drinking water even more so. Governments have become tools of …

Dear Mr. Kurt Vonnegut, Happy Birthday! It’s November 11, 2016, and you’ve not been seen on this planet for more …

The main themes and messages of Fahrenheit 451 — seen through the lens of author Ray Bradbury’s preferred interpretation.

Feminist science fiction from the subcontinent: one about a land ruled by women, and the other about a land with no women

“If I could, I would open, right here in Bangalore, a big bookstore dedicated only to science fiction,” said the …