The Science Fictional World
On This Day: Doctor John Dee
We find ourselves in conflicted times – Manichean days, where battle lines are routinely drawn and in all walks of life, it seems, we must choose: are you with us, or agin us? Are you […]
Read MoreCassini Fly-By
Regular Readers will know that we’re huge fans of NASA’s remarkable Astronomy Picture of the Day feature (APOD). We encourage anyone interested in astronomy to visit regularly or add it to their RSS feed. And […]
Read MoreHappy Birthday, Buzz Aldrin!
Today is a great day to celebrate a great man. We’re sure you’ve seen something about it in the media, and we wanted to throw our hats into the ring and add our voice to […]
Read MoreIt Can’t Happen Here
On this day in 1951, American writer and playwright Harry Sinclair Lewis died in Rome, Italy. Sinclair Lewis was well regarded for his satirical novels and, in 1930, became the first US winner of the […]
Read MoreFrom the Archives: Science is Awesome!
Sometimes a news item catches your eye that is so thoroughly science fictional that you have to just stop and admire the awesomeness of the universe and the tool with which we seek to understand […]
Read MoreOn This Day: Carl Sagan
Four score and two years ago, today, the great Carl Sagan was born. Author of just the one SF novel, Contact, Sagan is nonetheless rightly revered by science fiction fans for his tireless evangelizing on […]
Read MoreReal Life Scientists’ Favourite Science Fiction
It is almost a trope of the genre that SF writers must spend part of every interview defending the ‘predictions’ SF has got wrong by pointing out (again and again and again …) that SF […]
Read MoreThe Space Age is 59 Today!
On October 4th, 1957, the Space Race burst into life, with early honours going to the Soviet Union. The launch of Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite, was a landmark in our species’ history – […]
Read MoreTwo Score and Seven Years Ago . . .
So just short of four dozen years ago, this happened: A great day in human history, which – it could be argued – has never been bettered. Millions of kids around the world watched Neil […]
Read MoreOn This Day: Apollo Set in Motion
On this day, fifty-five years ago, US President John F. Kennedy gave a speech to the US congress in which he lit the blue touch paper on the greatest journey the human race has thus […]
Read MoreOn This Day: Orson Welles
On this day, 101 years ago, George Orson Welles was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Although best known for his magnum opus Citizen Kane, regularly at or near the top of ‘Best Film of All Time’ […]
Read MoreNew Title Spotlight: Flatland
Q: When is a new title not a new title? A: When it was first published almost 130 years ago! We are delighted to present an SF Gateway edition of Edwin A. Abbott‘s Flatland, the […]
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