io9 Was Founded on the Idea That Science Fiction Belongs to Everyone When I started working on io9 in 2007, we didn’t have a name for the site yet. We hadn’t come up with any real plans for how we were going to cover science fiction, science and futurism. But there was already a central idea that the site was base Read more ... d around: That science fiction is for absolutely everybody who enjoys it.

R.I.P. Bud Webster, An Indispensible Science Fiction Historian and Humorist Bud Webster was a fan of science fiction for 20 years before he began writing it, and then his “Bubba Pritchert” stories became a popular series in Analog Science Fiction & Fact. He also delved into some serious, uncomfortable topics in his ficti Read more ... on, including the lingering pain of his religious…

What It Means To Be a Science Fiction Writer in the Early 21st Century I believe that science fiction’s best days are ahead of it, because I have read a lot of science fiction. And if this genre has taught me anything, it’s optimism about human ingenuity—along with a belief that the unexpected is just around the c Read more ... orner. I’m not alone: Many people seem to feel like scie…

Read This Before You Get Sucked into Yet Another "Hard Science Fiction" Debate The distinction between “hard science fiction” and “soft science fiction” means many different things to different people—but that doesn’t prevent people from turning it into a status game. Which science fiction has the most real science, Read more ... or the most serious scientific discussions? Depends whom you…

Scientists Reveal The Science Fiction Stories That Inspired Them Great works of science fiction can help us become more aware of real science, and more curious about the wonders of the cosmos. But for some people, they can actually help inspire a career in the sciences. The Conversation asked scientists to name th Read more ... eir favorite science-fiction stories, and the resu…

Phoenix Man Stops Robbery By Quoting Pulp Fiction - CBS News Phoenix, AZ — A local Phoenix man is a hero today after he single-handedly stopped a couple who were attempting to rob a coffee shop. His quick thinking saved the day according to restaurant manager Andy Steinberg.

Phoenix Man Stops Robbery By Quoting Pulp Fiction - CBS News Phoenix, AZ — A local Phoenix man is a hero today after he single-handedly stopped a couple who were attempting to rob a coffee shop. His quick thinking saved the day according to restaurant manager Andy Steinberg.

Phoenix Man Stops Robbery By Quoting Pulp Fiction - CBS News Phoenix, AZ — A local Phoenix man is a hero today after he single-handedly stopped a couple who were attempting to rob a coffee shop. His quick thinking saved the day according to restaurant manager Andy Steinberg.

Phoenix Man Stops Robbery By Quoting Pulp Fiction - CBS News Phoenix, AZ — A local Phoenix man is a hero today after he single-handedly stopped a couple who were attempting to rob a coffee shop. His quick thinking saved the day according to restaurant manager Andy Steinberg.

9 Great Science Fiction Books For People Who Don't Like Science Fiction So there’s someone in your life who doesn’t like science fiction. Nobody’s perfect. But the good news is, genre is expansive, and there’s almost always a little corner of it where even the most science fiction-averse person can curl up and en Read more ... joy themselves. Here are 10 science fiction books for people who don’t like science fiction.