In his 1999 science fiction novel Starfish, Canadian writer Peter Watts describes a device called the " Medical Mantis." This device allows a physician to remotely examine and perform procedures on ...

This is definitely on my reading list: in fact, I am hoping we might choose it for a future New Scientist Book Club read. Longlisted for the Booker already, it has been described by our sci-fi ...

Science fiction allows artists to speculate about the future through imaginative and technical concepts. But so often the prevailing vision of that future in popular culture tends toward the dystopian ...

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Two different ways to tell the same story. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Science fiction is not monolithic. There are, in fact, ...

While the deluge has become a nuisance, the stories are easy to spot. The writing is “bad in spectacular ways,” one editor said. By Michael Levenson It could be a tale from science fiction itself: a ...