Researchers were surprised to find giant gas planets orbiting quite near to their stars. Yet novelists had already imagined ...

One of the precepts of science fiction is that the Age of Space will be like the Age of Sail. Spaceships will be like Spanish galleons on long voyages into the unknown. They will come back laden ...

But fictional portraits of AI have pretty much never looked like the actual present of AI. All those killer Terminators, rebellious Westworld robots, and nuke-hijacking supercomputers have nothing to ...

Weekly book lists of exciting new releases, bestsellers, classics, and more. The lists are curated by the editors of Kirkus Reviews.

novels were my first entry into fantasy and science fiction and remain my favorite way to escape into another world. This past year had an incredible array of wonderful books published ...

(Book World review.) I’m not sure if 2024 had a novel, like 2022’s “Babel” or 2023’s “Fourth Wing,” that took the world by storm and reshaped the map of speculative fiction.

Science fiction just needs a kid to give it a chance! Which is why I am sharing my favorite picks for kids, plus reviews to keep you updated with what the books are about. You might be familiar ...

The world of science fiction sees some major celebrity input ... Jemisin and Naomi Alderman, and an early review from the book industry site Kirkus called it “a page-turning vision of a future ...

Science fiction novelist Jeff VanderMeer returns readers to Area X for a gruesome romp in Absolution, the fourth book in his deeply weird Southern Reach Series. Area X is an abandoned stretch of ...

like 2022’s “Babel” or 2023’s “Fourth Wing,” that took the world by storm and reshaped the map of speculative fiction. But this year did have a wealth of unforgettable books ...