I need a myth fix from time to time. When I feel fragile or drained of energy for whatever reason, I reach for a book of magical realism to get me through the doldrums. Myra Dutton is the author of ...

Popular science fiction has long shaped public understanding of scientific possibility, yet studies suggest that many widely recognized sci-fi concepts depart significantly from established physics. A ...

In the Christian fiction category, where readers devour romance, suspense and Amish-themed titles, some publishers are adding a new focus on contemporary realist fiction that deals with tough issues, ...

If you're after realistic sci-fi movies, it's well worth checking out masterpieces like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Children of ...

Oakland rapper Boots Riley makes his directorial debut with Sorry to Bother You. He calls it "an absurdist dark comedy with magical realism and science fiction inspired by the world of telemarketing." ...

My ambition for Bunker 13 was to capture the new energy of contemporary India, especially that of the middle-class Hindu elite—an energy reflected in the growth of India’s software industry, textile ...

Encompassing everything from the ecosystems novel to sci-fi, a growing body of literature is imagining and interrogating the past, present, and future of the planet's climate. An iceberg in the Arctic ...

"May the force be with you." "Now, you're in the sunken place." Even if you haven’t read and watched the books, TV shows or movies those phrases come from, you’ve likely heard most of them. That, in ...

IN English, where fiction has won splendor through distinguished particular excesses more than through the perfect balance and matching of all qualities, the novel has naturally been much subject to ...