Science Fiction

Not every book holds up over the decades. Here are four 1980s sci-fi books that aged badly—and four still worth reading today.

Rockets being passé, China is working on using an electromagnetic railgun to launch crewed spacecraft the size of a Boeing 737, weighing 50 tonnes, into orbit. This remarkably ambitious project is even more ambitious than it seems at first glance.

Netflix's new sci-fi show 3 Body Problem has had its fair share of positive reviews, but now it's got the seal of approval from The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson.

"Three Body Problem is up now on Netflix," Johnson tweeted. "To see the ideas and images in Liu Cixin’s books realized on this scale and told this well is exciting… and if you’ve read the books you know the places this all ends up going, and it’s INSANE. Worth strapping in for the ride, I promise."

We bet you didn't know this innovative Netflix series is a sequel to a fan-favorite 1980s cult classic! Here's what we know about it!

Timothee Chalamet and Denis Villeneuve found a way to communicate on the set of Dune without anyone else knowing what was going on.

"There is a sci-fi space adventure from the 1980s that is a must-see but can't currently be streamed anywhere."

So why are you telling about us about it then?

Discuss Spacecamp below - it neatly into the 'kids take over the world' subgenre of '80s films.

Pilou Asbaek makes the leap for one prestige drama to another

Scarfolk is a town in North West England that did not progress beyond 1979. Instead, the entire decade of the 1970s loops ad infinitum. Here in Scarfolk, pagan rituals blend seamlessly with science; hauntology is a compulsory subject at school, and everyone must be in bed by 8pm because they are perpetually running a slight fever. "Visit Scarfolk today. Our number one priority is keeping rabies at bay." For more information please reread.

From the far-flung reaches of space to epic magical worlds, these novels, novellas, and comics are the best Hugo award winners to read.

Fans of Macross will be pleased to hear that they will soon be able to watch almost all of the franchise on Disney+. Arguably the most influential mecha anime series of all time, the Macross franchise includes movies, television series, OVA (original video animation) series, music videos, and even a short. Though two elements of the Macross canon will only be available in Japan, this news still comes as a pleasant surprise for loyal viewers.

The Shimmer in Annihilation may have been sent to Earth to root out the shapeshifting alien from The Thing, disrupting its replication.

Despite some plot holes, the theory that Annihilation is linked to The Thing adds connective tissue between two films with invasive and adaptable alien species.

The Acolyte had the potential to be the best Star Wars series yet, but as the preview shows, it follows one terrible series trend.

The Spirit Award winner, adept at comedy as well as drama, also was memorable in 'The Jerk,' 'Slap Shot,' 'Brubaker' and 'Critters.'

A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future is a science fiction novel by John Jacob Astor IV, published in 1894. Overview The book offers a fictional account of life in the year 2000. It contains abundant speculation about technological invention, including descriptions of a worldwide telephone network, solar power, air travel, space travel to the planets Saturn and Jupiter, and terraforming engineering projects — damming the Arctic Ocean, and an adjustment of the axial tilt of the Earth (Terra) by the Terrestrial Axis Straightening Company. The future United States is a multi-continental superpower. European nations have been taken over by socialist governments, which have sold most of their African colonies to the U.S., while Canada, Mexico, and the countries of South America have requested annexation. Space travel is achieved through apergy, an anti-gravitational energy force. Jupiter proves to be a...

Back to the Future's 1.21 gigawatts sounds huge, but is it? We compare different power levels of common objects to see how much energy a gigawatt really is.

Design trends come and go, and friendlier, more human aesthetics might be on the rise.

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At 92 years old, William Shatner is opening up about his biggest regret. He took responsibility for "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" flopping with critics, as he starred and directed.

History repeats itself in this ingenious but surprisingly heartfelt sci-fi, which takes the premise of Groundhog Day and fashions from it a poignant statement about life and mortality. Refreshingly for the genre, it focuses on a middle-aged woman - a scientist-slash-physicist, even - whose 55th birthday and final breath will occur within the same week. But though there is an element of resistance to the latter, Omni Loop is unusual in that it isn't simply about breaking the cycle; Bernardo Britto's film is about facing the inevitable, gently phasing out the genre elements to reach an understated but emotional climax.

Zoya Lowe, when we first meet her, is a little girl who, a voiceover tells us, is predicted "to do incredible things one day" and "change the world". The next time we see her, Zoya is now played by Mary-Louise Parker and things are not so positive: X-rays show a black hole growing between her longs, and the doctors are speculating that she has "maybe another week". Zoya's family make their best efforts for her, taking her to the beach and holding a surprise birthday party, while Zoya keeps to her own beat, making plans to finish up her latest and last science book and visiting her mother in old folks' home.

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Blade Runner's slow pace may be contemplative, but feels boring on rewatch in a faster-paced movie era.
Harrison Ford's Rick Deckard lacks complexity, making the protagonist unlikable compared to the villain.
Blade Runner's heavy focus on stunning visuals and effects overshadows its lack of depth in storytelling and characters.

The great novels of the 1960s remain enjoyable because they got everything wrong.

a cautionary tale of corporatism gone awry, told lightheartedly, with robots.

Pournelle, Gingrich and Trump see a future that must be secured by authoritarian institutions that group together humanity’s best and prevent the rest from stifling them.

“The future of humanity is in her hands,” the opening subtitle reads during the trailer for Atlas, Netflix’s Sci-Fi thriller starring Jennifer Lopez, for which we can share the first trailer above.

The pic, which opens May 24, follows Atlas Shepherd (Lopez), a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence, who joins a mission to capture a renegade robot with whom she shares a mysterious past. But when plans go awry, her only hope of saving the future of humanity from AI is to trust it.

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