‘Thoughts and Prayers’ Is Clever Sci-Fi About Internet Trolls

Ken Liu's new short story is about a mother and father who get harassed online when…

Star Trek: Lower Decks Is a Lot Better Than You’d Expect

The animated half-hour series is full of in-jokes and obscure references that will challenge even the…

People Still Really Love the Apple II

The computer ceased production in 1993, but fans are still making games for it.

With Discovery, Star Trek Is Finally Moving Forward

The show's third season jumps forward 1,000 years into the future. It helped the show not…

The Mandalorian Is Way Better in Season 2

The first season of the Star Wars series was good. But in the second, the visuals…

Tenet Is a Must-Watch for Fans of Action Movies

Christopher Nolan's latest has lots of mind-bending action scenes, but not much character development.

What Is a ‘Role-Playing Game’ Anyway?

Jon Petersen's latest book, The Elusive Shift, shows how games like Dungeons & Dragons came to…

The Into the Impossible Podcast Honors Arthur C. Clarke

Physicist Brian Keating, codirector of the Arthur C. Clarke Center for the Human Imagination, started the…

The Hollow Earth Theory Isn’t So Funny Anymore

Owen Egerton's 2017 book Hollow used the theory to tell its story. Now that conspiracies are…

Teddy Roosevelt Is Basically a Fantasy Character

Erin Lindsey's Rose Gallagher books give America's 26th president the paranormal cowboy stories he deserves.