The Nebula Awards 2012: A Look Back And A Look Forward - Huffington Post
25 May 2012, 6:42 pm
James (Jim) Patrick Kelly and John Kessel are established science fiction authors and the editors of "The Nebula Awards Showcase 2012" (PYR, $17.95), highlighting the winning and nominated stories for the most prestigious science fiction and ...

When Science Seems Like Magic - New York Times
25 May 2012, 3:21 pm
THE science-fiction author and technology prophet Arthur C. Clarke once said that a technology sufficiently advanced from our own would be indistinguishable from magic. So what will be onstage at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Tuesday night may look ...

Russian Sci-Fi Novel 'Amphibian Man' to Be Adapted for Big Screen - Hollywood Reporter
25 May 2012, 12:37 pm
MOSCOW -- An English-language screen adaptation of the classic Russian science fiction novel Chelovek-Amfibiya (Amphibian Man) is to be jointly produced by Russia’s Trikita Entertainment, Italy’s Lumiq Studios and Germany’s Bavaria Film Partners.

The New Yorker's First All-Sci-Fi Issue: Q&A with the Editor - msnbc.com
25 May 2012, 12:15 pm
The New Yorker is sending out its first-ever issue devoted to science fiction on Monday (May 28). The magazine's previous summer fiction issues have often had themes, but not usually genres. There's been a "20 writers under 40" issue, for example ...

Prometheus: space secrets to be revealed at last - Daily Telegraph
25 May 2012, 11:46 am
Thirty-three years ago, a science-fiction thriller with the memorable tag-line, “In space, no one can hear you scream” was released with little advance publicity and few expectations. Alien, which was only director Ridley Scott’s second film ...

Science Fiction’s 10 Worst Planets to Live On - Flavorwire
25 May 2012, 11:25 am
Everyone loves the idea of traveling to faraway planets and hanging out with aliens, right? Science fiction is such a cool genre — there’s spaceships and jet packs and lightsabers and sexy green women and a guy who travels through time in a phone booth!

Sci-Fi Movies Are Wrong About Aliens, E.T. Hunter Jill Tarter Says - LiveScience.com
25 May 2012, 11:04 am
But science fiction is probably far from reality in its depiction of Earth-contacting extraterrestrials, said Tarter, who announced Monday (May 22) that she's retiring after spending 35 years scanning the heavens for signals from intelligent life beyond Earth.

Science fiction and citizen science collide at Maker Faire - Examiner
25 May 2012, 1:52 am
 Shortly after going through the gate at the Bay Area Maker Faire I found myself surrounded by robotic mini-subs, R2-D2, a pair of Mars rovers and a Dalek. Nearby was the Viper, a flight simulator inspired by Battlestar Galactica and a display about the ...

Science Fiction or Fact: Will Tractor Beams Ever Become Reality? - YAHOO!
21 May 2012, 9:07 am
Got a derelict spaceship you need to tow back to star base? Or maybe you're trying to prevent an enemy vessel from escaping? No problem: fire up the tractor beam. This jack-of-all-trades tool ranks as a science fiction staple right alongside lasers and ...

Science Fiction Society’s massive library is out of this world - MIT News
15 May 2012, 8:31 am
Nearly 200 MIT students, alumni and local residents form MIT’s Science Fiction Society, which curates an enormous library containing more than 90 percent of all English language science fiction ever published. The library’s impressive stacks make it ...