The Islamic Blueprint of Dune Hamad Naroze, Hunter College How Frank Herbert and his iconic sci-fi “Dune” were influenced by Islam and the cultures of the Middle East.… April 9, 2024
‘Star Trek’: Jake Sisko’s Coming of Age Story Sydney Chastain, Florida State University One of Star Trek’s most relatable characters for kids and young adults to be on screen.… December 8, 2023
‘Stargate’ May Be Sci-Fi’s Most Self-Aware Franchise Sydney Chastain, Florida State University Meet a franchise that parodies its genre, its fans and itself.… December 1, 2023
Why the 82-Year-Old Masterpiece ‘Star Maker’ Is More Poignant Than Ever Logan Floyd, Mercyhurst University Olaf Stapledon's sci-fi tale of a roving spaceman's chronicle captures the heart of humanity's existential fear.… June 4, 2019
5 Times ‘Supernatural’ and ‘X-Files’ Essentially Shot the Same Episode E.L. Meszaros, Brown University Is it a coincidence? Or is there something more ... unnatural at hand?… May 28, 2019
N. K. Jemisin’s Novel ‘The Fifth Season’ Is Reinventing the Fantasy Genre Matilda Schulman, University of California, Berkeley The 'Broken Earth' trilogy is pushing the boundaries of what science fiction can do.… April 8, 2019
Fans of ‘Electric Dreams,’ You Need to Read Its Philip K. Dick Predecessor Matilda Schulman, University of California, Berkeley His pioneering novel, 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?,' laid the foundation for modern sci-fi.… February 24, 2019
Why More Millennials Should Be Watching ‘The Twilight Zone’ Tori Ihnen, Fort Hays State University Even though sometimes it feels like we're living in it.… July 3, 2018
Duncan Jones’s ‘Mute’ and the Problem with Cyberpunk Jonathan Christian, Northwest Vista College The Netflix original marks the official return of the once-dead subgenre to the mainstream, but is it a welcome homecoming?… March 16, 2018