Though the series’ protagonist is an alien, the show’s science fiction elements were relatively subtle in the early seasons. Harry spends as much time investigating the murder of the town’s last ...

Nicola Griffith and Stephel Pagel, eds. Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction. Overlook Press (212-965-8407), 1998. 375 pp. $26.95 hc. Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick begins her Epistemology of the Closet ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life. Tardigrades—a type of invertebrate ...

In these science fiction books, extraterrestrial beings are sympathetic, horrifying and everything in between. By James S.A. Corey James S.A. Corey is the pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, the ...

One of the most captivating aspects of Dandadan is the series’ inventive genre-bending. Many of today's battle shonen anime feature supernatural elements and take place in urban fantasy settings.