speculative fiction
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The United States government seizes Facebook and vows to nationalize it. What happens next?
How the Best Futures Help Us Survive an Unbearable Present
The best way to remember 2017 will surely be through the stories it told about what might come after
#JOLIE2024
At 48 years old, Ms. Angelina Jolie is the second-to-youngest POTUS to take office. She's also the first woman President, and the first single one—but is she ready to mingle?
Would You Wear Fashion Made From Your Own DNA?
Tina Gorjanc's 'Pure Human Project' examines a future where we can grow human leather.
Science Fiction Isn’t Just for White Nerds, It’s for Black Nerds Too
Meeting M. Asli Dukan, whose documentary 'Invisible Universe' aims to highlight the important role African Americans have played in modern science fiction.
12 Episode Ideas For the New Season of 'Black Mirror'
Motherboard takes a guess at what the next season of dystopian sci fi will bring us.
The Author of Our Best SF Military Novel Explains the Future of War
Sci-fi's reigning king of war fiction on 3D-printed weapons, why interstellar war is impossible, and how, one day, we might actually see the end of war.
It's Going to Be Okay
A veteran war correspondent imagines a future in which humans serve as medics to the robot army.
Earth's Most Customer-Centric Company
A former Amazon employee-turned author and editor imagines the future of work at the Company—the sprawling megacorps where the elusive Customer is always #1.
World War III Will Be Less High-Tech Than Anyone Imagines
'Ghost Fleet' is a sci-fi novel about World War III based on fact.