speculative fiction
Author Laura van den Berg Finds the Weird in Her New Apocalyptic Novel 'Find Me'
The celebrated author on the science fiction-y qualities of growing up in Florida, driving while daydreaming, and her brilliant, claustrophobic first novel.
This 43-Second Short May Be the First Sci-Fi Film
There’s a case to be made that the first science fiction ever filmed wasn’t about spaceships, aliens, or trips to the moon.
Valentine's Day
Huang had a bad feeling. Somehow the live feed of his date had been turned into a public broadcast, and tens of thousands were tapping in.
Gynoid, Preserved
"You missed your crowd-funding goal." My heart-engine sputters. My bio-clock chimes. Twenty-four hours left.
How A Dream Machine Works, Exactly
The Dream Nexus ported an experimental brainwave receiver, developed by a quasi-national U.S. security thinktank, to current 3D printing technology. Soon I was sleeping with the apparatus attached to my temples.
Faster Now
Some decades ago, neuroscientists discovered that the moment of nowness is actually a composite of everything we've experienced in the past fifteen seconds. Naturally, somebody decided to hack this. Thus were born the now-tweakers.
Disconnect
You know I love you, and that I have no prejudices against cutting-edge technology. But, I just—I need you as a person. Not as a machine.
Why We Terraformed a New Home for Future Fiction
Why Motherboard just started publishing the best science fiction on the internet.