Sometimes you’re in the mood for a slice of science fiction but you haven’t got the time to embark on a Red Mars or a Dune. All hail, then, the sci-fi short story, bringing you a slice of the weird, ...

Whether you are part of the Good e-Reader community, or new to our page, its fair to guess you are a book lover. Have you ever thought about transitioning from reader to writer? Many renowned authors ...

The Emirates Literature Foundation on Thursday announced, in collaboration with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre, the ...

An Olivetti Studio 46 typewriter that belonged to Octavia E. Butler. As the author recalled: "I wrote my first ten books on a manual typewriter." Chris Gunn Octavia E. Butler didn’t like to wait for ...

Brandon Sanderson is constantly writing. He’s been working on the epic Stormlight Archive series since 2010, publishing the fifth of 10 planned books last year, and he’s got plans for a new Mistborn ...

Almost exactly a year ago, I asked our team of expert science writers here at New Scientist to name their favourite science fiction novels. Personal tastes meant we ended up with a wonderfully ...

Tiger by the tail -- Nightmare brother -- Problem -- The coffin cure -- Brightside crossing -- The native soil -- Love they vimp -- Letter of the law -- Family resemblance Summary Nine short-science ...

While many luxuriate in reading verbose tomes that could make a doorstop cower (looking at you, Stephen King readers), writing short is a talent unto itself. Being able to write a story in brief takes ...