Science Fiction

Politics

Virginia Postrel: Why Neal Stephenson, Peter Thiel Are Wrong About the Future

Nick Gillespie | 10.13.2014 10:28 AM

Policy

Will Superintelligent Machines Destroy Humanity?

In a thoughtful new book, a philosopher ponders the potential pitfalls of artificial intelligence.

Ronald Bailey | 9.12.2014 1:30 PM

Artificial Intelligence

Ronald Bailey Wonders If Artificial Intelligence Will Destroy Humanity

Reason Staff | 9.12.2014 1:30 PM

Culture

Friday A/V Club: A Soviet Filmmaker Adapts a Post-Apocalyptic Ray Bradbury Story

Forget The Day After. This is the great nuclear-war movie of the early '80s.

Jesse Walker | 9.12.2014 9:17 AM

Politics

"The Hunger Games, The Giver and Divergent all depict rebellions against the state, and promote a tacit right-wing libertarianism"

Nick Gillespie | 9.2.2014 12:44 PM

Dystopia

Not Your Parents' Dystopias

Millennial fondness for worlds gone wrong

Amy H. Sturgis | 8.26.2014 10:00 AM

Culture

Reconciling Robert Heinlein's Ideological Range: A Coherent But Original Writer

Brian Doherty | 6.10.2014 7:07 PM

Politics

Florida H.S. Principal Kills Discussion of Little Brother, YA Novel About Questioning Authority, Thereby Underscoring Book's Theme

Nick Gillespie | 6.6.2014 10:22 AM

Culture

The Sultan of Sewers

William Burroughs' anti-authoritarian vision.

Jesse Walker | 6.4.2014 1:00 PM

Politics

Instapundit Glenn Reynolds on Fast and Slow Disasters for America

Nick Gillespie | 3.24.2014 8:04 AM

Culture

Watch the Great Lost Movie 'Nothing Lasts Forever'

A film preserved by piracy

Jesse Walker | 1.18.2014 1:56 PM

Culture

Disney Appoints Committee to Determine Star Wars Canon

Start prepping the complaints now

Reason Staff | 1.9.2014 2:40 PM

Culture

Pulp Paranoia

Science fiction, conspiracies, and a uniquely American mythology.

Jesse Walker | 1.1.2014 2:00 PM

Culture

Locke, Hobbes, and Zombies

Paul Cantor and Jesse Walker discuss apocalyptic narratives.

Jesse Walker | 11.21.2013 9:27 AM

Economics

Tonight: Jesse Walker and Paul Cantor Discuss the Economics of Apocalypse

In Arlington, Virginia.

Jesse Walker | 11.14.2013 9:35 AM

Civil Liberties

FBI Investigated Isaac Asimov, Worried He Could Be Soviet Agent, According to Released Files

Oy

Reason Staff | 11.11.2013 10:50 AM

Economics

Come See Jesse Walker and Paul Cantor Discuss the Economics of Apocalypse

An event in Arlington on November 14.

Jesse Walker | 11.1.2013 9:33 AM

Culture

The War of the Worlds and the Myth of Mass Panic

The 75th anniversary of the broadcast nears.

Jesse Walker | 10.21.2013 1:05 PM

Culture

Timothy Leary's Video Games

More than just Mind Mirror

Jesse Walker | 9.30.2013 5:01 PM

Civil Liberties

Philip K. Dick's Visions

The surveillance state's complicated prophet

Ken Layne | 9.22.2013 12:00 PM

Culture

The Endless Lives of Iain M. Banks

The late science fiction novelist grappled with a fundamental existential-and libertarian-question.

Peter Suderman | 9.15.2013 3:00 PM

Politics

Robert Heinlein on Libertarianism and the Lifeboat Problem in Space

Brian Doherty | 9.12.2013 2:23 PM

Culture

The Future, Darkly

Science fiction author Barry Malzberg's failed but brilliant attempts to win literary glory.

Brian Doherty | 9.10.2013 3:00 PM

Culture

Here Come the Pod People

A look back at Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Jesse Walker | 9.5.2013 10:23 AM

Culture

Frederik Pohl, Sci Fi Author, Dies Aged 93

Attended the first sci-fi convention in Philly in 1936

Reason Staff | 9.2.2013 8:30 PM

Culture

The Next Doctor Who Will Be Unveiled Sunday

Mark your calendars

Reason Staff | 8.2.2013 1:00 PM

Culture

New Republic Phoney-Baloney Excuse for Propping Up Liberal Arts Education: A Bunch of Cool Sci-Fi That Has Nothing to Do With Liberal Arts Education

Brian Doherty | 7.9.2013 3:14 PM

Culture

Premature Prophets

The lost tomorrows of space colonies and nanotech

Brian Doherty | 5.30.2013 1:30 PM

Culture

Dan Brown in Hell

The author of The Da Vinci Code has a new tale to tell.

Jesse Walker | 5.22.2013 4:30 PM

Culture

Peter Suderman Reviews Star Trek Into Darkness

Reason Staff | 5.16.2013 1:45 PM

Culture

First Trailer for Ender's Game Released

Movie out November

Reason Staff | 5.8.2013 10:44 AM

Culture

Sci-Fi Author Iain Banks Has Terminal Cancer

Does not expect to live more than a year

Reason Staff | 4.3.2013 11:00 AM

Culture

Love in the Future

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.2.2013 1:30 PM

Politics

Hacking for Freedom

Cory Doctorow's sequel to Little Brother explores the struggle for civil liberties on the Internet.

Tom Jackson | 3.26.2013 7:45 AM

Culture

The Conquest of the Future

The lost tomorrows of Gerald O'Neill and Eric Drexler's visions of infinite space and abundance.

Brian Doherty | 3.19.2013 7:00 AM

Culture

Friday Funnies: Pope Emeritus

Chip Bok | 3.1.2013 7:00 AM

Economics

Science Fiction Is for Socialists?

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 2.19.2013 5:10 PM

Culture

What to Do When You Can Do Anything

Peter Suderman | 2.11.2013 9:00 AM

Politics

The Anarchist in the Comic Book Shop

A comic caught between the final gasps of the hippies and the opening blasts of punk

Jesse Walker | 1.29.2013 10:30 AM

Science & Technology

Scientists Invent Tractor Beam

Can only attract microscopic particles so far

Reason Staff | 1.28.2013 11:52 AM

Culture

J.J. Abrams to Direct New Star Wars Movie

Ben Affleck was also allegedly under consideration

Reason Staff | 1.24.2013 7:40 PM

Culture

ABC to Consider Live Action Star Wars Series

But Bea Arthur is dead!

Reason Staff | 1.11.2013 7:15 PM

Culture

The Mongols Are Coming!

A new trilogy courtesy of Neal Stephenson's cult following.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 1.7.2013 10:30 AM

Culture

Spacemen Will Bring Us Socialism From the Stars

Trotsky and the UFOs.

Jesse Walker | 12.31.2012 12:05 PM

Policy

2012: The Year in Books

Reason writers pick the best books of the year

Jesse Walker | 12.18.2012 10:30 AM

Science & Technology

Golden Spike: A New Private Way to Get Governments to the Moon

Brian Doherty | 12.6.2012 1:40 PM

Culture

James W. Moseley, RIP

The death of a UFO hoaxster.

Jesse Walker | 11.20.2012 10:45 AM