Science Fiction

Policy

Ray Bradbury Was Investigated by the FBI

He was suspected of Communist sympathies because he criticized government overreach

Reason Staff | 8.30.2012 12:20 PM

Civil Liberties

The FBI Investigated Ray Bradbury

The bureau had heard the science fiction writer might be a Communist.

Jesse Walker | 8.30.2012 10:23 AM

Culture

Intelligence at Work

Neal Stephenson's new book explores science fiction, underseas cables, Hong Kong, and the art of storytelling.

Anders Monsen | 8.26.2012 1:00 PM

Culture

Sci-Fi Author Harry Harrison Dies at 87

Early novel was inspiration for Soylent Green.

Reason Staff | 8.15.2012 7:08 PM

Culture

Gore Vidal, RIP

A great writer has died.

Jesse Walker | 8.1.2012 9:44 AM

Politics

Back Issues of Prometheus Online

Jesse Walker | 6.14.2012 7:40 AM

Culture

Ray Bradbury: Enemy of the State

Remembering the late science fiction writer

Charles Johnson | 6.8.2012 6:00 PM

Culture

Prometheus

Director Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created in Alien.

Kurt Loder | 6.8.2012 9:00 AM

Culture

More on the Death of Ray Bradbury

Brian Doherty | 6.6.2012 2:17 PM

Culture

R.I.P. Ray Bradbury

Peter Suderman | 6.6.2012 10:50 AM

Economics

How Timothy Leary Adds Value to an Unopened Envelope

Jesse Walker | 6.1.2012 10:52 AM

Politics

Reason.tv: Author David Brin on Dogmatic Libertarians, Transparency, and Uplifting Dolphins

Tim Cavanaugh and Zach Weissmueller | 4.30.2012 1:00 PM

TSA

Hunger Games Doesn't Fit TSA's Dystopian Vision

The coming American dystopia will probably look a lot less like The Hunger Games than it does like Idiocracy.

Gene Healy | 4.10.2012 12:00 PM

Culture

The Top 6 Libertarian Science Fiction Novels of the Year

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.4.2012 5:10 PM

Culture

Political Intelligence

Peter Suderman | 4.2.2012 9:55 AM

Policy

Ender's Game Isn't Porn, Teacher Who Read the Book Aloud Won't Go to Jail

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 3.21.2012 4:15 PM

Culture

Peter Bergman, RIP

Jesse Walker | 3.9.2012 3:17 PM

Politics

Hugo Chávez Will Turn Planet Mars Red By 2030

Tim Cavanaugh | 2.13.2012 7:57 PM

Culture

Neal Stephenson's Action

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 2.6.2012 12:20 PM

Culture

A Partial Space Science Fiction Reading List

From Robert Heinlein to Joan Slonczewski

Gregory Benford | 2.2.2012 10:30 AM

Culture

Science Fiction Faces Facts

NASA has fizzled, but Wernher von Braun's exuberant vision lives on.

Gregory Benford | 1.25.2012 10:30 AM

Policy

FIRE's Firefly Victory

Jacob Sullum | 12.29.2011 4:29 PM

Politics

Talkin' 'Bout History, Irony, Politics, and Paranoia

Jesse Walker | 9.8.2011 10:21 AM

Culture

Reason.tv: A Conversation with Author Vernor Vinge

Reason Staff | 8.29.2011 3:00 PM

Culture

Reason.tv: A Conversation with Author Vernor Vinge

Reason Staff | 8.29.2011 1:34 PM

Politics

NASA Wants Your Science Fiction to Have More Science, Taxpayer Dollars In It

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 8.26.2011 3:53 PM

Culture

The Headline We've All Been Waiting For

Jesse Walker | 7.25.2011 2:06 PM

Culture

If You Asked Her, I'll Bet Your Daughter Would Reset Your Homepage for You

Jesse Walker | 5.18.2011 9:59 AM

Culture

Phil Dick Tells Punks About Secession

Jesse Walker | 4.22.2011 3:23 PM

Culture

Briefly Noted: The Origins of Heinlein

Brian Doherty | 3.4.2011 4:55 PM

Culture

The Adjustment Bureau

Off with his hat!

Kurt Loder | 3.3.2011 6:00 PM

Policy

You Know Who Else Used Rockets? Hitler!

Brian Doherty | 2.7.2011 2:52 PM

Politics

Unpacking Jared Lee Loughner

If you're the Southern Poverty Law Center, the media will mistake your guesses for gold.

Jesse Walker | 1.20.2011 4:30 PM

Politics

E.T. Stay Home?

We haven't heard from space aliens and that might be good news.

Ronald Bailey | 1.4.2011 4:30 PM

Culture

Briefly Noted: Commercial Appeal

Peter Suderman | 12.28.2010 10:59 AM

Policy

Lavatory of the Gods? NASA Keeps Finding Alien Life Everywhere But Space

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.2.2010 1:40 PM

Culture

Do Robots Dream of Punching Slovenians?

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 10.29.2010 4:16 PM

Culture

Live Forever, Or Die Trying

Pulitzer Prize winner Jonathan Weiner surveys the state of immortality research.

Brian Doherty | 9.22.2010 4:30 PM

Culture

Asteroids: Why Are They an American Problem?

Brian Doherty | 9.17.2010 1:32 PM

Culture

The Men Who Sold the Moon

Advertising the early space race

Brian Doherty | 9.15.2010 6:00 PM

Culture

Spare Parts

The scientific horror of Never Let Me Go

Kurt Loder | 9.14.2010 4:30 PM

Science Fiction

Briefly Noted: It's All in the Game

Jesse Walker | 8.21.2010 10:02 AM

Politics

California Roundup: House Poor; Dodger Blue; Bad Debts; Kickbacks; and Mystery Theater

Tim Cavanaugh | 8.20.2010 8:48 PM

Culture

Thursday Fun Link: Ray Bradbury Always Wins

Tim Cavanaugh | 8.19.2010 1:29 PM

Culture

Ray Bradbury Hysterical Theater: We Got Too Much Gummint, Too Many Internets, But Not Enough Moon Colonies! UPDATED AUGUST 17!

Nick Gillespie | 8.16.2010 10:00 PM

Culture

Epistemic Closure…For Nerds

Jesse Walker | 7.26.2010 1:05 PM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: Photoshop, FOIAs, and the Rivers of Babylon

Jesse Walker | 7.23.2010 8:22 AM

Politics

Authorized Heinlein Bio Out Next Month, Science Fiction Writers Get Pumped

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 7.15.2010 1:57 PM