A black woman writing in a genre dominated by white males, her work was most highly praised for the depth of its humanity. She was the first science fiction writer to receive a MacArthur ...

Susan Barker’s “Old Soul” begins when two stranded travelers discover an unsettling coincidence: Both of them had loved ones who suffered similarly strange and drawn-out deaths. Both behaved strangely ...

"the saddest aspect of life right now is that science fiction gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." Black women have always gathered knowledge faster than society writ large ...

Dr. Omotoyosi Odukomaiya specializes in Black science fiction and women’s and gender studies, with a teaching focus at Hope College on American ethnic literature, African and African American science ...

This page features round-ups of the latest science fiction, in-depth reviews and interviews with leading sci-fi authors. In Shroud, Adrian Tchaikovsky's intriguing new novel, two women marooned on ...