sciencefiction
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Author Naomi Alderman Hopes The Power Will Strike Twice
In 2017 everyone was talking about The Power. The sci-fi novel topped bestseller lists, was featured in book clubs and on morning talk shows, and Barack Obama named it one of the best books he read that year. In the book young women are able to control electrical currents and even emit electricity. The satirical novel…
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Acclaimed Fantasy Author Nnedi Okorafor Announces 3 New Novellas
It’s an especially great day to be a Nnedi Okorafor fan: the much-acclaimed author has three new adult fantasy novellas on the way. Gizmodo is excited to reveal that DAW Books will release a prequel to Who Fears Death — itself the basis for an in-the-works HBO series being produced by George R.R. Martin.
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Foundation Shares a Lee Pace-Laden First Look at Season 2
Apple TV+ had no easy task in adapting Isaac Asimov’s sci-fi epic Foundation, so while critical reactions to season one were mixed, the fact that it became a hit for the streamer is impressive. Season two arrives this summer, but today there’s a first look at what’s to come — including some Lee Pace eye…
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Want More Women in Tech? Read Better Sci-Fi
The stories we tell ourselves become the histories we live. What stories are we telling ourselves about women?