WASHINGTON, DC — Science fiction rose to prominence in the 19th and early 20th centuries, when authors like H. G. Wells, Jules Verne, and Mary Shelley imagined the extraordinary possibilities of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. As the recent Worldcon 2025 Convention here in Seattle ...

Weitekamp, Margaret A. 2007. "Early Science Fiction and the First Rocket Researchers." In After Sputnik: 50 Years of the Space Age. Collins, Martin J., editor. 20 ...

He conceived an early version of cyberspace and predicted the “technological singularity,” a tipping point at which machines would become smarter than humans. By Richard Sandomir Vernor Vinge, a ...