Texas science fiction authors Nicky Drayden and Christopher Brown contemplate the future of writing about the future. Christopher Brown: It’s a mix. I try to look at the real world around me and keep ...

Pretty much the only place where marginalized peoples exist in sci-fi and futurist visions have been in dystopias (and their presence is often perceived as a signifier of dystopia), because there's ...

The Open Mind explores the world of ideas across politics, media, science, technology, and the arts. The American Prospect is republishing this excerpt. Alexander Heffner: Where do we draw the line ...

This is where the power of utopian literature shines. Dreaming into possible futures where humankind has overcome the challenges that currently face us may be a crucial part of achieving even ...

Two business camps are emerging when it comes to generative AI and the evolution of technology in general: The AI utopians and the AI dystopians. This divide is well documented, as it mirrors society ...

In 2015, HBO canned the David Fincher-planned remake of the 2013 Channel 4 TV drama Utopia, a remarkable pharma-thriller with a graphic novel holding a very nasty genetic secret as the MacGuffin. A ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Tim Maleeny Things are ...

Creating a utopian Gotham City is nearly unimaginable to most fans. The Gotham we've come to know and love is a dark and twisted hell that resonates more with the word, 'dystopia' than any synonym of ...

Over the last decade, most science-fiction fans have experienced at least some level of teen-dystopian-series fatigue. After Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy took over the world, movies and shows ...

One look at The Nemesis Machine — an exhibit by British artist Stanza that is making its U.S. debut in the Samek Art Museum's campus gallery through March 12 — will mesmerize viewers of the 12-by-48 ...

Courtesy of Amazon.com Herland (1915) > Author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman Released in serial format in 1915, this feminist utopian novel wasn’t published as a book until 1979. “Herland” follows a group ...