This image, by artist Jim Burns, appeared on the cover of several science fiction books in the 1970s, including Burns’ own Planet Story, with text by Harry Harrison.

Orbit Books is trying to create the worst science fiction book cover of all time — but they’re up against stiff competition. Details, and a gallery of some of our fave bad covers, are below.

He has distinct and separate reputations and fanbases in all three fields. His recent books include Custom Lettering of the '20s and '30s, Soho Dives, Soho Divas, and XX: A Novel, Graphic.

Following on from our first list, we asked New Scientist staff to pick even more of their favourite sci-fi books of all time. From Isaac Asimov and Ursula K. Le Guin to Star Wars – the list has ...

This year's Summer Poll is all about the past decade in science fiction and fantasy, so we asked critic Jason Sheehan to come up with his own list of the new sci-fi that's blowing his mind.

An AI-assisted book cover led to the end of the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off cover contest, as science fiction and fantasy authors are finding new strategies for dealing with AI art and writing.

Top Spec-Fic Books Speculative fiction has been popular for more than a century, but it enjoyed its “golden age” in the 1950s amid the uncertainty of the Cold War. The books on this list were ...

How the Mama of ‘Star Wars’ revolutionized science fiction and fantasy books Over the course of her career, Judy-Lynn del Rey earned a reputation as a superstar editor among her authors.

Comment Best science books and science fiction stories for kids From brightly coloured baby books about frogs to early ecology for 10-year-olds and dark teen sci-fi set on the ocean floor, here ...

Stephen King, Janelle Monáe and more: Let’s talk about speculative fiction to read this year 2022 is turning out to be a great year if you love science fiction, fantasy and horror books ...