Science fiction has always been a way to envision the future. Sometimes for the optimal; sometimes as the future might be if humans do not zig toward the good and just. As the legendary science ...

and asked why there were so few African American science fiction authors. In a widely cited description of Afrofuturism, musician and writer Greg Tate referenced life as a Black person in the USA in ...

Octavia E. Butler didn’t like to wait for inspiration. In fact, the celebrated science fiction author denounced the idea of ...

"I was writing this music that was really inspired by science fiction and afrofuturism," she told BBC Radio 1 in March. "Telling these stories through the lens of a young black woman and speaking ...

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 ...

For National Science Fiction Day, ESSENCE is paying tribute to one of the greatest sci-fi novelists of all time, Octavia ...

The author was asked about her creative process ... Jemisin said she experienced a dramatic increase in interest for Black science fiction stories. She sold the rights to some of her books two or ...

Acclaimed by science fiction master Arthur C. Clarke, Zebrowski shared his Bethlehem home with his partner, fellow writer ...

Part of the Birthrights series, this BBC Two documentary is a wonderful window into the groundbreaking contributions of Black writers and creatives to the world of science fiction across ...

January 2 is National Science Fiction ... and the first Black woman to be awarded the Hugo and Nebula Awards from the World Science Fiction Society and the Science Fiction Writers of America ...