The problem with genre fiction is the unfortunate stereotypes and assumptions about what subset appeals to what audience. Call something “science fiction,” and it’ll inevitably be marketed to men.

There’s a lot to celebrate about science fiction romance novels — apart from anything else, they’re one of the fastest-growing areas of the genre, and they’re getting a lot of people reading science ...

The fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (also known as STEM) are not particularly diverse. And despite a gradual uptick in diversity over the last decade, a 2023 report from the ...

It is common to hear from sci-fi artists — writers, filmmakers, whatever — that science fiction isn't about the future. It's about our fears, anxieties, and hopes for our present time. In 2013, two ...

At first glance,“Obsidian,” the first book in Jennifer L. Armentrout’s New York Times bestselling “Lux” series, looks like a pretty typical romance novel. There’s a woman with her arms draped around ...

Inside Larissa Ione’s head lurk demons, werewolves and people with supernatural and unnatural powers. Also inside? Sex. Lots and lots of sex. “I’ve never been told my books need more sex,” said Ione, ...

Face it, genre fans — paranormal romance rules the world. Twilight conquered books and movies, and now Campire… sorry, Vampire Diaries is on television. What should science fiction’s version of a love ...

Joshua Kristian McCoy is a freelance writer and film critic from the United States. He is a lifelong film buff, a voting member of the Georgia Film Critics Association, a tournament-winning Smash Bros ...

Sci-fi story Saviour of the Soul, fantasy tale Anna Magdalena and the provocative Isabella went outside the norm for Hong ...

Almost exactly a year ago, I asked our team of expert science writers here at New Scientist to name their favourite science fiction novels. Personal tastes meant we ended up with a wonderfully ...

Ali Hazelwood is the prolific writer of rom-coms such as Love, Theoretically, and she first experimented with the paranormal romance subgenre with this 2024 novel. The book follows a vampire forced ...