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Science Fiction

Scene from "Blade Runner 2049"

Will our AI creations ultimately achieve personhood? Here’s how it could happen

Some say artificial intelligence will be humanity’s greatest helper. Others warn that AI will become humanity’s most dangerous rival. But maybe there’s… Read More

Illustration: Teenage Mars inhabitant in space helmet

Artificial intelligence is going full circle — from fiction to science, and back again

Artificial intelligence has had an effect on nearly every facet of modern life — ranging from diagnosing diseases, to applying for a… Read More

Portrait of Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham

What if the aliens win? That’s the subject of a new saga from creators of ‘The Expanse’

In nearly all alien-invasion tales, the puny humans somehow find a way to win — for example, in classic novels… Read More

Stylized portrait of Vonda N. McIntyre

How Seattle science-fiction pioneer Vonda N. McIntyre blazed a trail for diversity

Decades before the current debates over gender and sexuality, the late Seattle science-fiction writer Vonda N. McIntyre flipped the script… Read More

Emily Bender and Ted Chiang on stage

Is artificial intelligence all that intelligent? AI influencers worry about wishful thinking

What do you get when you put two of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people on artificial intelligence together in… Read More

Madeleine Yuna Voyles in "The Creator"

Get an AI reality check on ‘The Creator’ — Hollywood’s latest robo-doomsday movie

Over the next 50 years, will humanity become too attached to the artificial-intelligence agents that dictate the course of our… Read More

Dr. Evil, Mr. Bigglesworth and "Starter Villain" cat

‘Starter Villain’: Sci-fi supervillain tale aims a satirical laser at tech billionaires

There’s nary a mention of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates in “Starter Villain,” but science-fiction author John Scalzi’s wickedly funny… Read More

Paul Allen estate donates thousands of rare music, film and sci-fi artifacts to Seattle’s MoPOP

Thousands of one-of-a-kind artifacts from Paul Allen’s collection, spanning decades of cultural relevance, are headed to Seattle’s Museum of Pop… Read More

"Critical Mass" book cover illustration showing space station beyond moon

Fictional plans for building a space station beyond the moon reflect Jeff Bezos’ vision

If Jeff Bezos needs a blueprint for building a space station beyond the moon with ore from an asteroid, he… Read More

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania / Quantum

Get a reality check on quantum computing vs. ‘Quantumania’ in Marvel’s latest movie

Ant-Man may be getting small in Marvel’s latest superhero movie — but in the real world, quantum is getting big.… Read More

Illustration: City on Mars

Science fiction focuses on the far future of terraforming, with a tie-in to today’s cities

Billionaires such as Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos dream of making Mars more like Earth, or seeing millions of people… Read More

Illustration: Man with virtual world in hand

Sci-fi author and scientist team up to write a novel about consciousness and quantum weirdness

Do we each create our own reality? Could different observers create measurably different realities? It’s a fantastical line of thought… Read More

Greg Bear portrait

Greg Bear, 1951-2022: Best-selling writer influenced sci-fi world, on and off the page

Greg Bear, a Seattle science-fiction author who played a leading role in defining how global audiences saw future final frontiers,… Read More

Chloe Grace Moretz in "The Peripheral"

Amazon’s ‘Peripheral’ brings cyberpunk prophet William Gibson’s vision up to date

The future may not be evenly distributed, but there’s a dystopia-inducing concentration of it in “The Peripheral,” a science-fiction novel by cyberpunk… Read More

Octopus seen during Ocean Observatories Initiative's Vision '13 expedition

What octopus intelligence can teach us about artificial intelligence — and aliens

Are intelligent aliens living among us? A newly published novel just might lead you to think so — and in… Read More

Zeva Z2 eVTOL in flight

‘It’s not just science fiction’: Zeva is taking its flying saucer concept to the next level

Eight months ago, Zeva Aero conducted a milestone flight test for an electric-powered flying saucer that would warm the heart… Read More

Jeff Bezos at Blue Origin and in "Star Trek Beyond"

How the Star Trek saga blazed new trails for space exploration — with a hand from superfan Jeff Bezos

Over the course of five decades, advances in space science and exploration have changed the Star Trek saga — but… Read More

Sci-fi email illustration

A ‘Gates tax’ on robots? ‘Email From the Future’ imagines a world without ultra-rich tech titans

Visions of Utopia go back to the year 1516, when Thomas More literally wrote the book on the subject —… Read More

Rock on(line)! Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture building digital ‘vault’ for 80,000 collection items

The Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle has more than 80,000 pieces in its permanent collection, comprised of such artifacts… Read More

Multigenerational starship

‘Last Exit: Space’ highlights the questions and the quirkiness behind billionaire visions of leaving Earth

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos wants to have millions of people living and working in space — that’s why he founded… Read More

Scene from "Moonfall"

Bad moon falling: Geophysicist adds her own scientific spin to ‘Moonfall’ movie

Even geophysicist Mika McKinnon, one of the science consultants for a $140 million disaster movie called “Moonfall,” admits that the moon-crashing tale… Read More

Honey mushrooms

Pacific Northwest forests provide the perfect breeding ground for a sci-fi tale about alien invasion

If you’re going to write a novel about an alien fungus threatening the planet, there are few places more suited… Read More

Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson talks about his climate thriller — and why the metaverse didn’t match his vision

This whole metaverse thing hasn’t turned out exactly the way Seattle novelist Neal Stephenson thought it would when he came… Read More

Timothy Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson in "Dune"

How the ‘Dune’ science-fiction saga parallels the real science of Oregon’s dunes

The deserts of Abu Dhabi and Jordan play starring roles in the blockbuster sci-fi movie “Dune,” which premieres this week… Read More

Inside the New Shepard crew capsule

Bezos vs. Branson vs. Musk: A reality check on the billionaire space race — and space station sci-fi

The state of commercial space travel is changing so quickly that even science-fiction authors are struggling to keep up. That’s… Read More

Octavia E. Butler

NASA names Perseverance rover landing site on Mars after Seattle sci-fi pioneer Octavia E. Butler

Fifteen years after her death, Seattle science-fiction author Octavia E. Butler has joined an exclusive pantheon of space luminaries memorialized… Read More

Ted Chiang

Science-fiction master Ted Chiang explores the rights and wrongs of AI

What rights does a robot have? If our machines become intelligent in the science-fiction way, that’s likely to become a… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Susan Fowler talks about her book; the science of making alcohol; and more

— In 2017, news of sexual harassment problems at Uber made national headlines and investigations led to the ousting of… Read More

Star Trek’s George Takei tweaks President Trump over Space Force’s trekky new seal

We don’t know whether Mr. Spock would have cocked an eyebrow over the Starfleet-like U.S. Space Force seal that was… Read More

How the cloud helps lift ‘The Expanse’ and other science fiction epics out of this world

It used to take a cast of thousands to create cinematic extravaganzas, but now the job can be done with… Read More

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