Not so far, far away: How the Star Wars galaxy falls short of the real-life search for planets Over the past 42 years, filmgoers have seen exotic worlds come to life in a succession of Star Wars movies… Read More
Blue Origin video traces the virtuous circle between real-life spaceflight and ‘The Expanse’ on video If “The Expanse” ever decides to shoot episodes of the science-fiction series on a Blue Origin spaceship, Wes Chatham is… Read More
Who’s the best Star Trek captain? Alexa agrees with Jeff Bezos when Picard drops in on Amazon HQ When the actor who plays the boss’ favorite Star Trek captain drops in at the office, it’s best to agree… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Silicon Valley’s impact on America; National Day of Civic Hacking; and more — Since Silicon Valley became home to the development of computer chips, tech has grown into something that’s seamlessly woven… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Women in leadership; science fiction convention; API conference; more — Seattle online retailer Zulily is teaming up with women’s professional soccer team Seattle Reign FC for an event designed… Read More
From augmented reality to fake news: Five glimpses of the future from sci-fi author Neal Stephenson Seattle author Neal Stephenson’s works of fiction often play off the potential for future facts — for example, the virtual… Read More
Book excerpt: Neal Stephenson’s ‘Fall’ foretells the future of Seattle’s South Lake Union tech hub Today, Seattle’s South Lake Union district is a beehive of tech activity, dotted with campuses for Amazon, Facebook and Google.… Read More
Play Episode Podcast Science-fiction master Neal Stephenson blends high tech and high fantasy in ‘Fall’ Play Are we living in a simulation? Is there an afterlife? And if not, what would it take to create one?… Read More
Banana standoff at Amazon used to promote ‘IGIST,’ a sci-fi novel and app created by Axon president Away from his day job as president of Axon, makers of police body cameras and other products, Luke Larson has… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Science fiction literature, biases in AI, and helping businesses go global — “We earth men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful things.” That statement seems eerily on point for what’s… Read More
Vonda N. McIntyre, 1948-2019: Final novel adds to Seattle science-fiction star’s legacy Vonda N. McIntyre, a leader of Seattle’s science-fiction community who made her mark with “Star Trek” novels as well as… Read More
Jeff Bezos’ worlds collide: Cast of ‘The Expanse’ visits Blue Origin’s space turf Science fiction met space fact this week in the Seattle area when the cast of “The Expanse,” the science-fiction jewel… Read More
For UFO fans, History Channel’s ‘Project Blue Book’ show rings all too true to life “Project Blue Book,” the History Channel TV series making its debut tonight, takes its inspiration from classic UFO cases of… Read More
Actor who provided eerie voice of computer HAL in sci-fi classic ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ dies at 90 Douglas Rain, the Canadian actor who famously provided the calm and creepy voice of the computer HAL in the 1968… Read More
First-ever Nebula award for game writers approved by professional science fiction writers organization For the first time, game writers will be able to claim one of science fiction and fantasy’s prestigious Nebula awards.… Read More
Fascinating! Astronomers spot super-Earth orbiting Mr. Spock’s fictional home star Has the planet Vulcan been found? Vulcan’s most famous fictional inhabitant, Mr. Spock of “Star Trek” fame, would certainly raise… Read More
Play Episode Podcast How this workshop creates some of the world’s top sci-fi and fantasy writers, inside a Seattle house Play This and every summer around the first of August, 18 students leave a house in Seattle’s University District, after an… Read More
A nerd’s tour of the Seattle Art Fair: Fighting robots, animated neurons, and flying art debris You might be forgiven if you thought the fourth annual Seattle Art Fair would have a lot of expensive, big-name… Read More
Mr. Sulu goes social: ‘Star Trek’ vet George Takei beams up to Russell Wilson’s TraceMe fan app Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson may be the founder of the TraceMe fan networking platform, but to hear George Takei… Read More
Harlan Ellison, fiction writer well-known for Star Trek’s ‘City on the Edge of Forever,’ dies at 84 Speculative fiction author Harlan Ellison, perhaps best known to the general public as the writer of the well-regarded original Star… Read More
Play Episode Podcast How science fiction can predict the future and help tech innovators make better decisions Play Organizations may do better in planning for the future by thinking less like business leaders and more like science-fiction writers.… Read More
‘The Expanse’ co-author Daniel Abraham tells the inside story about sci-fi books, TV … and politics There’s more to Daniel Abraham than “The Expanse.” To be sure, the science-fiction saga about our future fractious solar system… Read More
Google Doodle honors Seattle author Octavia E. Butler, a voice for sci-fi diversity Seattle science-fiction author Octavia E. Butler passed away in 2006, but she’s getting timely good wishes today on what would… Read More
Amazon Studios’ boss recounts Jeff Bezos’ dinnertime push to save ‘The Expanse’ The head of Amazon Studios confirms that the plan to announce the rescue of “The Expanse” was cooked up while… Read More
Science of ‘The Expanse’: TV show sticks to space realities (with one big exception) LOS ANGELES — The sci-fi saga known as “The Expanse” has attracted a huge fan following in part because it… Read More
‘The Expanse’ is saved: Jeff Bezos says Amazon will pick up sci-fi TV saga, and the crowd goes wild LOS ANGELES — I wanted to start out talking with Jeff Bezos tonight about his vision for settling outer space, but… Read More
Five ‘Martian’ miscues to fix in space flicks LOS ANGELES — Planetary scientist Pascal Lee could give astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson a good run for his money when… Read More
Amazon reportedly talks about reviving ‘The Expanse’ after Syfy cancellation Just days after the Syfy channel announced it was canceling “The Expanse,” sparking a fan campaign to save the space… Read More
Apple to develop Isaac Asimov’s classic Foundation novels into a new video drama series The classic Foundation trilogy is the latest science-fiction property to be adapted for a video series, and this time it’s Apple… Read More
5 tech twists from ‘Ready Player One,’ Steven Spielberg’s film about gaming’s past and VR’s future “Ready Player One,” the Steven Spielberg movie that blends memes from the 1980s with a virtual-reality vision of 2045, is… Read More
