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Writer's Corner: Arthur C Clarke award nominee Lavanya Lakshminarayan on her first crack at writing a sequel
June 17, 2026 1:45 pm
Sci-fi author Lavanya Lakshminarayan discusses her 'Intergalactic Feast', revisiting beloved characters, South Indian food influences, and her evolving writing journey.
In ‘Project Hail Mary’, the countries comes together to face an existential threat. That's the real science fiction
April 07, 2026 1:41 pm
While it is, yet again, an American who is meant to be our saviour, there are allusions to plurality in the background. Grace’s crew members include a Chinese and a Russian astronaut; though regrettably — and one cannot help but see a pattern here — they are dead before you’ve taken the first bite of popcorn
From page to screen, from a character to Ryan Gosling: The shifting tones of 'Project Hail Mary'
April 02, 2026 12:35 am
The film avoids exploring the ethical ambiguity of the mission. It avoids the psychological cost of isolation that is so central to the novel’s interiority
'I'm afraid, Dave': In 2026, echoes of an AI nightmare from a 1968 film
February 20, 2026 2:49 pm
As Silicon Valley pioneers warn of "apocalyptimistical" futures that can scheme and cheat, we are no longer watching sci-fi. We are living it. If AI solves every problem and composes every symphony, what happens when the human soul finally withers from a lack of purpose?
What Tron: Ares reveals about our AI-driven future
November 15, 2025 1:47 pm
In Tron: Ares, big tech’s obsession with power, militarised AI, and human expendability merge into a cautionary vision of our future where empathy might be the last surviving code.
5 must-read sci-fi novels that made the leap to screen
August 22, 2025 12:21 pm
Dive into the intriguing world of sci-fi literature that questions reality and humanity.
Jurassic Park, Black Mirror, dire wolves: A foreshadowing worth revisiting
May 08, 2025 4:53 pm
In ‘Jurassic Park’, John Hammond says, ‘Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to ask if they should.’ Thirty years later, this has never been as pertinent as it is today
3 Body Problem teaser: Game of Thrones creators' new Netflix series promises an exhilarating ride
June 18, 2023 4:30 pm
Developed by David Benioff and DB Weiss, the creators of Game of Thrones, 3 Body Problem, based on Liu Cixin's acclaimed novel of the same name, is set to premiere on Netflix in January 2024.
'The first to go green will do the best afterwards': Kim Stanley Robinson
November 09, 2021 10:43 am
As the COP26 climate conference unfolds in Glasgow, award-winning writer Kim Stanley Robinson speaks of India’s potential to script an environmental regeneration
'The idea of a major war between Great Powers has worn off'
November 09, 2021 10:59 am
Philosopher Toby Ord’s new book, The Precipice, examines our power to collectively extinguish the human species
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