These near-to-the-real-world works, with light science-fiction twists and confident philosophical ramblings, are reminiscent of the New Wave works of J.G. Ballard. These early films were made ...

It establishes Ballard as a major British writer of the “New Wave” of science fiction. His stories bring psychological interest and an experimental literary style to science fiction themes.

By contrast, the rise of Japanese science fiction in the 1960s coincided with the explosion of New Wave speculative fiction in England and North America, and thus Japanese sf could not pursue the ...

Science fiction isn’t just about imagining the future — it’s about shaping it. Julie Zimmerman In a new series called “Sci X Sci-Fi,” Yale Planetary Solutions will convene leading thinkers from across ...