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Science fiction's most popular literary writers from Isaac Asimov to Stephen King and Frank Herbert, and the rising stars of today.

Doomsday Diary
Phase II: An AI to do the work of creating perfect placement for all of the applicants. To be honest the technology sounded extremely far fetched to me, but it all became my new reality rather quickly. There was something interesting, or maybe a bit cliche when you come to think about it, about everyone who had applied for phase II: they had an extremely large amount of personal data compared to other phase applicants. As a self diagnosed typical phase two individual, I have no shame admitting that I used all my medias the same exact way as before having my privacy stripped. In case you’re brand spanking new, there was a day when the people of our nation gave up our privacy and agreed to be monitored and watched constantly. This lead several individuals to be outraged, as well as become very conscious of how they used there technology. But not I, I love the stimulation and entertainment of technology so much that I continued to use all my tech. in the exact same way as before. In other wrods I loved my phone, lap top, and tv so much that I could care less if anyone was monitoring or watching my activity. Because this, it seems the process for me was just about instant, which lets be honest, is exactly the way I like it. Now don’t forget, all these phases, and perfect placement, and pods, and bubbles, came as a the response to a very deadly, near apocalyptic virus.
By Elijah Davis11 days ago in Futurism
Exploring the Vast Universe of Perry Rhodan
I first stumbled upon Perry Rhodan on a rainy Saturday afternoon in a tiny secondhand bookstore in Berlin. I wasn’t looking for it—I was just hiding from the cold—but the neon orange spines on the shelf called to me like a secret. I picked up the first issue and found myself staring at a cover depicting gleaming spaceships, alien landscapes, and a man who somehow looked both heroic and terrified.
By John Smith11 days ago in Futurism
Nostradamus Predictions for 2026.
Nostradamus Predictions for 2026 Nostradamus remains one of the most enduring names in prophecy. Born Michel de Nostredame in sixteenth-century France, he worked as a physician, astrologer, and writer, a man who turned observation into prediction. His book Les Prophéties has travelled through centuries, its cryptic verses sparking argument and awe in equal measure. Some see his work as poetic philosophy, others as proof that the future leaves shadows long before it arrives. Whatever the truth, his name still rises whenever the world trembles.
By Marie381Uk 13 days ago in Futurism
"Poor Beth": A Modern Mystery Reimagines a Literary Fate. AI-Generated.
A Classic's Quietest Ending Becomes a Modern Starting Point For over 150 years, Beth March’s death in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women has been framed as a tender, tragic, and inevitable event. She is the "good" sister, whose quiet decline serves as a moral lesson and a catalyst for the others’ growth. In Beth Is Dead, author Katie Bernet seizes on this narrative fixture and turns it into an open question. What if Beth’s death in a modern setting wasn’t a gentle fading away, but a sudden, unexplained event? By shifting Beth’s fate from a consumptive nineteenth-century passing to a mysterious death on New Year’s Eve, Bernet does more than update the setting. She actively challenges the original narrative’s acceptance of Beth’s passive role, transforming a closed ending into an open case.
By Saad 21 days ago in Futurism
About Binding Prometheus. Top Story - January 2026.
I want to start actively advocating on behalf of my own work, and the most valuable part of my canon is, without a doubt, Binding Prometheus, the play I have been working on since 2019 and only finished in 2023 as part of my MA. The play itself is an amalgamation of a million different inspirations. On one end, it evokes the Ancient Greek myth-play, deriving its own title from the earliest extant work of Western drama we have, Aeschylus’s Prometheus Bound. On the other end, it borrows significantly from the sci-fi bulwarks from over the years, namely Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Karel Capek’s Rossum’s Universal Robots. The play could be an episode of Black Mirror, I fear. I don’t know. I’ve only ever seen one episode of Black Mirror.
By Steven Christopher McKnightabout a month ago in Futurism
Why Do Daily Love Horoscopes Feel So Personal?. AI-Generated.
There is a familiar moment many people experience. You open your phone or browser, scroll to your horoscope, and begin reading. Within a few lines, something shifts. The words feel uncannily close to your own thoughts. The emotions described mirror what you are feeling. The advice feels relevant, timely, almost intimate.
By Amber Christina Lohanabout a month ago in Futurism
A Dystopia of Our Own Design. Top Story - November 2025.
If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever. –George Orwell, 1984 More and more often, I look around and find that the themes of my favorite dystopian novels have come to life: separatism/division, erasure, controlling the past to control the future, the rich stamping on the poor while the poor take it out on each other, using technology to control and monitor our lives, etc. It is everything that we have been warned against, especially in literature—time and time again.
By Stephanie Hoogstad2 months ago in Futurism
Textbook Assassin
To read my first essay on Videodrome, written six years ago, click here: The (Old) New Flesh "The cathode ray becomes the fallopian tube of the retina." — Brien O'Blivion, Media Prophet "In the future, everyone will be living in a TV studio." J.G. Ballard, 1982.
By Tom Baker4 months ago in Futurism
Midnight and the Sacred Bone; Or, Falling Through Space Like a Glittering Jewel, a Mote in the Eye of God
2001: A Space Odyssey is the intercession between the Divine Will, the Cosmic Consciousness, and the manifestation of that will on the material plane. It is a story, yet it is also a subconscious flickering of communication—a thing manifested because, in Heaven and Earth, all things that can be conceived, all permutations of “reality,” are rendered possible before we “experience” them in the solid, physical, three-dimensional “meat space” of our lives.
By Tom Baker5 months ago in Futurism
The AI Robot Girl
The world is changing faster than we ever imagined. From self-driving cars to AI-powered doctors, every field of life is witnessing astonishing transformations. But perhaps the most shocking and emotional breakthrough has come from China: the creation of an AI Robot Girl.
By ✦•············• Freelancer •············✦5 months ago in Futurism
How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Marketing and SEO.
Artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly become a cornerstone of modern marketing and search engine optimization (SEO). Today’s marketing teams use AI-driven tools to automate repetitive tasks, analyze vast datasets, and deliver personalized experiences to customers like never before. From optimizing ad campaigns to refining keyword strategies and generating content, AI is enhancing nearly every aspect of digital marketing.
By Sayed Zewayed5 months ago in Futurism
Top 10 Future Inventions That Could Change the World.
Top 10 Future Inventions That Could Change the World Introduction Since the dawn of human civilization, inventions have shaped the way societies live, work, and communicate. The wheel, electricity, and the internet are just a few breakthroughs that redefined entire eras. But as technology continues to accelerate, the future holds even greater promises. From advanced artificial intelligence to space colonization, the coming decades could deliver inventions that will radically change our world. Below, we explore ten of the most impactful innovations that experts believe are on the horizon.
By Sayed Zewayed5 months ago in Futurism