Isaac Asimov

Despite calling himself a feminist, the author of the Foundation stories was a serial harasser.

Early robots in the US evolved from symbols of revolt into racialized figures tied to labor and the legacy of slavery.

The project of science fiction and the creation of modern mythology.

Before that "giant leap for mankind" Americans weren't so enthusiastic.

A half-century ago, "Saturday Review" asked some of the era's visionaries for their predictions of what 2024 would look like. Here are their hits and misses.

For the entire 20th century, it had felt like telepathy was just around the corner. Why is that especially true now?

Nothing dates our vision of the future like how we remember the past.

Historians tell stories about the past. A new book argues that those stories are often dangerously wrong.

The Amazon CEO's vision of space settlements draws on 1970s thinking, without adding anything new.

Before the word processor, perfect copy was the domain of the typist—not the literary genius.

Imagining a future that separates women from their biological identity seems so “drastic” as to be unimaginable—in 1962 and today.