We Read Science Fiction

Superb. Greg Bear’s Moving Mars won the Nebula Award in 1994 and was a finalist for the Hugo the same year. It’s a gripping story about early colonial life, politics, science (the fictional kind) and deep characters. Written from the point of view of the central female character — who is both strong and flawed [...]

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The Last Question is a short story that was written by Isaac Asimov in 1956. It was Asimov’s favorite among the short stories he wrote, and is generally agreed to be one of the best science fiction short stories ever written. I stumbled across it about two weeks ago via Digg, and decided to [...]

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