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SCIENCE FICTION

Get the facts straight about your favorite AI chatbots.

If you’ve ever caught yourself sympathizing with ChatGPT, you may have fallen for one of these common misconceptions about AI.

Bethel Afful
















Novelist Daphne du Maurier.

Women have written some of the most blood-curdlingly scary stories of all time, but they haven’t always gotten the credit they deserve. Explore some delightfully spooky Halloween reading from 11 masters of horror literature.

Anna Green


The survivors of 'Lost.'

What began as a show about the survivors of a plane crash attempting to survive all alone on a tropical island quickly turned into something much different—and weirder.

Erin McCarthy


Not everyone was originally onboard ‘Star Wars.’

George Lucas’s long-simmering space was described as both “puerile” and “the most beautiful movie serial ever made.”

Jennifer M Wood




George Miller at the premiere of "Three Thousand Years Of Longing"

Even after the success of 'Mad Max: Fury Road,' 'Happy Feet' remains George Miller's biggest hit.

Michele Debczak