Granta regularly comes out with lists of great young novelists, and over at the Guardian Damien Walter has taken a stab at coming up with a similar list for science fiction and fantasy. It's a pretty diverse list, and a pretty good start.

Imagine a scent inspired by the dead writers of our past. What would it smell like? It would most likely include black tea, vetiver, clove, musk, vanilla, heliotrope, and tobacco. Which is exactly what's inside J.T. Siems Sweet Tea Apothecary's new perfume, Dead Writers, a scent that should evoke, "the feeling of…

So much of science fiction's core topics intersect with war, one way or the other. Rapid social change and technological innovation both get supercharged during wartime, and some of our greatest explorers are also warriors. So it's not surprising that many of science fiction's most well-known authors served in the…

We look to the great SF authors and get inspiration from their work — along with a healthy dose of envy, sometimes. It's impossible to read the works of authors like Vernor Vinge and Maureen McHugh without wishing we could have pulled something like that off. But which works do the great SF authors wish they'd written?

January is bursting with pop-culture greatness. There are new books by Neil Gaiman and Warren Ellis — plus the final book of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series! Some long-awaited movies finally come to theaters, including John Dies at the End. And Canada's mind-boggling new time travel show Continuum hits U.S.…

What does December's science fiction and fantasy offer you? There's Terry Pratchett's complete guide to Ankh-Morpork. And your chance to see Neil Gaiman and Neil DeGrasse Tyson together on stage! Plus tons of DVDs, books, and conventions — plus The Hobbit!

Open Road Media recently had some of their most well-known authors talk about their love for science fiction and fantasy — and what the difference between the two is. The video includes Ellen Datlow, Alan Dean Foster, Barbara Hambly, John Jakes and Patricia C. Wrede. Not to mention you can watch Barbara Hambly read…

December opens up whole new universes for science fiction and fantasy fans! How can you prepare for the onslaught of awesomeness? Only by living in the future today, with the indispensible io9 calendar.

Science fiction fans live with one foot in the future — so here's a sneak peek of November's science fiction and fantasy.

October will fill your days and nights with horror. There are four new and returning horror/dark fantasy TV shows, including Walking Dead. There are tons of monster movies, plus the dystopian In Time. And there's loads of dark fantasy novels, including new Richard Kadrey, Richard K. Morgan and N.K. Jemisin! Plus new…