As modern science runs amok, achieving things once unimaginable and unlocking the secrets of the universe, writing science fiction gets increasingly difficult. Things once considered the ravings of wild-eyed novelists with rich imaginations are being mass-produced and sold (the iPhone is basically the Hitchhiker’s Guide, people), and the list of truly amazing things you can toss […]
No matter how weird things get on “our” world, in science fiction, there will always be places where things got weirder—enter the parallel universe. We often think of the “multiverse” as an invention of modern science and comic books (thanks, Flash!), but the concept can be traced back to the 17th century, when Duchess Margaret […]