How the hunt for the Higgs boson began
In this excerpt from Massive: The Missing Particle That Sparked the Greatest Hunt in Science (Basic Books), author Ian Sample tells the story of how Peter Higgs went from being a joke to a legend with just one lecture. Peter Higgs arrived in Chapel Hill to set up home on September 6, 1965, having left…
Read an excerpt from Deadpool and Zombieland writer Rhett Reese’s new novel Anxiety
We’ve got an exclusive look at the first 20 pages of Zombieland and Deadpool co-writer Rhett Reese’s horror novel Anxiety. Flop sweat shut-ins, meet your new hero. Josh Redding, 26, is afflicted by severe, debilitating panic attacks. Once an accomplished student with a sharp wit and a bright future, Josh has retreated from the world…
How Hannu Rajaniemi turned a single chapter into a three-book deal
It isn’t every day that a brand-new author lands a three-book, five-figure book deal on the back of a single chapter. SciFiNow’s Sam Bandah talks to Finnish author Hannu Rajaniemi about how it happened. The response to Hannu Rajaniemi’s debut, futuristic cyberpunk heist novel The Quantum Thief has been phenomenal, with a wave of critical…
Where did science fiction come from? A primer on the pulps.
Pulp historian Jess Nevins, author of Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana, takes you deep into the weird history of the scifi pulps, 1900-1950. Get ready for amazing science and astounding adventure! This is the first in a series on the pulps. The pulps are enjoying a resurgence. DC Comics recently brought back several pulp heroes, including…