Science Fiction

Learning to fly: how a hospital stay helped Nnedi Okorafor find herself as a writer

Being confined to a bed for months brought isolation and unspeakable pain, but it opened up Nnedi Okorafor’s mind to a universe of characters, ideas and stories. Readers know Nn...

Want to make something, but have no idea where to begin? Here’s some inspiration from Adam Savage

Special-effects designer and Mythbuster Adam Savage offers a call to action and vision map to every would-be maker and dreamer out there. “How do I get started?” Across four dec...

“Write your story, and don’t be afraid to write it” — a sci-fi writer talks about finding her voice and being a superhero

Nigerian-American Nnedi Okorafor writes the kind of drop-everything, Africa-based fantasy and sci-fi that she never saw on bookshelves growing up. Here, she talks about the auth...