“I am afraid of my visions.” Thus spoke H.R. Giger, the artist whose paintings led to him being engaged by director Ridley ...

Artist Doug Miller combines archaeology and aliens in new show A passion for both archaeology and science fiction led La Plata artist Doug Miller to develop his Ancient X-Files art collection ...

In 1928 the writer Jack Williamson recounted Gernsback’s view: Science fiction “takes the basis of science . . . and then adds a thing that is alien to science—imagination. It lights the way.” ...

Science fiction in the 1970s and 80s had a sensuality that has since become neutered, with studios opting for a more child-friendly, sanitised approach to character and world-building.

But inspired by her long-standing interest in science fiction, she wanted to shake up xenolinguists’ conceptions of the universe. “I find it all really conservative in a specific way,” she says.