This frames the plot of “The Evitable Conflict,” a short story from “I, Robot,” Isaac Asimov’s seminal collection published in 1950. In the background of the nuclear age, technology was quietly ...

But not all sci-fi books are part of a series. There are a great number of standalone books that tell complete stories that are just as impressive as any series or franchise. Here are six such books, ...

From phone boxes and flux capacitors to black holes and hot tubs, sci-fi has created plenty of ways to explore the fourth ...