Whether they're zany comedies like Back to the Future or cerebral dramas like Arrival, these sci-fi movies are a masterclass in narrative and pacing.

Stanisław Lem was a Polish writer of science fiction, philosophy and satire. He was named a Knight of the Order of the White Eagle. His books have been translated into 41 languages and have sold over ...

Stanisław Lem, trans. from the Polish by Michael Kandel. MIT, $17.95 trade paper (272p) ISBN 978-0-262-53845-9 This deeply philosophical first contact tale, originally published in 1967, showcases the ...

Opera San José has announced that it will showcase a workshop of a new opera by composer Stefan Cwik and librettist Anthony Asaro. The workshop is set for Saturday, Oct. 11 at the Heiman Rehearsal ...

Oliver Hirschbiegel, the director of Oscar-nominated “Downfall” and European Film Award nominee “The Experiment,” and Peter Harness, the writer, creator and executive producer of Apple TV’s ...

Stanislaw Lem might have thought he had it right, if these water worlds had turned up while he was alive. In his 1962 sci-fi novel, Solaris, Lem imagined an exoplanet that he called Solaris.