Lisle Library Science Fiction / Fantasy Book Group

09/19/2021

Her gentle, heartwarming stories seek to soothe our troubled souls. They also aim to blow up the entire genre.

03/09/2021

NASA has named the landing site of the agency’s Perseverance rover “Octavia E. Butler Landing,” after the science fiction author Octavia E. Butler.

03/09/2021

Porter Square Books is delighted to present a virtual talk with Nicole Galland, author of the newly released Master of the Revels, joined in conversation by Neal Stephenson! This event is free and open to all, hosted on Crowdcast.

02/08/2019

Two engineers try to create an immortal dog in John Scalzi’s short story “A Model Dog.” In this animated adaptation, an overbearing CEO demands that his empl...

08/12/2018

A short story about an AI that likes cat pictures.

06/29/2018

“For a brief time I was here, and for a brief time, I mattered.” Harlan Ellison, author, screenwriter, and grand master of science fiction and fantasy, has passed on June 28th, 2018 at …

05/13/2018

Not a bad list. Also, they're not lying ... it's ALL ON ONE PAGE. :)

Science fiction movies have always been a mainstay of Hollywood. But there are many science fiction movies that were criminally underrated when released and have largely been forgotten over time. For every blockbuster such as Star Wars and E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, there’s a gem of a movie such ...

04/26/2018

02/03/2018

These librarians would adventure through muddy creeks and snowy hills just to deliver books to the people of these isolated areas.