Apocalypse as a happy ending? Only in Los Angeles. It's an idea that's epicentral to the identity of the place.

Since the Los Angeles fires began last week, “Parable of the Sower” and other Octavia Butler works written decades ago have ...

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan The fires stand as a monumental example of nature’s destructive potential when accelerated by ...

(AP) — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined ... replete with damaged structures. Butler's prescience predates this year. In the book’s sequel, “Parable of the Talents ...

We continue our coverage of the devastating wildfires in Southern California, which have killed at least 24 people as of Monday. Some 150,000 more have been forced to evacuate their homes and over 40, ...

A silent book club gives readers a chance to be social, but it unfolds a bit differently than in a traditional book club. The ...

(AP) — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ... replete with damaged structures. Butler's prescience predates this year. In the book’s sequel, “Parable of the Talents,” an ...

The author of the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club on the science that lies behind his novel Alien Clay, set on a prison planet where the biology is very different to that on Earth ...

In the opening to Adrian Tchaikovsky's science fiction novel Alien Clay, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, our ...

Writer Jennifer Moorman shares her thoughts on the allure of time travel as a fictional device. Moorman’s latest novel is The ...

Hollywood pays tribute to the irreplaceable artifacts and cultural touchstones that were destroyed, from the ‘Wizard of Oz’ piano to Altadena’s historic Black haven to a local recovery landmark.