Alien first-contact stories are a classic of science fiction, and they’re all the more fascinating because they can feel like predictions of a possible future. This is the book that made me fall in ...

Have you read Max Evry's A Masterpiece in Disarray: David Lynch’s Dune? It's the kind of making-of movie book that's hard to come by these days - not just definitive, but also honest in a way that the ...

My favorite book is Ring World. I like the vivid descriptions of the technology and aliens. But I also think it has a great story line. It is a grand concept. If I had to pick just one alien book as ...