Beyond the bread-and-butter science fiction (take your pick: milSF, space opera, alt history, what have you) lies the realm of metaphysical sci-fi, a subgenre that plunges headfirst into the surreal. In metaphysical science fiction, the boundaries of reality can stretch and break, and the human mind is as uncharted and alien as the outer reaches of […]
We all have a wishlist of things we’d do if time travel were possible. It’s a common human fantasy: who wouldn’t want the ability to wander through history, and, if you’re exceptionally careful about it, even change it? But with great temporal power comes great temporal responsibility—and the huge potential for big mistakes. Paradox-level mistakes. Massive, existence-wiping mistakes. Over the years, science fiction […]