Margaret Atwood is an indefatigable time traveler. The prolific Canadian author, perhaps best known for “The Handmaid’s Tale” and its phenomenally successful Hulu series adaptation, has written 17 ...

14:31, Sat, Nov 1, 2025 Updated: 14:32, Sat, Nov 1, 2025 There’s no better time to cosy up with a good book than in autumn when the weather turns colder and the nights are darker. If you’re looking ...

The push to ban books in libraries, schools, and bookstores throughout the country remains strong. Pioneering actor, author, and activist George Takei has been named honorary chair of Banned Books ...

14:50, Mon, Sep 29, 2025 Updated: 14:57, Mon, Sep 29, 2025 Keir Starmer has been brutally mocked for his dystopian plans to force everyone to carry a digital ID card after a pub changed its name to ...

The influence of George Orwell’s “1984” continues to be relevant in today’s scary world. Any discussion of authoritarianism, surveillance, and the manipulation of truth invokes the dystopian landscape ...

Public News founder Michael Shellenberger assesses what a new police unit in the United Kingdom means for free speech and social media censorship on ‘The Bottom Line.’ ‘Americans are going to feel it’ ...

One of the most celebrated science fiction novels of all time is soon becoming a series for Apple TV+. Neuromancer, based on the iconic novel by William Gibson, will become a 10-episode series for the ...

William Gibson’s 1984 novel Neuromancer helped establish the cyberpunk genre, fusing detective story tropes with a version of a dark near future packed with cyborgs and hackers navigating cyberspace.

Warning: This story has spoilers for E. Lockhart’s book “We Were Liars.” Imagine if you couldn’t remember your family’s biggest secret. In E. Lockhart’s young adult novel “We Were Liars,” protagonist ...

In George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984,” Winston Smith works at the Ministry of Truth. His daily job is to rewrite newspaper articles in order to make the past coincide with the present ...