Sci-Fi Stories for 2019

Syd Mead, Visionary 'Blade Runner' Artist and Futurist, Dies at 86 28
'The Rise of Skywalker' Is a Preview of Our DRM-Fueled Dystopian Future 78
The BBC's 1992 TV Show About VR, 3D TVs With Glasses, and Holographic 3D Screens 54
Missing Stars Could Point To Alien Civilizations, Scientists Say 289
Remembering Star Trek Writer DC Fontana, 1939-2019 25
How Chinese Sci-Fi Conquered America 90
Netflix Cancels Rebooted 'Mystery Science Theatre 3000' 80
Watchmen Creator Alan Moore: Modern Superhero Culture is Embarrassing 353
'Sci-fi Makes You Stupid' Study Refuted by Scientists Behind Original Research 107
Are We Living In a Blade Runner World? 223
Carrie Fisher Was Originally Going To Be 'The Last Jedi' In the Final Star Wars Movie 165
Struggling 'Terminator' Movie Has An Even Worse Second Weekend 271
Third 'Terminator' Reboot Bombs at Box Office 243
Tom DeLonge's UFO Research Group Signs Contract With US Army To Develop Far-Future Tech 77
China's Helicopter Prototype Looks Like a UFO 60
Dutch Family 'Waiting For End of Time' Discovered In Basement 154
What 'Ad Astra' and Brad Pitt Get Wrong About Space Travel, Science and Life In the Cosmos 89
Authorities Consider Taking Legal Action Against Facebook Over Storm Area 51 Event 87
Navy Confirms Existence of UFOs Seen In Leaked Footage 197
2019 Hugo Award Winners Include a Fan Fiction Site and 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' 120
Blade Runner Actor Rutger Hauer Dies Aged 75 135
Comic-Con Trailers Include 'Star Trek: Picard' and HBO's 'Watchmen' Series 205
New 'HBO Max' Streaming Service Will Include a 'Dune' TV Series 53
Thousands of People Have Taken a Facebook Pledge To Storm Area 51 345
Slashdot Asks: Does Anyone Still Like Godzilla? 231
'Cyberpunk 2077' Game Starring Keanu Reeves Demoed at Microsoft Xbox Event 68
Bizarre New Theories Emerge About Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto 133
Blake's 7 Actor Paul Darrow Dies At 78 107
NYT 'Op Eds From the Future' Launch With Sci-Fi Writer Ted Chiang 33
Can James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger Revive The 'Terminator' Franchise? 226
Neal Stephenson Says Social Media Is Close To A 'Doomsday Machine' 59
High School Production of 'Alien' Suprised By Visit From Sigourney Weaver 61
How Science Fiction Imagines Data Storage 78
Ridley Scott's 'Alien' Will Finally be Released in 4K HDR For Its 40th Anniversary 92
Netflix Buys Rights To Stream Chinese Sci-Fi Blockbuster 'The Wandering Earth' 214
DC Cancels Comic Where Jesus Learns From Superhero After Outcry 348
How Arthur C. Clarke Predicted We'd Communicate in the 21st Century 48

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