Fandom matters: writers must respect their followers or pay with their careers
Damien Walter: Science fiction authors have long understood the power of a solid fanbase. Mainstream writers, take note
Eric Brown’s science fiction choice – reviews
Last Days by Adam Nevill, Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord, Home Improvement: Undead Edition edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni LP Kelner, A Jar of Wasps by Luis Villazon
Christopher Priest rumpus ensured a vintage year for Arthur C Clarke award
Sam Jordison: Jane Rogers' breakthrough win – and the brouhaha surrounding Priest's attack on the authors and judges – made for a classic
Arthur C Clarke award goes to Jane Rogers
Author's first venture into science fiction, The Testament of Jessie Lamb, beats some of the biggest names in the genre
Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? by Philip K Dick – review
Philip K Dick's sci-fi masterpiece, the source text for Blade Runner, has stood the test of time, writes Ben East
Is science fiction literature’s first international language?
Damien Walter: From China to Russia and beyond, SF is emerging as the genre best able to articulate the relentless pace of global change
Credible science fiction needs arts and sciences collaboration, say authors
A group of SF writers are calling for a body that will match scientists with creative projects needing advice
Back to the Hugos: Dreamsnake by Vonda N McIntyre
Sam Jordison: Rather than relying on the science fiction staples of fighting and force, this determinedly feminine approach uses healing, respect and skill to make a powerful mark
Digital butchery makes a monster of Frankenstein
Mary Shelley's classic horror story has been dismembered for the age of the app, writes Anna Baddeley
The Quest for e-Weird concludes
Damien Walter: My epic voyage through the electronic universe in search of brilliant writing has been arduous, but it's yielded some remarkable treasure
Christopher Priest’s The Islanders wins BSFA award for best novel
Priest beats China Miéville's Embassytown to win the British Science Fiction Association's best novel prize
The rise of Eastercon: the SF/fantasy convention with community spirit
David Barnett: A policy of inclusivity has changed the face of the British National Science Fiction Convention, with an equal gender split and a distinct lack of Klingons
Science fiction roundup – reviews
After the Fall Before the Fall During the Fall by Nancy Kress, Saving for a Sunny Day by Ian Watson, Rocket Science, edited by Ian Sales and Anno Dracula by Kim Newman
The fall of the Roman empire and the rise of Islam
Rome's collapse inspired many gripping tales, from Gibbon's history to Dune and Battlestar Galactica. The story of Arthur's Camelot has its origins in this era of political convulsion, as does a narrative that has taken on vast global importance – the foundation of Islam. By Tom Holland
Ebooks roundup: Hitler, Hitchens and a hot erotic hit
The latest Vita Sackville-West revival is a surprising work of speculative fiction, three classic Hitchens polemics get new digital life, and EL James steams up e-reader screens with Fifty Shades of Grey
Arthur C Clarke award shortlist ‘dreadful’, says Christopher Priest
SF author attacks 'incompetence' of judges and rubbishes five of six nominated novels before suggesting prize is suspended
Should science fiction and fantasy do more than entertain?
Damien Walter: There's no escaping the fact that writers with a critical understanding of fantastika create better stories
China Miéville heads Arthur C Clarke award shortlist – again
Author of Embassytown will go up against SF heavyweights Greg Bear and Sheri S Tepper in bid to win for fourth time
Parent files police complaint after teacher reads Ender’s Game to pupils
A teacher in South Carolina is on adminstrative leave after the parent of a 14-year-old complained that Orson Scott Card's classic novel was 'pornographic'
Never mind The Hunger Games – is The Host the new Twilight?
Ben Child: The debut teaser trailer has arrived for the big-screen adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's novel about an alien race who take over human bodies
Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four forecast for Hollywood remake
An American consortium that includes director Ron Howard has secured the film rights to George Orwell's highly influential novel
The Dark Tower film project picked up by Warner Bros
Ron Howard's proposed adaptation of Stephen King's fantasy series would star Javier Bardem and begin shooting in 2013
The quest for weird fiction across the electronic universe
Fellow seekers, I need your help as I seek the grail of great, original and independently-published fiction in ebooks and on the web
John Carter – review
The fantasy-romance adventures of a civil war veteran transported to Mars made for a giant, suffocating doughy feast of boredom, writes Peter Bradshaw
Cuddly Cthulhu: how HP Lovecraft’s dark materials turned soft
David Barnett: The Lovecraft merchandising machine has transformed the horror writer's muck-encrusted god, Cthulhu, into fluffy toys and after-dinner mints. Whatever next?
Science fiction roundup – reviews
The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice, Age of Aztec by James Lovegrove, The Return Man by VM Zito and Pure by Julianna Baggott
John Christopher’s imaginative universe
With The Tripods, The Death of Grass and many others, he created enduring worlds for his readers
Samuel Youd – aka John Christopher – dies aged 89
Brian Aldiss leads tributes to a prolific author – of The Tripods and more than 50 other novels – who 'beat description'
Harrison Ford ‘in talks’ for Blade Runner sequel
Actor set to reprise role as Rick Deckard in Ridley Scott's forthcoming follow-up to his 1982 sci-fi classic, reports say
John Christopher obituary
Science-fiction author who created the Tripods trilogy and also published under the name Samuel Youd
Eric Brown’s SF and fantasy choice – reviews
Tuf Voyaging by George RR Martin, Empire State by Adam Christopher, Hell Train by Christopher Fowler and The Devil's Elixir by Raymond Khoury
What’s become of corporate society?
Damien Walter: Monolithic corporations, long one of speculative fiction's betes noir, are undergoing radical change. Is fiction changing with them?
Shortlists revealed for British Science Fiction awards
Former winners China Miéville and Christopher Priest vie with Lavie Tidhar, Adam Roberts and Kim Lakin-Smith
Diane Kruger set to star in Stephenie Meyer’s The Host
German actor in talks to join cast of forthcoming science-fiction film based on novel by Twilight author