Terry Pratchett died last week at the age of 66, after a lengthy and public struggle with early-onset Alzheimer’s. He left behind an astonishing body of work—including a whole hilarious, complicated world. This is an introduction to that world—Discworld—as well as to some of his standalone projects, for readers who haven’t yet had the pleasure […]
No matter how weird things get on “our” world, in science fiction, there will always be places where things got weirder—enter the parallel universe. We often think of the “multiverse” as an invention of modern science and comic books (thanks, Flash!), but the concept can be traced back to the 17th century, when Duchess Margaret […]