Alien invasion stories are among the earliest science fiction in the Western canon—they not only explore the strange and unknown but also heighten the stakes by bringing danger inside human ...

A landmark Liverpool building will stand in for Victorian London for a BBC film version of H.G. Wells’ sci-fi classic The War of the Worlds. Filming is set to begin on Tuesday in north Liverpool when ...

This story first appeared in Trying!, a thoughtful, funny, wide-ranging daily newsletter featuring essays from the mind of Matt Gross. You can sign up for them here. Those were simple aliens for ...