The Fight for Abortion Rights Is a Battle Over History
Justice Samuel Alito says the right to abortion was unknown in US law until “the latter part of the 20th century.” History says otherwise.
After Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Read These 5 Comics
The multiverse is a tricky and confusing place. These books will help you get your bearings.
No One Does Speculative Fiction Like Emily St. John Mandel
In Sea of Tranquility, the Station Eleven author uses time travel and other sci-fi flourishes to ask older questions about how humans make meaning.
Of Course We’re Living in a Simulation
The only people who absolutely disagree are, well, scientists. They need to get over themselves and join the fun.
Ada Palmer and the Weird Hand of Progress
The sci-fi author writes about the 25th century and teaches college students about the 15th. The past we think we know is wrong, she says—and so is the future.
Dystopia Is All Too Plausible in The School for Good Mothers
Jessamine Chan’s new novel makes a world full of surveillance android children seem very real.
The Best Ebook Subscription Services for Your Literary Needs
You can read countless ebooks, listen to audiobooks, or browse comics with one of these WIRED-tested digital reading subscriptions.
The Best Ebook Subscription Services for Your Literary Needs
You can read countless ebooks, listen to audiobooks, or browse comics with one of these WIRED-tested digital reading subscriptions.
10 Great Tech Books to Gift (or Keep for Yourself)
Treat the techie in your life to tomes revealing the inner workings of the companies and characters shaping big tech.