6) Frack/Frak The fascination with swear words that plagues middle schoolers every year can also be found in the mind of science fiction writers. (After all, if you could put a couple of words ...

Write and then post your very own six-word science fiction mini-epics below, and then all there’s left to do is to start reading and star all your very favorites. I’ll be highlighting the best ...

It does seem all but inarguably true about science fiction, though, that the genre radiates neologisms (new words) and neosemes (new concepts made of old words) like an overloading warp core emits ...

The goal of that project was to expand the O.E.D.’s coverage of science fiction, something of a gap in its research, by drawing on the reading and knowledge of fans. (“Brave New Words,” a ...