Perhaps it is hard to be a god, according to the title of this sprawling Russian epic. But everybody else looks miserable, too. We are in a world called Arkanar, invented by Arkady and Boris ...

Hard to Be a God delves into a chaotic society mired in filth and violence, challenging the notion of stagnation versus progress. The film follows protagonist Don Rumata in a difficult position, torn ...

Drenched in filth, the visibly fetid array of characters that inhabit the planet Arkanar appear to exist in a perpetual state of delirium. Their history mimics that of Europe, with one exception: The ...

Cathal McGuinness is a recent college graduate from Dublin, Ireland. He has been writing short stories and articles from the age of 15. He was awarded the George Dempsey prize for English Prose ...

Few duties have more importance in the Star Trek universe than First Contact missions. When a planet was on the verge of developing a warp drive, Starfleet would covertly observe and privately ...

Perfect. All-powerful. All-knowing. The idea of the deity most Westerners accept is actually not coherent. Credit...Reuters Supported by By Peter Atterton Mr. Atterton is a professor of philosophy. If ...

THE scrabble for dominance in sci-fi and fantasy streaming continues to heat up. At the time of writing, Paramount had decided to pull season four of Star Trek: Discovery from Netflix and screen it ...

A slew of religious smartphone apps are allowing untold millions of users to confess to AI chatbots, some of which claim to be channeling God himself. As the New York Times reports, Apple’s App Store ...

Ah, it’s good to be a god. That’s what they say, right? While you may not be a deity in your own right, you can be something of a god when using Windows 11 — by enabling the hidden God Mode. God Mode ...