diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f759d369..535c60cd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
  * Added a `:slots` meta flag for `deftype` to disable creation of `__slots__` on created types (#1241)
  * Added support for f-strings (#922)
  * Added the `aslice` macro to facilitate the use of Python style `array[start:stop:step]` slicing in Basilisp (#1248)
+ * Added the `IPending` interface which is implemented by delays, futures, and promises (#1260)
 
 ### Changed
  * Removed implicit support for single-use iterables in sequences, and introduced `iterator-seq` to expliciltly handle them (#1192)
diff --git a/src/basilisp/core.lpy b/src/basilisp/core.lpy
index 8d856e8f..b84ea152 100644
--- a/src/basilisp/core.lpy
+++ b/src/basilisp/core.lpy
@@ -1404,6 +1404,11 @@
   [x]
   (and (integer? x) (neg? x)))
 
+(defn ^:inline promise?
+  "Return ``true`` if ``x`` is a promise."
+  [x]
+  (instance? basilisp.lang.promise/Promise x))
+
 (defn ^:inline some?
   "Return ``true`` if ``x`` is not ``nil``\\, otherwise ``false`` s."
   [x]
diff --git a/src/basilisp/lang/compiler/analyzer.py b/src/basilisp/lang/compiler/analyzer.py
index d8bd3352..94ec4764 100644
--- a/src/basilisp/lang/compiler/analyzer.py
+++ b/src/basilisp/lang/compiler/analyzer.py
@@ -1031,12 +1031,10 @@ def _def_ast(  # pylint: disable=too-many-locals,too-many-statements
     # where we directly set the Var meta for the running Basilisp instance
     # this causes problems since we'll end up getting something like
     # `(quote ([] [v]))` rather than simply `([] [v])`.
-    arglists_meta = def_meta.val_at(ARGLISTS_KW)  # type: ignore
+    arglists_meta = def_meta.val_at(ARGLISTS_KW)
     if isinstance(arglists_meta, llist.PersistentList):
         assert arglists_meta.first == SpecialForm.QUOTE
-        var_meta = def_meta.update(  # type: ignore
-            {ARGLISTS_KW: runtime.nth(arglists_meta, 1)}
-        )
+        var_meta = def_meta.update({ARGLISTS_KW: runtime.nth(arglists_meta, 1)})
     else:
         var_meta = def_meta
 
@@ -1055,7 +1053,7 @@ def _def_ast(  # pylint: disable=too-many-locals,too-many-statements
     var = Var.intern_unbound(
         ns_sym,
         bare_name,
-        dynamic=def_meta.val_at(SYM_DYNAMIC_META_KEY, False),  # type: ignore
+        dynamic=def_meta.val_at(SYM_DYNAMIC_META_KEY, False),
         meta=var_meta,
     )
 
@@ -1076,7 +1074,7 @@ def _def_ast(  # pylint: disable=too-many-locals,too-many-statements
                     "generated inline function"
                 )
                 var.alter_meta(lambda m: m.assoc(SYM_INLINE_META_KW, init.inline_fn))  # type: ignore[misc]
-                def_meta = def_meta.assoc(SYM_INLINE_META_KW, init.inline_fn.form)  # type: ignore[union-attr]
+                def_meta = def_meta.assoc(SYM_INLINE_META_KW, init.inline_fn.form)
 
             if tag_ast is not None and any(
                 arity.tag is not None for arity in init.arities
@@ -1113,7 +1111,7 @@ def _def_ast(  # pylint: disable=too-many-locals,too-many-statements
     #       some-name
     #       "some value")
     meta_ast = _analyze_form(
-        def_meta.update(  # type: ignore
+        def_meta.update(
             {
                 NAME_KW: llist.l(SpecialForm.QUOTE, bare_name),
                 NS_KW: llist.l(
diff --git a/src/basilisp/lang/delay.py b/src/basilisp/lang/delay.py
index 54e920bb..03270e70 100644
--- a/src/basilisp/lang/delay.py
+++ b/src/basilisp/lang/delay.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import attr
 
 from basilisp.lang import atom as atom
-from basilisp.lang.interfaces import IDeref
+from basilisp.lang.interfaces import IDeref, IPending
 
 T = TypeVar("T")
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class _DelayState(Generic[T]):
     computed: bool = False
 
 
-class Delay(IDeref[T]):
+class Delay(IDeref[T], IPending):
     __slots__ = ("_state",)
 
     def __init__(self, f: Callable[[], T]) -> None:
diff --git a/src/basilisp/lang/futures.py b/src/basilisp/lang/futures.py
index 4417ffab..9830212b 100644
--- a/src/basilisp/lang/futures.py
+++ b/src/basilisp/lang/futures.py
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@
 import attr
 from typing_extensions import ParamSpec
 
-from basilisp.lang.interfaces import IBlockingDeref
+from basilisp.lang.interfaces import IBlockingDeref, IPending
 
 T = TypeVar("T")
 P = ParamSpec("P")
 
 
 @attr.frozen(eq=True, repr=False)
-class Future(IBlockingDeref[T]):
+class Future(IBlockingDeref[T], IPending):
     _future: "_Future[T]"
 
     def __repr__(self):  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/src/basilisp/lang/interfaces.py b/src/basilisp/lang/interfaces.py
index 91beb1fd..3c533d7d 100644
--- a/src/basilisp/lang/interfaces.py
+++ b/src/basilisp/lang/interfaces.py
@@ -308,6 +308,22 @@ def val_at(self, k: K, default: Optional[V] = None) -> Optional[V]:
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
 
+class IPending(ABC):
+    """``IPending`` types are types which may represent deferred computations such
+    as a future or promise.
+
+    .. seealso::
+
+       :lpy:fn:`realized?`, :lpy:fn:`delay`, :lpy:fn:`future`, :lpy:fn:`promise`"""
+
+    __slots__ = ()
+
+    @property
+    @abstractmethod
+    def is_realized(self) -> bool:
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
 class IPersistentCollection(ISeqable[T]):
     """``IPersistentCollection`` types support both fetching empty variants of an
     existing persistent collection and creating a new collection with additional
diff --git a/src/basilisp/lang/promise.py b/src/basilisp/lang/promise.py
index 4168d0b1..4af62067 100644
--- a/src/basilisp/lang/promise.py
+++ b/src/basilisp/lang/promise.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import threading
 from typing import Optional, TypeVar
 
-from basilisp.lang.interfaces import IBlockingDeref
+from basilisp.lang.interfaces import IBlockingDeref, IPending
 
 T = TypeVar("T")
 
 
-class Promise(IBlockingDeref[T]):
+class Promise(IBlockingDeref[T], IPending):
     __slots__ = ("_condition", "_is_delivered", "_value")
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
diff --git a/src/basilisp/lang/reader.py b/src/basilisp/lang/reader.py
index 2de2d7de..1a4692d3 100644
--- a/src/basilisp/lang/reader.py
+++ b/src/basilisp/lang/reader.py
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ def _read_map(
             k = process_key(k)
             try:
                 if k in d:
-                    raise ctx.syntax_error(f"Duplicate key '{k}' in map literal")  # type: ignore[str-bytes-safe]
+                    raise ctx.syntax_error(f"Duplicate key '{k}' in map literal")
             except TypeError as e:
                 raise ctx.syntax_error("Map keys must be hashable") from e
             else:
@@ -1622,10 +1622,7 @@ def _read_reader_conditional(ctx: ReaderContext) -> LispReaderForm:
     reader_cond = _read_reader_conditional_preserving(ctx, is_splicing)
     if ctx.should_process_reader_cond and not reader_cond.is_splicing:
         form = _select_reader_conditional_branch(ctx, reader_cond)
-        return cast(
-            LispReaderForm,
-            COMMENT if form is ReaderConditional.FEATURE_NOT_PRESENT else form,
-        )
+        return COMMENT if form is ReaderConditional.FEATURE_NOT_PRESENT else form
     else:
         return reader_cond