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A sci-fi anthology offers widely divergent glimpses of the future

A sci-fi anthology offers widely divergent glimpses of the future

23 October 2019

From alienated life in post-Arctic Sweden to the failure to engage with tech’s new intimacies, Helen Marshall explores an excellent and diverse new sci-fi anthology


The Institute by Stephen King leads a revolutionary sci-fi reboot

The Institute by Stephen King leads a revolutionary sci-fi reboot

25 September 2019

Writers old and new are creating resilient heroes for turbulent times, finds Helen Marshall in her latest sci-fi column


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This month's top sci-fi reminds us to beware technocrats bearing gifts

28 August 2019

In her latest sci-fi column, Helen Marshall finds simmering revolution against the tech moguls in two new novels, The Warehouse and The Return of the Incredible Exploding Man


What if you could erase your political opponents? Sci-fi has answers

What if you could erase your political opponents? Sci-fi has answers

31 July 2019

Empty Hearts is an exciting thriller with a disturbing way of dealing with people you disagree with politically, says Helen Marshall in her latest sci-fi column


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The best sci-fi books put humanity at the heart of their writing

3 July 2019

Science fiction books like ZED and This Is How You Lose the Time War use exhilarating writing to create worlds that seem eerily similar to ours, says Helen Marshall in her monthly sci-fi column


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Experimental sci-fi expertly captures colliding realities

5 June 2019

When reality fractures, it takes the adventurous writing style of the novel XYZT to make it believable, says Helen Marshall in her latest column


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How sci-fi like Frankissstein helps us face our fears of the future

8 May 2019

In her monthly sci-fi column, Helen Marshall plumbs the mind's most gripping fictional futures in Jeanette Winterson's Frankissstein and Ted Chiang's Exhalation


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