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The best new science fiction books of May 2024

The best new science fiction books of May 2024

1 May 2024

A new Stephen King short story collection, an Ursula K. Le Guin reissue and a celebration of cyberpunk featuring writing from Philip K. Dick and Cory Doctorow are among the new science fiction titles published this month


The best new science fiction books of April 2024

The best new science fiction books of April 2024

1 April 2024

There’s an abundance of exciting new science fiction out in April, by writers including The Three-Body Problem author Cixin Liu, Douglas Preston and Lionel Shriver


Martin MacInnes: 'Science fiction can be many different things'

Martin MacInnes: 'Science fiction can be many different things'

25 March 2024

The author of In Ascension, the latest pick for the ×îÐÂÂé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Book Club, on why he wrote his novel, cultivating a sense of wonder and the role of fiction in the world today


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Annie Bot review: A sharp take on a sex robot that becomes human

13 March 2024

In a smart, compassionate novel, Sierra Greer spins the tired trope of a robot challenging its fate into sci-fi gold


In Frank Herbert’s Dune, fungi are hidden in plain sight

In Frank Herbert’s Dune, fungi are hidden in plain sight

13 March 2024

There is more lurking below the surface of Arrakis than sandworms. Dune author Frank Herbert had a keen interest in fungi, and so should we, says Corrado Nai


The best new science fiction books of March 2024

The best new science fiction books of March 2024

1 March 2024

With a new Adrian Tchaikovsky, Mars-set romance from Natasha Pulley and a high-concept thriller from Stuart Turton due to hit shelves, there is plenty of great new science fiction to be reading in March


Dune Part Two review: Thrills sure, but not weird enough to be good

Dune Part Two review: Thrills sure, but not weird enough to be good

23 February 2024

Dune seems to have defeated most directors who dared try turning the epic novel into good cinema. How does Denis Villeneuve fare in the second half of his two-part take on Frank Herbert's book?


‘It is all but impossible life exists, and yet it is here’

‘It is all but impossible life exists, and yet it is here’

23 February 2024

Martin MacInnes, the author of ×îÐÂÂé¶¹ÊÓÆµ's latest book club pick, the Booker prize-longlisted sci-fi novel In Ascension, on how he came to write it (and a bit of a spoiler)


Read an extract from In Ascension by Martin MacInnes

Read an extract from In Ascension by Martin MacInnes

23 February 2024

In this tantalising extract from Martin MacInnes’s new science fiction novel, the latest pick for the ×îÐÂÂé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Book Club, his protagonist Leigh has an epiphany while underwater


Mandatory Credit: Photo by Xinhua/Shutterstock (14160416a) This photo taken on Oct. 21, 2023 shows the award ceremony for the 2023 Hugo Awards during the 81st World Science Fiction Convention (WorldCon) in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province. The winners of the 2023 Hugo Awards, the world's top prizes for science fiction literature, were announced on Saturday night, with Chinese author Hai Ya taking home the Best Novelette award for

Amid (more) Hugo awards controversy, let's remember some past greats

14 February 2024

The Hugo Awards are the Oscars for sci-fi and fantasy fans, so any oddities in the voting data for 2023's ceremony in China are bound to be upsetting. But whatever the reality, Emily H. Wilson finds an unexpected upside


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