1 August 2025
The ×îÐÂÂ鶹ÊÓƵ Book Club has just finished reading Adam Roberts's novel Lake of Darkness. Some of us loved it – but some of us weren't so sure about this far-future set slice of hard science fiction
1 August 2025
Alex Foster, the author of the latest read for the ×îÐÂÂ鶹ÊÓƵ Book Club, Circular Motion, on imagining a world that is spinning ever faster
1 August 2025
In this passage from the opening of Circular Motion, the latest read for the ×îÐÂÂ鶹ÊÓƵ Book Club, our protagonist boards a vessel which can circle the world in a matter of hours – with dangerous consequences for the Earth’s rotation
31 July 2025
From a fresh take on Stephen King’s The Stand to a new novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky set on a poisoned world, August has a bumper crop of new science fiction novels
30 July 2025
Saving the planet means factoring nature into our economics, argues Partha Dasgupta, in a book with fascinating ideas. But does it take passion to make people listen?
30 July 2025
A fantastic alien adventure can be found on our very own planet by studying the microbial life in Earth's crust, according to Karen G. Lloyd's new book Intraterrestrials
23 July 2025
Sierra Greer's novel about a female robot, Annie Bot, just won a prestigious sci-fi prize, the Arthur C Clarke award. But she is hardly the first of her kind, says Sophie Bushwick
23 July 2025
From R2D2 to the Terminator via Bender and Johnny-5, we choose our favourite robots from books, films and television series
2 July 2025
From generation ships to climate change, there has been some stellar sci-fi out in the past six months. Our columnist Emily H. Wilson picks her favourites
2 July 2025
The downsides of diagnosis and an epic trek following a Slovenian wolf are among our culture editor's top popular science books of the year to date, featuring a range of authors from Robert MacFarlane to Suzanne O'Sullivan
