Jurassic Park to The Martian: 5 movies that get botany (mostly) wrong
4 May 2024
From Jurassic Park to The Martian, botanist James Wong explores the major science fiction films that get botany spectacularly wrong
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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
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'
25 March 2024
The author of In Ascension, the latest pick for the ×îÐÂÂ鶹ÊÓƵ Book Club, on why he wrote his novel, cultivating a sense of wonder and the role of fiction in the world today
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
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
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
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’
23 February 2024
Martin MacInnes, the author of ×îÐÂÂ鶹ÊÓƵ'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
23 February 2024
In this tantalising extract from Martin MacInnes’s new science fiction novel, the latest pick for the ×îÐÂÂ鶹ÊÓƵ Book Club, his protagonist Leigh has an epiphany while underwater
