9 August 2024
Arthur C. Clarke award-winning Tade Thompson, author of science fiction novel Rosewater, the latest pick for our ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ Book Club, answers all of our most burning questions about his near-future story of alien invasion
1 August 2024
Josh Malerman, James S. A. Corey and Neal Asher all have new science fiction novels out in August, making it a bumper month for fans
5 July 2024
Tade Thompson, author of sci-fi novel Rosewater, the latest pick for the ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ Book Club, on subverting the expectations of invasion narratives and writing about people not tech
5 July 2024
In this tantalising extract from Tade Thompson’s novel Rosewater, the latest read for the ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ Book Club, we meet Kaaro and learn about the psychic powers he has had since an alien invasion
6 June 2024
New books from Adrian Tchaikovsky and the late Michael Crichton (with James Patterson) are among the great new sci-fi novels out this month
30 May 2024
We asked ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ staff to pick their favourite science fiction books. Here are the results, ranging from 19th-century classics to modern day offerings, and from Octavia E. Butler to Iain M. Banks
24 May 2024
The author of All Systems Red, the latest pick for the ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ Book Club, on why her novella takes on the thorny topic of what a machine intelligence might do, if it could make its own choices
24 May 2024
In this dramatic opening to Martha Wells's All Systems Red, the latest pick for the ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ Book Club, we are introduced to her character Murderbot, a sentient machine intelligence
13 November 2023
Sandra Newman, the author of Julia, the latest pick for the ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ Book Club, explains why she wanted to rewrite Orwell’s classic dystopia from the point of view of the lover of its protagonist Winston Smith
1 September 2023
We have a bumper crop of new sci-fi books for you this September, including talking spy cats from John Scalzi, an amazing discovery in space from Stephen Baxter and a near-future novel by Sebastian Faulks, says culture editor Alison Flood
