Adam Roberts's Lake of Darkness is a quest to understand utopia itself
18 July 2025
Adam Roberts' Lake of Darkness sets out to be a utopia novel, but it could have easily been called Space Satan instead
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Read an extract from Adam Roberts’s far future-set Lake of Darkness
27 June 2025
In this passage from near the opening of Lake of Darkness, the latest read for the ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ Book Club, we are given an insight into how deep-space travel works in Adam Roberts’s universe
Ringworld extract: Read a section from Larry Niven’s timeless classic
11 April 2025
In this extract from the classic science fiction novel, the latest read for the ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ Book Club, we meet Ringworld’s protagonist Louis Wu, as he travels a future Earth
Read an extract from Adrian Tchaikovsky's Alien Clay
17 January 2025
In the opening to Adrian Tchaikovsky's science fiction novel Alien Clay, the latest read for the ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ Book Club, our hero wakes from years of space travel to a terrifying new reality
Why Kelly and Zach Weinersmith are sceptical about a future on Mars
6 December 2024
A City on Mars authors Kelly and Zach Weinersmith on whether we can settle space, whether we should settle space, and have we really thought it through?
This bold, experimental slice of deep-space sci-fi is just brilliant
20 November 2024
In Adam Roberts's Lake of Darkness, two spaceships meet to study a black hole. Their research comes to an abrupt halt, however, when crew members start dying horribly, says Emily H. Wilson
A new life on Mars? Expect toxic dust, bad vibes and insects for lunch
12 November 2024
You might have heard about plans to establish a self‑sustaining city on Mars. Here’s what life would really be like on the Red Planet
Welcome to the ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ Book Club
5 August 2024
Find out what we're currently reading in the ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ Book Club - and catch up on all the great books we've already explored
The best new science fiction books of August 2024
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
Read an extract from Tade Thompson’s science fiction novel Rosewater
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
