Martin MacInnes: 'Science fiction can be many different things'
25 March 2024
The author of In Ascension, the latest pick for the ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ 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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‘It is all but impossible life exists, and yet it is here’
23 February 2024
Martin MacInnes, the author of ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ'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 ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ Book Club, his protagonist Leigh has an epiphany while underwater
Why I explored the corrupting power of tech billionaires in The Future
5 January 2024
Naomi Alderman on the tech billionaires at the heart of her new novel The Future, the latest pick for the ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ Book Club – and the 1974 book that inspired her
Read an extract from The Future by Naomi Alderman
5 January 2024
In this tantalising extract from Naomi Alderman's new novel The Future, the latest pick for the ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ Book Club, a tech chief executive discovers the end of the world is nigh
Read an extract from Julia by Sandra Newman
13 November 2023
This chilling extract is from Sandra Newman's retelling of George Orwell's dystopian classic, 1984, the latest pick for our ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ Book Club. It takes place as Newman's protagonist Julia sets off for the Two Minutes Hate
Lauren Beukes on why she tackled the multiverse in sci-fi novel Bridge
18 August 2023
The award-winning author of The Shining Girls on how her 'magpie curiosity' about everything from neuroparasitology to music theory led to her multiverse novel Bridge, our latest Book Club pick
Read an extract from Bridge by Lauren Beukes
18 August 2023
This tantalising extract is taken from Bridge by Lauren Beukes, the latest pick for our ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ Book Club. It sees Bridge discovering something mysterious in her late mother's freezer - something which might open doors to other worlds
Justin Cronin on writing a book with a "holy hell" moment in it
28 June 2023
The Ferryman author talks through his mind-blowing plot twist - with plenty of spoiler warnings - and reveals his thoughts on everything from AI to how the actions of today's billionaires influenced his writing
Read an extract from The Ferryman by Justin Cronin
25 May 2023
This tantalising extract is taken from the prologue of The Ferryman by Justin Cronin, a science fiction novel which is the first pick for ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ's book club
