1 August 2025
The ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ 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 ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ 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 ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ 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
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
9 May 2025
Following on from our first list, we asked ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ staff to pick even more of their favourite sci-fi books of all time. From Isaac Asimov and Ursula K. Le Guin to Star Wars – the list has it all this time, we hope…
1 May 2025
May’s new science fiction novels include a hot tip from our culture editor, as well as war on an alien planet from Bora Chung
11 April 2025
Culture editor Alison Flood rounds up the book club’s thoughts on our latest read, the weird and wild Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva. Warning: spoilers ahead
11 April 2025
The author of the award-winning classic science fiction novel, the latest read for the ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ Book Club, on the science behind his creation
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
