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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How doomed Arctic explorer inspired sci-fi romantic thriller novel
20 June 2025
Author Kaliane Bradley delves into the making of her best-selling novel The Ministry of Time
Abracadabra: An exclusive sci-fi short story for ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ
11 December 2024
The award-winning science fiction and fantasy author Nnedi Okorafor journeys to the near future in this unsettling short story
The best new science fiction books of 2024
27 November 2024
Murder in space, a sexbot, a dystopian vision of the future: our science fiction columnist Emily H. Wilson picks her top five reads of 2024
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
Time travel sci-fi novel is a rip-roaringly good thought experiment
31 July 2024
An ordinary-looking valley has a secret – each of its neighbours is 20 years removed in time. Scott Alexander Howard's debut is heartfelt and deeply enjoyable, says Emily H. Wilson
Martha Wells: I didn’t know how non-neurotypical I was until Murderbot
21 June 2024
The author of All Systems Red, the latest pick for ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ Book Club, on the challenges of imagining technology of the future, an upcoming TV adaptation - and how she fell for her character while writing
Bridge review: An essential entrant into the multiverse genre
16 August 2023
Lauren Beukes's new science fiction novel, the latest pick for the ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ Book Club, demonstrates the one crucial flaw in the entire multiverse fantasy: human nature
From Interstellar to Hidden Figures: 12 of the best space movies
3 August 2021
Interstellar, Moon, Proxima, Alien, Hidden Figures... From science fiction to biographical drama, does your favourite movie about space make our list?
