
Our verdict on Ringworld by Larry Niven: Nice maths, shame about Teela
30 May 2025
Culture editor Alison Flood rounds up the ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ Book Club’s thoughts on our latest read, the science fiction classic Ringworld by Larry Niven
30 May 2025
Culture editor Alison Flood rounds up the ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ Book Club’s thoughts on our latest read, the science fiction classic Ringworld by Larry Niven
3 March 2025
John Scalzi, Silvia Park and Ai Jang all have new books out this month. Whether it’s time travel or a moon made of cheese that takes your fancy, there’s some sci-fi here for you
31 January 2025
From contact with aliens courtesy of Adrian Tchaikovsky to the childhood writings of Octavia E. Butler, February’s sci-fi offerings are rich and strange
22 November 2024
Kelly Weinersmith, co-author of A City on Mars, the latest pick for our ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ Book Club, and Cat Bohannon lay out the reasons why it might not be such a great idea to be pregnant on another planet
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
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
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
1 May 2024
A new Stephen King short story collection, an Ursula K. Le Guin reissue and a celebration of cyberpunk featuring writing from Philip K. Dick and Cory Doctorow are among the new science fiction titles published this month
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
1 March 2024
With a new Adrian Tchaikovsky, Mars-set romance from Natasha Pulley and a high-concept thriller from Stuart Turton due to hit shelves, there is plenty of great new science fiction to be reading in March