2+ hour, 28+ min ago  (594+ words) A collection of stories set in George R. R. Martin's Wild Cards universe and a novel from The Expanse author James S. A. Corey are among the science-fiction books we're looking forward to this month Thriller Mars One by Charlotte Robinson is out this…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (424+ words) The latest in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time series is out this month, along with a speculative retelling of Moby-Dick and a forgotten classic from 1936 A new science fiction novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky is out this monthRoberto Ricciuti / Getty Images…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (160+ words) Letter: Sometimes the shortest stories are the best'New Scientist From Sam Edge, Ringwood, Hampshire, UK As usual, I enjoyed Emily H. Wilson's review of the books Vigil and The Rainseekers. However, I don't generally find novellas or even short stories unsatisfying....

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (649+ words) The New Scientist Book Club's February read is Tim Winton's novel Juice, set in a future Australia that is so hot it is almost unliveable. Here, the author lays out his reasons for writing it " and why he doesn't see…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (186+ words) Sci-fi author Ken MacLeod shares stories about his friend, the late Iain M. Banks, author of the genre-redefining Culture series of science-fiction novels ... The New Scientist Book Club has been reading the late Iain M. Banks's science fiction novel The Player of…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (491+ words) What were the year's top sci-fi shows? Andor and Severance are still up there, but our TV columnist Bethan Ackerley also has some unexpected tips to share In Common Side Effects, Marshall makes a key discoveryWarner Bros. Discovery Cataclysms, conspiracies…...

4+ mon, 7+ hour ago  (388+ words) From a new collection of shorter fiction by Brandon Sanderson to Simon St'lenhag's new work, via a Stranger Things novel, December's new sci-fi features some compelling and intriguing offerings Netflix's adaptation of The Electric State. Author Simon St'lenhag has a…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (470+ words) A planet is about to be destroyed by the collapse of a binary star system in Slow Gods, Claire North's first venture into classic science fiction. Read it! says Emily H. Wilson It's bad luck for those living on Adjumir, which…...

5+ mon, 22+ hour ago  (500+ words) From Claire North's new novel Slow Gods to a 10th anniversary edition of a brilliant Adrian Tchaikovsky book, there's lots to watch out for in November's science fiction Claire North's Slow Gods follows a deep-space pilot An illustration of the extinct…...

5+ mon, 1+ day ago  (422+ words) Grace Chan, author of Every Version of You, the November read for the New Scientist Book Club, explores the philosophical implications of the choices her characters make "What does it really mean to upload your consciousness into intangible space?Francesco…...