Plausible science fiction occupies a space between imagination and inquiry. It does not promise answers so much as exploration. In periods when public attention turns toward unanswered questions about ...

Emily H. Wilson is wild for this sci-fi novel: I’ve not heard our sci-fi columnist recommend a book so wholeheartedly in all the time she’s written for us. It follows Mawukana na-Vdnaze, a deep-space ...

From monsters to fungi to paranoia, our roundup of science fiction horror books is sure to give you the chills. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

There are quite a lot of fantasy and science fiction books coming out in March, so prepare your TBR for impact! Here are 16 ...

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 ...

The great thrill of reading science fiction is encountering wild new ideas — or challenging new spins on familiar ones. Plenty of sci-fi books use robots and spaceships merely as a backdrop for a fun ...

The author of the Red Rising series recommends books cloaked in myth that use fantastic adventures to explore what it means to be human. By Pierce Brown Pierce Brown is the number-one New York Times ...

From radioactive kaiju to genetically engineered nightmares, science fiction has gifted us some of the most unforgettable monsters in literature. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

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Do you want to travel to Mars, to an alternate version of 1939 London or even to the very far future? If so, then February’s science fiction is for you, with all three flavours on offer from our ...