New Scientists Book Club

Why sci-fi novelist Iain M. Banks was an ‘astounding’ world-builder

Why sci-fi novelist Iain M. Banks was an ‘astounding’ world-builder

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The late Iain M. Banks, author of the Culture series of science fiction novels. Ray Charles Redman As a writer ...

Read an extract from The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks

Read an extract from The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks

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“This man is a player named “Gurge”…” Diuno/Stockphoto/Getty Images This is the story of a man who traveled far away ...

Our verdict on sci-fi novel Every Version of You: We (mostly) loved it

Our verdict on sci-fi novel Every Version of You: We (mostly) loved it

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Grace Chan's Every Version of You was the November Read for the New Scholars Book Club. New scientist Book club ...

If you could upload your mind to a virtual utopia, would you?

If you could upload your mind to a virtual utopia, would you?

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“What does it really mean to upload your consciousness into immaterial space?” Francesco Map/Getty IN Every version of youThe heroes ...

New Scientist Book Club: Read an extract from sci-fi novel Every Version of You by Grace Chan

New Scientist Book Club: Read an extract from sci-fi novel Every Version of You by Grace Chan

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When Every Version of You opens, New Year's Eve is celebrated in a virtual utopia. akinbostanchi/Getty The sky is not ...

The New Scientist Book Club’s verdict on Our Brains, Our Selves: A mix of praise and misgivings

The New Scientist Book Club’s verdict on Our Brains, Our Selves: A mix of praise and misgivings

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The New Scientist Book Club moved away from science fiction for October's reading and turned to The New Scientist. winner ...