Science fiction
The 12 best science fiction books of 2025
Reading Space: The Best Science Fiction Novels of the Year Mikkelwilliam/Getty Images So: what are the best works of science ...
Why sci-fi novelist Iain M. Banks was an ‘astounding’ world-builder
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
“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
Grace Chan's Every Version of You was the November Read for the New Scholars Book Club. New scientist Book club ...
Pluribus review: Breaking Bad showrunner’s sci-fi takes on happiness
Carol (Rhea Seehorn, left) struggles to catch the spark of happiness. Anna Kuris Copyright: Apple TV+ For manyVince Gilligan, Apple ...
Slow Gods review: Deep-space sci-fi novel is delightful, profound and not to be missed
Bad luck for those who live on Ajumir, which will soon be destroyed. DETLEV VAN RAVENSWAY / SCIENTIFIC PHOTO LIBRARY ...
If you could upload your mind to a virtual utopia, would you?
“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
When Every Version of You opens, New Year's Eve is celebrated in a virtual utopia. akinbostanchi/Getty The sky is not ...
The best science fiction books of November 2025 include one by Claire North and a 10th anniversary edition of an Adrian Tchaikovsky classic
Slow Gods by Claire North is about a deep space pilot. Shutterstock/Vadim Sadovsky We'll need to get our skates on ...
All That We See or Seem review: AI fans will love Ken Liu’s cyberpunk thriller
All We See or Seem takes place in a near future filled with personal artificial intelligences. Shutterstock/agsandrew Everything we see ...
