Several People Are Typing review: The horrors of Slack and modern work
29 September 2021
What would happen if you could actually be sucked into Slack for good? Several People Are Typing is a Lovecraftian nightmare for the modern age, says Sally Adee
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10 of the best sci-fi books that you should read in 2021
30 December 2020
Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor, The Expert System’s Champion by Adrian Tchaikovsky and The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers are exciting sci-fi books we're looking forward to in 2021
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars review: Brilliant sci-fi from Eragon author
16 September 2020
Christopher Paolini’s epic new novel, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, is an hallucinatory space opera, perfect reading to help us ride out the current storms
The World Engines series reveals the high cost of conquering space
19 August 2020
What do we risk by expanding recklessly into the multiverse? Stephen Baxter's World Engines series is gripping but frustrating, says Sally Adee
How to avoid a techno-apocalypse brought on by the internet
24 June 2020
New stories by authors including Neal Stephenson, Rose Eveleth and Robert Harris imagine a techno-apocalypse precipitated by the internet. Some even hint at how we could dodge it
Network Effect review: A glorious thought-provoking Murderbot tale
29 April 2020
Martha Wells's action-packed novel Network Effect puts you inside the head of a Murderbot. It raises fascinating questions you will think about for a long time, says Sally Adee
Greenwood review: Can humanity survive a tree apocalypse?
4 March 2020
It’s 2038 and Earth's trees are dead, bar some firs on a tiny island. The tale of what happened is an epic combining sci-if, mystery and an exposé of capitalism, says Sally Adee
What would our lives be like if Amazon or Tinder ran an entire city?
5 February 2020
A sci-fi collection explores extreme corporate futures, such as a Tinder-run city where you can swipe left or right for everything from sex to teachers
William Gibson's Agency drops time-travel paradoxes for big questions
8 January 2020
William Gibson's Agency is part of a new batch of sci-fi that adds intriguing ethical wrinkles to the classic time-travel genre, says columnist Sally Adee
Gamechanger: L. X. Beckett’s latest sci-fi novel lives up to its name
2 October 2019
Does sci-fi have a moral obligation to guide society rather than scare it? L. X. Beckett’s latest book Gamechanger shows how “adaptation lit” can lead us to a better future
