Arch-Conspirator review: Ancient Greek tragedy spun into sci-fi gold
1 February 2023
Veronica Roth's dystopian take on Sophocles's 2500-year-old tragedy reminds us that human nature is timeless, finds Sally Adee
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The Terraformers review: What do we owe the animals in our care?
4 January 2023
Annalee Newitz's new novel examines the dark side of "uplifting" animals to a state of self-awareness – and asks whose intelligence is being used as the template, finds Sally Adee
The best science fiction books out in 2023
28 December 2022
CERN-inspired stories, a feminist retelling of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and a new deep future from Annalee Newitz: sci-fi fans have a lot to look forward to in 2023
The best science fiction books of 2022: Uncertainty, dystopia and hope
30 November 2022
Uncertainty and crisis are key to this year's best sci-fi offerings, from Janelle Monáe's The Memory Librarian to Ray Nayler's The Mountain in the Sea
A Fractured Infinity review: Multiverse plot trope comes of age
16 November 2022
Writers and film makers are always using the multiverse as fuel for their plots, but Nathan Tavares gives it a new twist in A Fractured Infinity, a sci-fi novel about growing up, finds Sally Adee
Two provocative new novels inject some fantasy into the sci-fi outlook
21 September 2022
Ling Ma's Bliss Montage and Christopher Priest's Expect Me Tomorrow use fantasy to address real issues. Will this perspective energise people to do something about the future, asks Sally Adee
Two noir sci-fi novels show crushing despair can make great reading
24 August 2022
Victor Manibo's The Sleepless and Joma West's Face are noir-inflected novels that compel with their bleak visions and great writing, both coming from distinct perspectives, says Sally Adee
The Moonday Letters review: Genre-busting sci-fi extols hope as a duty
27 July 2022
In Emmi Itäranta's The Moonday Letters, humans have adapted to live off-world. But central to this genre-crashing thrill ride is a reminder that hope is essential
The Men review: Gender dystopia in a world where men have vanished
29 June 2022
What would the world be like if men suddenly disappeared? That is the premise of Sandra Newman's new sci-fi novel that asks how easily we can change history, says Sally Adee
Glitterati review: Compelling sci-fi satire with hints of Black Mirror
4 May 2022
Oliver Langmead’s science fiction novel Glitterati starts out as a comedy stuffed with buffoonery and self-inflicted miseries you can chortle at, but it ends somewhere much darker, finds Sally Adee
