The best new sci-fi books to escape into on your next holiday
21 June 2023
Christopher Paolini's Fractal Noise and Temi Oh's More Perfect are among our top sci-fi novels to read while you're away
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Titanium Noir review: Gripping, philosophical science fiction
24 May 2023
Suppose the megarich can rejuvenate – but it makes them grow to titanic proportions? Nick Harkaway's novel draws on Greek myth and noir in a fabulous thought experiment that reflects our own fixation with "making it big", says Sally Adee
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 Mountain in the Sea review: A remarkable study of consciousness
19 October 2022
What is consciousness, and why do we simultaneously seek it out and dread it in other entities? Ray Nayler’s staggering novel has grand ambitions and even provides a few answers, 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
