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Altered Carbon 2 review: A great premise that's become too serious

Altered Carbon 2 review: A great premise that's become too serious

15 April 2020

In Altered Carbon’s version of the future, our identities are stored in chips and can be switched between bodies. The first series was a hoot. The second, however, is a bit too earnest, says Emily Wilson


Vivarium review: An indie sci-fi that packs a creepy punch

Vivarium review: An indie sci-fi that packs a creepy punch

8 April 2020

In Vivarium, a young couple in need of a starter home meet an estate agent who is very definitely not what he seems, and nor is the estate he shows them, finds Simon Ings


Why do so many people become obsessed with UFOs and aliens?

Why do so many people become obsessed with UFOs and aliens?

8 April 2020

They Are Already Here: UFO culture and why we see saucers by Sarah Scoles tries to find out what's so appealing about hunting UFOs


Characters from Resident Evil 3

Resident Evil 3 review: A glimpse into post-pandemic fiction

7 April 2020

The video game Resident Evil 3 was in development long before the coronavirus outbreak, but it holds up a mirror to the strange times we live in today


Westworld

The best science fiction TV shows to stream right now

3 April 2020

From Chernobyl to Watchmen, this is the best sci-fi on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and BBC iPlayer at the moment


Providence review: Chilling sci-fi where an AI becomes god by accident

Providence review: Chilling sci-fi where an AI becomes god by accident

1 April 2020

Is our love affair with AI really about building a new kind of deity to meet human needs no amount of rationality can fill? Max Barry's disturbing novel Providence lays out the case, says Sally Adee


Two characters in Tales from the Loop

Tales From The Loop review: Beautiful and sedate sci-fi escapism

27 March 2020

Inspired by a series of artworks, Tales From The Loop is an Amazon series about the strange goings-on in a town set atop an experimental physics research facility


Death researcher on pandemics and our fascination with dying

Death researcher on pandemics and our fascination with dying

25 March 2020

Pandemics of the past can teach us about the current one, says John Troyer, who studies how we use technology to alter the experience of death


Don't Miss: Sci-fi suburbia, star woman and London Games Festival

Don't Miss: Sci-fi suburbia, star woman and London Games Festival

18 March 2020

This week, watch a sci-fi film set in an infinitely recursive suburbia, read about the woman who cracked star chemistry and catch great new games


A demon from Doom

Doom Eternal review: A welcome adrenaline-inducing distraction

17 March 2020

Doom Eternal does contain gratuitous violence, but the evidence suggests violence in video games doesn't affect people's behaviour in the real world, says Jacob Aron


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