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The Space Between Worlds review: Sci-fi with the multiverse done right

9 November 2020

Micaiah Johnson's debut novel, The Space Between Worlds, is a witty, deep and savvy tale about travelling throughout the multiverse


11 of the best sci-fi books that transport you to another world

11 of the best sci-fi books that transport you to another world

5 October 2020

All Systems Red by Martha Wells, Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson and The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin all make our list of best sci-fi escapism


To Sleep in a Sea of Stars review: Brilliant sci-fi from Eragon author

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


Anousheh Ansari interview: Why everyone should see Earth from space

Anousheh Ansari interview: Why everyone should see Earth from space

9 September 2020

The X Prize Foundation CEO on her unique experience as the first self-funded woman to fly to the International Space Station, and how innovation could help us cope with the covid-19 pandemic


The Lady Astronaut series tackles historical sexism brilliantly

The Lady Astronaut series tackles historical sexism brilliantly

5 August 2020

Two recent books imagine a different history of science, but one handles the prejudices of the time much better than the other, says Jacob Aron


For All Mankind review: A superb alternative history of the space race

For All Mankind review: A superb alternative history of the space race

19 February 2020

When the Soviet Union lands on the moon first people in the US are shocked. But For All Mankind provides an even bigger surprise when one cosmonaut's identity is revealed, says Emily Wilson


A sci-fi anthology offers widely divergent glimpses of the future

A sci-fi anthology offers widely divergent glimpses of the future

23 October 2019

From alienated life in post-Arctic Sweden to the failure to engage with tech’s new intimacies, Helen Marshall explores an excellent and diverse new sci-fi anthology


Moving to Mars – this show will help you become a real Martian

Moving to Mars – this show will help you become a real Martian

18 October 2019

From memorious clothing to wasteless habitats, the reality of living on Mars is brought home at London's Design Museum with genuine optimism


Ad Astra: Pirates and space monkeys can't save dull space psychodrama

Ad Astra: Pirates and space monkeys can't save dull space psychodrama

18 September 2019

Brad Pitt stars in thoughtful sci-fi Ad Astra, but even his strong performance can't plug the plot holes in this movie's melancholy heart


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Sci-fi film Aniara's best trick is to make the future feel like now

4 September 2019

Aniara's story of an interplanetary cruiser thrown off-course is one of 2019’s smartest movies because it understands the future, says Simon Ings in his latest column


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