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A Fractured Infinity review: Multiverse plot trope comes of age

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


Visitors inside the Off-World section of the exhibition, while a swarm of bioluminescent creatures emerge above their heads

Voyage to the Edge of Imagination review: A compelling new sci-fi show

9 November 2022

A new exhibition at the Science Museum isn't so much about science fiction, as it is about involving you in a journey through the cosmos


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Tutankhamun’s Secrets review: Lively TV documentary spills more beans

2 November 2022

A pacy documentary reveals the latest about Tutankhamun and Howard Carter, who discovered his tomb. It also revives vivid childhood memories of my first encounter with the pharaoh, says Bethan Ackerley


Remote review: An architect in a future Kuala Lumpur comes adrift

Remote review: An architect in a future Kuala Lumpur comes adrift

26 October 2022

An exploration of the deep feeling under the surface of consumerist lives, this film follows Unoaku, who never leaves her flat, as she begins to notice oddities in her slick world, finds Simon Ings


The Peripheral review: William Gibson’s noir debuts on Amazon Prime

The Peripheral review: William Gibson’s noir debuts on Amazon Prime

20 October 2022

In 2032, tech savvy Flynne Fisher helps her brother with a virtual reality game and ends up in a disturbing London 60 years later. William Gibson’s 2014 sci-fi thriller The Peripheral is so stuffed with ideas it will need seasons to unpack


Hardspace: Shipbreaker review: strip spacecraft for parts in orbit

Hardspace: Shipbreaker review: strip spacecraft for parts in orbit

12 October 2022

This video game lets you work as a salvager in low Earth orbit. Essentially, it is like building a Lego set in reverse, and, like Lego, it is a very satisfying experience, finds Jacob Aron


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Has a recent glut of fantasy shows pushed sci-fi out of the limelight?

5 October 2022

HBO's Game of Thrones turned fantasy into a cultural phenomenon on the small screen; now, rival platforms are rushing to catch up. Are sci-fi fans being left out in the cold, asks Bethan Ackerley


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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


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Vesper review: Exquisite dystopian sci-fi has a Brothers Grimm edge

21 September 2022

Set on an Earth where the ecosystem has collapsed, this ravishing sci-fi film is centred on Vesper, a young girl struggling to find a cure for her paralysed father


The Silent Sea review: South Korean series is a slice of space horror

The Silent Sea review: South Korean series is a slice of space horror

7 September 2022

From a parched Earth, Song Ji-an joins a lunar mission to find out how her sister died. With nods to the 1972 Solaris and Alien, word-of-mouth hit The Silent Sea is an intriguing show, says Bethan Ackerley


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