Sea of Tranquility review: A disturbing tale of time travel
20 April 2022
The new science fiction novel from Station Eleven's author is mostly set centuries into the future – but also contains scary glimpses of a pandemic-strewn past
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Apollo 10½: A smart animation about growing up during the space age
13 April 2022
Richard Linklater's latest film follows a young boy's fantasies about travelling to space, using beautiful rotoscoped animation to tell his story, says Simon Ings
Sci-fi is starting to exploit the infectious horrors of memes
6 April 2022
A new micro-genre of science fiction explores how mind control is at the very heart of our networked existence
The Cartographers review: A perceptive sci-fi love letter to maps
9 March 2022
In The Cartographers, Peng Shepherd’s latest work of magical realist speculative fiction, the characters have a habit of asking “what makes a map?”. The answer, it becomes clear, is its purpose, finds Sally Adee
Don't Miss: New Scientist Live, the greatest science show on Earth
2 March 2022
New Scientist's weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn't miss
Bigbug review: A sci-fi comedy about a sexy kind of singularity
2 March 2022
The new slapstick sci-fi offering by French directorial royalty Jean-Pierre Jeunet is plagued by predictable innuendo
Severance review: A compelling thriller about dividing work and play
23 February 2022
Switching your brain off work mode at 5pm might sound appealing, but as this thriller on Apple TV+ demonstrates, it could be a very bad idea
Petrov’s flu review: A surreal journey through one man’s delirium
16 February 2022
Kirill Serebrennikov’s mischievous film about a fever-stricken comic book artist is an ode to Russian sci-fi and absurdist literature, finds Simon Ings
Don’t Miss: A fresh look at the enduring mysteries of the big bang
16 February 2022
New Scientist's weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn’t miss
Mickey7 review: If you want to live forever, read the small print
9 February 2022
In Edward Ashton's novel Mickey7, Mickey gets a shot at immortality by uploading his consciousness, but at what cost, asks Sally Adee
