2 October 2019
Does sci-fi have a moral obligation to guide society rather than scare it? L. X. Beckett’s latest book Gamechanger shows how “adaptation lit” can lead us to a better future
25 September 2019
Writers old and new are creating resilient heroes for turbulent times, finds Helen Marshall in her latest sci-fi column
10 September 2019
Thirty four years after The Handmaid’s Tale and a hit TV show later, Margaret Atwood’s intriguing sequel, The Testaments, highlights the power of narrative
28 August 2019
In her latest sci-fi column, Helen Marshall finds simmering revolution against the tech moguls in two new novels, The Warehouse and The Return of the Incredible Exploding Man
31 July 2019
Empty Hearts is an exciting thriller with a disturbing way of dealing with people you disagree with politically, says Helen Marshall in her latest sci-fi column
17 July 2019
Why are squid eyes so big? What is Caesar's novel? Can Alexander von Humboldt go graphic? How do you talk to alien plants? Recharge with New Scientist’s picks
3 July 2019
Science fiction books like ZED and This Is How You Lose the Time War use exhilarating writing to create worlds that seem eerily similar to ours, says Helen Marshall in her monthly sci-fi column
22 May 2019
A rich book by Oliver Morton delves into science, poetry, art and sci-fi to create a dazzling paean to the past, present and future of the moon
15 May 2019
In his monthly film column, Simon Ings finds that invoking the quantum world is a great way out for Avengers-style franchises when they want to mess with time
8 May 2019
In her monthly sci-fi column, Helen Marshall plumbs the mind's most gripping fictional futures in Jeanette Winterson's Frankissstein and Ted Chiang's Exhalation
