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The Mitchells vs The Machines review: Great sci-fi animation comedy

The Mitchells vs The Machines review: Great sci-fi animation comedy

28 April 2021

Netflix's The Mitchells vs The Machines is laugh-out-loud funny animation as a hapless family end up as humanity's only hope against the machine


The New Breed review: The case for treating robots as animals

The New Breed review: The case for treating robots as animals

21 April 2021

As social robots edge into our lives, The New Breed by Kate Darling is a guide to how to think about them


The Preserve review: The inner struggle to survive in a robot world

The Preserve review: The inner struggle to survive in a robot world

9 December 2020

How do humans feel living in a world where robots outperform them, asks The Preserve by Ariel S. Winter. Clare Wilson says it's a great thought experiment


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Network Effect review: A glorious thought-provoking Murderbot tale

29 April 2020

Martha Wells's action-packed novel Network Effect puts you inside the head of a Murderbot. It raises fascinating questions you will think about for a long time, says Sally Adee


Rage, tech and Miley Cyrus: What the new Black Mirror will bring

Rage, tech and Miley Cyrus: What the new Black Mirror will bring

24 May 2019

The trailer for the new season of Netflix's Black Mirror suggests the show will continue to capture our collective disquiet about technology – this time with a stellar new cast including Miley Cyrus and Andrew Scott


mortal engines film

Don't miss: a game to make you suffer and a new post-apocalyptic film

5 December 2018

Tackle Anarchy Softworks' latest video game, try a book about ancient robots or see the big screen version of sci-fi yarn Mortal Engines


Robots in Into the Unknown exhibition

This science fiction trip is delightful, confusing – and risky

9 June 2017

Pinning down science fiction in a new exhibition may be a hopeless task. Just let Into the Unknown inspire you to boldly explore your own new frontiers


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