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Gus (Christian Convery) in Sweet Tooth

Sweet Tooth Review: An eccentric mix of sci-fi and fantasy

1 June 2021

Netflix’s Sweet Tooth is a hopeful take on coping with the fall-out of a deadly pandemic, set in a world featuring human-animal hybrids


Little Joe review: We should worry about these mind-bending plants

Little Joe review: We should worry about these mind-bending plants

11 March 2020

The plot of sci-fi movie Little Joe may sound like it plays to powerful 1990s anti-GM fears but bigger issues like human freedom may really be at stake


Greenwood review: Can humanity survive a tree apocalypse?

Greenwood review: Can humanity survive a tree apocalypse?

4 March 2020

It’s 2038 and Earth's trees are dead, bar some firs on a tiny island. The tale of what happened is an epic combining sci-if, mystery and an exposé of capitalism, says Sally Adee


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This month's top sci-fi reminds us to beware technocrats bearing gifts

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


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Books of 2019: Our pick of the best forthcoming reads

2 January 2019

From what to do about Einstein to tricks for survival to doing away with sexist neurotrash, it is looking like a good year for books


The best fiction and sci-fi of 2018 to wrap or read this Xmas

The best fiction and sci-fi of 2018 to wrap or read this Xmas

28 November 2018

The best fantastic novels and comic series of the year mourn a wild past and look with trepidation towards a weird future


Actors Nadi Kemp-Sayfi and Sam Redway

War With the Newts review – this is smart sci-fi theatre at its best

10 October 2018

A reimagining of a classic 1930s novel by Karel Capek cleverly immerses us in a terrifying future where a new intelligent species is cruelly exploited


Cyberman

From Ancillary Justice to Saga, savour the best sci-fi writing

25 July 2018

We are in a new golden age of science fiction writing. Time to kick back and enjoy some of New Scientist's favourite new(ish) novels


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