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The best new science fiction books of July 2023

The best new science fiction books of July 2023

3 July 2023

From George R. R. Martin’s new Wild Cards anthology to Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's dystopian take on America, there is a wealth of exciting science fiction out this month. Culture editor Alison Flood shares the novels she is most anticipating


Don't miss: Altered Carbon anime and Attenborough reads The Peregrine

Don't miss: Altered Carbon anime and Attenborough reads The Peregrine

11 March 2020

This week, listen as David Attenborough reads nature classic The Peregrine, learn how skyscrapers and railway cuttings offer unlikely oases for wildlife, and watch an Altered Carbon anime spin-off


Don't miss: Netflix's Altered Carbon, Reply All and our future fossils

Don't miss: Netflix's Altered Carbon, Reply All and our future fossils

26 February 2020

This week, listen as Reply All goes down the internet rabbit hole, watch the second series of Netflix's Altered Carbon, and ponder what fossils our culture will leave for the far future


The best new books, films and games to enjoy in 2020

The best new books, films and games to enjoy in 2020

1 January 2020

Wondering what to read, watch and see this year? Here's our cracking cultural calendar of the most interesting non-fiction, films, games, events and sci-fi in 2020


Electromagnetic sphere

Don't miss: ethereal artworks, haunted teens and a gift of tongues

26 June 2019

This week, explore a gallery full of unseen forces, hide behind the sofa for Stranger Things 3, and learn how to unpick strange languages


Division 19 film

Don't miss: Celebrity prisons, virtual thrills and a dive under Paris

12 June 2019

Watch surveillance run amok at the cinema, fly through the air like a virtual bird, and spot the joins between science and fantasy in Anaïs Tondeur's latest art show


Now The War of the Worlds has spread to inner space

Now The War of the Worlds has spread to inner space

23 May 2019

Carl Guyenette has turned musician Jeff Wayne's 70’s concept album into two hours of immersive terror – by putting all the tech at the service of the story


medieval manuscript

Don't miss: celestial bodies, mathematical beauty and sci-fi fun

24 April 2019

See medieval depictions of spirits and the cosmos, explore the human condition through equations, and catch fan-funded film Iron Sky: The Coming Race


Alien film pic

Don't miss: Corporate sabotage, Alien restored and our bionic future

20 February 2019

Will you serve or sabotage the firm in video game Tech Support: Error Unknown? Also, watch Ridley Scott's Alien as it turns 40 or visit an enhanced exhibition


architect's model

Don’t miss: Exploring your own delusions, playing with evolution

6 February 2019

Find out why You Are Not So Smart on the podcast of the same name, get ready to play Evolution the video game, plus more of this week's cultural picks


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