I’m not sure if 2024 had a novel, like 2022’s “Babel” or 2023’s “Fourth Wing,” that took the world by storm and reshaped the ...

Fenn’s publisher has compared this to The Last of Us, which makes me think that flower is going to have some disturbing properties… Read more The best new science fiction books of September 2024 ...

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This year hasn’t been a great one for the environment, so a book about the long history of environmental damage may be a hard sell. However, this isn’t just a litany of woe. It unpicks the ...

Read more The best new science fiction books of November 2023 Him by Geoff Ryman. Just in time for Christmas, this is set in Nazareth, where virgin Maryam, wife of Yosef barLevi, gives birth to a ...

December is traditionally a slender month for new book releases —but there are still plenty of titles to please any reader, ...

From Harlan Ellison to Haruki Murakami, via an intergalactic cooking competition, this month has plenty of science fictional treats on offer ...

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"Machine Vendetta" is the final part of a trilogy called The Prefect Dreyfus Emergencies, so named because the lead character is a space cop (or prefect) named Tom Dreyfus. His job is to keep the ...