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FX's Alien: Earth --

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Alien: Earth adds surprisingly good TV dimension to veteran sci-fi

After 50 years of books, games and movies, what more could the Alien franchise deliver? An inventive TV show, with fresh monsters and new heroes, finds our TV critic Bethan Ackerley

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In Mason Coile's Exiles, a human crew arrive on Mars

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The best new science fiction books of September 2025

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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Book Club has been reading Circular Motion by Alex Foster

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Our verdict on ‘Circular Motion’: this dystopia hit too close to home

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Ursula K. Le Guin in 2005

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Ursula Le Guin's son on why The Dispossessed is (maybe) his favourite

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The Dispossessed takes place on the twin worlds of Anarres and Urras

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Read an extract from The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends classic zombie film 28 Days Later

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Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends classic zombie film 28 Days Later

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The Shrouds press images

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David Cronenberg's new sci-fi film is devastating and mysterious

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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Book Club has just read Adam Roberts's Lake of Darkness

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Our verdict on Lake of Darkness by Adam Roberts: A mixed bag

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What would it feel like to be on a planet spinning out of control?

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Environment

Read an extract from Alex Foster’s sci-fi novel Circular Motion

In this passage from the opening of Circular Motion, the latest read for the Â鶹´«Ã½ Book Club, our protagonist boards a vessel which can circle the world in a matter of hours – with dangerous consequences for the Earth’s rotation

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The best new science fiction books of August 2025

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Fictional female robots have a long history, and it's often quite dark

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The Prestige is just as clever and thrilling 30 years on

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The 25 best fictional robots – according to Â鶹´«Ã½

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