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Ā鶹“«Ć½ Book Club

Welcome to the Ā鶹“«Ć½ Book Club, a place to find out about the very best science and science fiction books out there, and to talk about them with your fellow book lovers. Weā€™ll also be bringing you our authorsā€™ own favourite reads, along with video interviews and extracts. Get all the details here, and then sign up here and !
The Ā鶹“«Ć½ Book Club has been reading Circular Motion by Alex Foster

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Our verdict on ā€˜Circular Motionā€™: this dystopia hit too close to home

The Ā鶹“«Ć½ Book Club has just finished reading Alex Foster's sci-fi novel ā€œCircular Motionā€. We liked it ā€“ but there were calls for a bit more science in this slice of science fiction

Culture

Ursula K. Le Guin in 2005

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

Culture

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

Space

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

Culture

Holy Mary on window Statuette of Holy Mary and vase with plastic flowers in window on a house with bright pink walls, Irish cottage, Ireland

Humans

Alice Roberts investigates the unstoppable rise of Christianity

Culture

BOXBERG, GERMANY - MARCH 17: Boxberg Power Station is seen during sunset on March 17, 2016 in Boxberg, Germany. This lignite-fired power station is the second largest in Germany. (Photo by Florian Gaertner/Photothek via Getty Images)

Environment

New book about the story of carbon dioxide is a rousing call to action

Culture

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Earth

The captivating story that Earthā€™s ā€˜boringā€™ layered rocks tell us

Culture

The Ā鶹“«Ć½ 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

Culture

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

Culture

Environment

Read an extract from Alex Fosterā€™s sci-fi novel Circular Motion

Culture

2JHN167 HUGH JACKMAN, THE PRESTIGE, 2006

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The Prestige is just as clever and thrilling 30 years on

Rival magicians in Victorian England both claim they can teleport. Is this all illusion, asks Emily H. Wilson, as she explores Christopher Priestā€™s extraordinary novel, The Prestige

Culture

Video

Adam Roberts's Lake of Darkness is a quest to understand utopia itself

Video

Technology

Can amazing tech reboot healthcare? A new book explores the future

Culture

Technology

New book is an illuminating but flawed look at the impact of emoji

Culture

Comment

Foundation's new season has dramatic potential ā€“ but sadly falls flat

Culture

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