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Read an extract from Michel Nieva’s science fiction novel Dengue Boy

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Read an extract from Michel Nieva’s science fiction novel Dengue Boy

In this passage from Dengue Boy, the latest read for the Â鶹´«Ã½ Book Club, we get an insight into life for Michel Nieva’s mosquito protagonist – and the drowned future world she inhabits

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Â鶹´«Ã½ Book Club: Why I chose a mosquito as my hero

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Â鶹´«Ã½ Book Club: Why I chose a mosquito as my hero

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Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Adrian Tchaikovsky talks aliens, entomology and new book 'Alien Clay'

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Adrian Tchaikovsky:

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Adrian Tchaikovsky: "Could life have gone any other way?"

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Read an extract from Adrian Tchaikovsky's Alien Clay

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Read an extract from Adrian Tchaikovsky's Alien Clay

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Woman in her late 30s reading a book in the mountain cabin, relaxing in the hammock next to the fireplace.

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The best popular science books to look forward to in 2025

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Our writers pick the 26 best science fiction short stories of all time

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Our writers pick the 26 best science fiction short stories of all time

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Kelly and Zach Weinersmith

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Why Kelly and Zach Weinersmith are sceptical about a future on Mars

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The best new science fiction books of 2024

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The best new science fiction books of 2024

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Having a baby on Mars? You may be in for a difficult time

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Having a baby on Mars? You may be in for a difficult time

Kelly Weinersmith, co-author of A City on Mars, the latest pick for our Â鶹´«Ã½ Book Club, and Cat Bohannon lay out the reasons why it might not be such a great idea to be pregnant on another planet

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Creation Lake author Rachel Kushner on the 'ultimate writer's task'

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Forget Hollywood, science has real plans to defend us from asteroids

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Tim Winton's post-apocalyptic new novel is terrifying and brilliant

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