Welcome to the 麻豆传媒 Book Club, a place to find out about the very best science and science fiction writing out there, and to talk about them with your fellow book lovers. Sign up here.
Every month, we select a new title to read and then discuss. Once we鈥檝e got to grips with our latest choice, we interview its author and dig into why and how they wrote it.
We also bring you extracts from our chosen books and insights into our authors鈥 favourite reads and inspirations. And we have a thriving , where we dissect our latest read.
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Love reading? Come and join our friendly group of fellow book lovers. Every month, we delve into an exciting new title, with members given free access to extracts from our books, articles from our authors and video interviews.
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We are currently reading Kim Stanley Robinson’s classic science fiction novel聽Red Mars, which opens in 2026, as a hardy crew of 100 scientists/astronauts head to explore and settle on the red planet. You can read an extract here, and check out an essay from Robinson about how he thinks it (and plans to colonise Mars) hold up today.
If you want to catch up on some of our past Book Club reading, our picks are listed in reverse chronological order below, along with extracts, articles and videos from our authors. Happy reading!
Art Cure by Daisy Fancourt
Read an extract 蹿谤辞尘听Art Cure.
Read an essay from Daisy Fancourt about the benefits the arts can bring to our health.
See what our members thought 辞蹿听Art Cure.
Juice by Tim Winton
Read an extract from Juice.
Read an essay from Tim Winton about why he tackled climate change in Juice.
See what our members thought of Juice.
Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
Read an extract from Annie Bot.
Read an essay from Sierra Greer about writing from the perspective of a sex robot.
See what our members thought of Annie Bot.
The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
Read an extract from The Player of Games.
Read a at Banks鈥檚 writing from our sci-fi columnist Emily H. Wilson.
Read an from sci-fi novelist Bethany Jacobs about Banks鈥檚 world-building.
See what our readers thought of The Player of Games.
Every Version of You by Grace Chan
Read a piece by Grace Chan on if she would upload her mind to a virtual utopia.
Read an extract from Every Version of You.
What did our readers think of Every Version of You?
Our Brains, Our Selves by Masud Husain
Read a piece on why Our Brains, Our Selves won the Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize.
Read an extract from Our Brains, Our Selves
What did our readers think of Our Brains, Our Selves?
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Read a piece by Ursula Le Guin鈥檚 son Theo Downes-Le Guin on the legacy of The Dispossessed.
Read an extract from The Dispossessed.
What did our readers think of The Dispossessed?
Circular Motion by Alex Foster
Read a piece by Alex Foster on what it might feel like to be on a world spinning out of control.
Read an extract from Circular Motion.
What did our readers think of Circular Motion?
Lake of Darkness by Adam Roberts
Read a piece by Adam Roberts on why he set out to write a sci-fi utopia, not a dystopia.
Read an extract from Lake of Darkness
What did our readers think of Lake of Darkness?
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Read a piece by Kaliane Bradley on the mechanics of time travel in her novel.
Read an extract from The Ministry of Time.
Read our sci-fi columnist Emily H Wilson鈥檚 review of The Ministry of Time.
What did our readers think of The Ministry of Time?
Ringworld by Larry Niven
Read a piece by Larry Niven on the physics of the ringworld.
Read an extract from Ringworld.
What did our readers think of Ringworld?
Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva
Read a piece by Michel Nieva on why he chose a mosquito as his hero.
Read an extract from Dengue Boy.
What did our readers think of Dengue Boy?
Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Read a piece by Adrian Tchaikovsky exploring how life could have evolved a different way.
Read an extract from the opening of Alien Clay.
A City on Mars by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
Read a piece by Kelly Weinersmith and Cat Bohannon on the difficulties of having a child on Mars
Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
Read an extract here
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Read an extract here
Read N.K. Jemisin on the late Butler鈥檚 prescience in writing this story
Rosewater by Tade Thompson
Read an extract from Rosewater
Read Thompson’s essay about how he came to write it
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Read an extract from All Systems Red
Martha Wells on what a machine intelligence might want
Nuclear War: A scenario by Annie Jacobsen
Read an extract from Nuclear War: A scenario
Annie Jacobson on the 鈥渟hocking truths鈥 about a nuclear attack
In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
Read an extract from In Ascension
Martin MacInnes: 鈥業t is all but impossible life exists, and yet it is here鈥
The Future by Naomi Alderman
Read an extract from The Future
Naomi Alderman on why she explored the corrupting power of tech billionaires in The Future
Read our review of The Future
Julia by Sandra Newman
Read an extract from Julia
Sandra Newman on retelling 1984 from a female perspective
The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks
Read an extract from The Seventh Son
Sebastian Faulks: 鈥楬omo sapiens is a very odd creature鈥
Bridge by Lauren Beukes
Read an extract from Bridge
Lauren Beukes on why she tackled the multiverse in Bridge
Read our review of Bridge
Pod by Laline Paull
Read an extract from Pod
Laline Paull on why she wrote Pod from the perspective of a dolphin
Watch a video interview with Laline Paull
The Ferryman by Justin Cronin
Read an extract from The Ferryman
Justin Cronin on the books and films that inspired The Ferryman
Read our review of The Ferryman
