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Science fiction

Science fiction

This is our hub for all things sci-fi where we bring you the best from across books, TV and film. This page features round-ups of the latest science fiction, in-depth reviews and interviews with leading sci-fi authors.

Mind

This daringly experimental thriller is a puzzle-lover’s delight

Packed with puzzles and narrative threads, Matt Wixey's novel Basilisk is an exhilarating read that is hard to put down

Culture
An infected in Columbia Pictures' 28 YEARS LATER.

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Danny Boyle’s long-awaited zombie sequel 28 Years Later is a triumph

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Physics

Fabulous time travel novel is part-thriller and part-romance

Culture
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The best new science fiction books of June 2025

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Our verdict on Ringworld by Larry Niven: Nice maths, shame about Teela

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Physics

Read an extract from time-travel novel The Ministry of Time

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‘Time travel was just a metaphor for controlling a narrative’

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2H2R3TY Larry Niven attends The 36th and 37th Annual L. Ron Hubbard Achievement Awards Gala at Taglyan Complex, Los Angeles, CA on October 22, 2021

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An interview with Larry Niven – Ringworld author and sci-fi legend

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Life

Is the fungal science in The Last of Us going off the rails?

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Sci-fi books, Culture - 2025

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Our favourite science fiction books of all time (the ones we forgot)

Following on from our first list, we asked Â鶹´«Ã½ staff to pick even more of their favourite sci-fi books of all time. From Isaac Asimov and Ursula K. Le Guin to Star Wars – the list has it all this time, we hope…

Culture

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The best new science fiction books of May 2025

Culture

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Black Mirror returns full of delights and disappointments

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Book Club: Readers admit they weren’t impressed with our latest novel

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Larry Niven on creating Ringworld, a ‘great gaudy intellectual toy’

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