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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.

"I was weightless. The pod had taken flight..."

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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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In The End of the World As We Know It, other writers are telling stories set in the post-apocalyptic world of Stephen King's The Stand

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The best new science fiction books of August 2025

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The greatest robot of all time? The cooker on the moon, from A Grand Day Out

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

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2JD8W56 ALICIA VIKANDER, EX MACHINA, 2014,

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

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2JHN167 HUGH JACKMAN, THE PRESTIGE, 2006

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The Prestige is just as clever and thrilling 30 years on

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2001: A Space Odyssey still
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Which sci-fi movies predicted the future accurately?

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Cassian Bilton in "Foundation," premiering July 11, 2025 on Apple TV+.

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Foundation’s new season has dramatic potential – but sadly falls flat

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Casual man standing on space platform watching planet Earth. 3D generated image. Earth texture is from Nasa (https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/sunrise-shadows-over-the-philippine-sea).

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The best science fiction books of 2025 so far

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Hal LaCroix's Here and Beyond takes place on a spaceship journeying for centuries to a new planet

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The best new science fiction books of July 2025

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The Ministry of Time and Kaliane Bradley comp

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Our verdict on The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley: A thumbs up

Culture editor Alison Flood rounds up the Â鶹´«Ã½ Book Club's take on our latest read, a time-travelling romance

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Space

Read an extract from Adam Roberts’s far future-set Lake of Darkness

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Why Adam Roberts set out to write a sci-fi utopia, not a dystopia

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Technology

Forget the Terminators, our robot future may be squishy and fun

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Mind

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

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