Universally defined by their cultural impact and literary imagination, these science fiction books are must-read classics ...

The birth of science fiction is considered by some to stretch all the way back to the age of Shelly’s Frankenstein. Since then, there have been some hugely influential writers in the science fiction ...

This is definitely on my reading list: in fact, I am hoping we might choose it for a future New Scientist Book Club read. Longlisted for the Booker already, it has been described by our sci-fi ...

We are currently living through an unprecedented rise in the popularity of science fiction over the past couple of years. From new releases from established names such as Star Wars to the rise of ...

The joy found in science fiction novels is, of course, entirely subjective. Some love a series that keeps things only galaxy-wide, spanning maybe only a millennia. Others prefer multi-dimensional, ...

Science fiction allows artists to speculate about the future through imaginative and technical concepts. But so often the prevailing vision of that future in popular culture tends toward the dystopian ...

A new wave of writers is making the genre its own, rooting it in local homelands and histories. Latin American science fiction writers are leaving behind imported landscapes and story lines and ...