Science fiction TV

Martin MacInnes wins Arthur C Clarke award for ‘intense trip’ of a novel

In Ascension takes prestigious science fiction prize for a story that follows a marine biologist exploring the ocean depths

Ella Creamer

24, Jul, 2024 @8:00 PM

The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves and China Miéville review – pulpy hijinks

A film star and a fantasy icon collaborate on an ultraviolent tale of a superhero’s search for mortality

Adam Roberts

23, Jul, 2024 @8:00 AM

Hugo awards organisers reveal thousands spent on fraudulent votes to help one writer win

The science fiction and fantasy prize says it has culled 377 votes mostly for ‘Finalist A’, who will not be disqualified as there is no proof they were aware

Sian Cain

23, Jul, 2024 @4:07 AM

‘I wanted to do pulpy, hyper-violent action’: Keanu Reeves on his novel with China Miéville and the afterlife of The Matrix

What happens when a Hollywood actor and SF author join forces on a novel? The pair talk about their literary bromance – and their quest to turn Reeves’s comic book series into something deeper

Sam Leith

20, Jul, 2024 @8:00 AM

Game of Thrones’ George RR Martin falls foul of Glasgow sci-fi event’s strict rules

Author’s efforts to take part apparently stymied by application protocol, but he still plans to attend Worldcon

Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

17, Jul, 2024 @12:51 PM

If you like Baby Reindeer, you’ll love Young Mungo! 29 terrific TV shows – and the books to read instead

Want to watch less and read more this summer? Let your favourite series be a guide to clever, funny, moving titles you won’t be able to put down

Anita Chaudhuri

17, Jul, 2024 @9:00 AM

The best recent science fiction and fantasy – reviews roundup

Curandera by Irenosen Okojie; The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman; The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer; Toward Eternity by Anton Hur

Lisa Tuttle

12, Jul, 2024 @11:00 AM

Big Time by Jordan Prosser review – a lush, drug-fuelled adventure in a future Australia

Blending dystopic soothsaying and raucous imagination, Prosser’s debut novel is a bit Philip K Dick, a bit Jennifer Egan and a bit entirely unique

Jack Callil

11, Jul, 2024 @3:00 PM

Napalm in the Heart by Pol Guasch review – the aftermath of apocalypse

Love, death, war and occupation are explored in a gripping and poetic examination of the human condition

David Hayden

10, Jul, 2024 @10:00 AM

Naomi Alderman: ‘Whatever happened to talking? We’ve lost the ability to swap ideas’

Before her Radio 4 series this week, the dystopian author explains how the internet is eroding communication skills

Rachael Healy

07, Jul, 2024 @6:00 AM

Is it time to turn the British Museum into the world’s great lending library? | Tim Adams

With a new government will come grown-up conversations about our colonial history’s part in the acquiring of artefacts

Tim Adams

06, Jul, 2024 @3:00 PM

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup

You Like It Darker by Stephen King; Tomorrowing by Terry Bisson; Freakslaw by Jane Flett; The Mark by Fríđa Isberg; Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay