By exploring unknown realms such as space or the future, sci-fi allows audiences to be part of entirely new worlds that are ...

Back in 1987, after four acclaimed fiction novels, Iain Banks published his first sci-fi book, Consider Phlebas, a true space opera and his first book of many to feature the Culture, an ...

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This month we’ve got teenage telekinetics, magical twins, shapeshifters, supernatural detectives, space adventures, palace intrigue, fantasy epics, monsters, and more—plus the first-ever YA ...

Here are the best new fantasy and sci-fi books to read in 2024, from authors including Tigest Girma, John Gwynne, Yume Kitasei, Brandon Sanderson, Sofia Samatar, and more.

The 1960s marked a new, more-mature era for sci-fi novel art. Then-director of Penguin Books' cover art, Germano Facetti, moved away from cartoonish images of rocket ships and space men by using ...

This thrilling space adventure comes from famed Chinese sci-fi writer Jiang Bo (pseudonym) whose short sci-fi novel ­Mingxuanyixian, or Fate Hangs on a Thread, is included in the newly published ...

So, in no particular order, here they are: New Scientist’s favourite science fiction books of all time. We’d love to hear from readers, too, about your own favourite sci-fi. Join the ...

Djuna has been publishing science fiction (and film criticism) in South Korea for over 25 years, without making any biographical revelations. “Counterweight,” their first full-length work to ...