Following on from our first list, we asked New Scientist staff to pick even more of their favourite sci-fi books of all time.

May’s new science fiction novels include a hot tip from our culture editor, as well as war on an alien planet from Bora Chung ...

The initiative was born from the need to envision technologies and futures rooted in the realities of Abya Yala (a term used ...

Planets around binary stars were first predicted by science fiction before it became science ... to get some insights from the recently ended Gaia data, which has accurate measurements of billions ...

Whether it’s thrilling adventures of Sci-Fi worlds, or a transformative emotional journey, these 5 brilliant fiction writers ...

After her science fiction debut (“Tell Me an Ending ... Wendy Smith is a two-time finalist for the National Book Critics Circle’s Excellence in Reviewing citation and the author of ...

This simulated reality takes place in Mio’s science fiction stories, or in Zoe’s Fantasy novels. Split Fiction instead takes us to a place where we singularly focus on Mio and Zoe, who aspire ...

Science fiction can inspire and help us dream. It's not just about dystopian nightmares. Adam Becker: At the end of the book, I quote Ursula LeGuin—who herself said science fiction isn't about ...

As the author recalled: "I wrote my first ten books on a manual typewriter." Chris Gunn Octavia E. Butler didn’t like to wait for inspiration. In fact, the celebrated science fiction author ...

Find out how stories of strange appearances and unexplained sightings continue to capture imaginations, fuelled by fake news and conspiracy theories, and surviving in science fiction books, comics and ...

Lincoln Michel’s new novel, Metallic Realms, is a skillful send-up of science fiction fandom and writing group dynamics, set in contemporary Brooklyn. Crafted as a book within a book, readers meet the ...

For my next prompt, I went sci-fi. I’ve always wanted to turn my young adult science fiction book into a movie, and this was the best opportunity to try it. I simply described the synopsis of my ...