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Read an extract from Kim Stanley Robinson's sci-fi classic Red Mars

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Read an extract from Kim Stanley Robinson's sci-fi classic Red Mars

This is the opening of Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars, the New Scientist Book Club read for April, as humans come to the planet to settle it

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Adrian Tchaikovsky: 'I try and do interesting aliens'

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Adrian Tchaikovsky: 'I try and do interesting aliens'

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Rumours of a Firefly reboot abound, but should the Serenity fly again?

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Rumours of a Firefly reboot abound, but should the Serenity fly again?

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New Scientist recommends sci-fi novel Under the Eye of the Big Bird

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New Scientist recommends sci-fi novel Under the Eye of the Big Bird

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Project Hail Mary is a spiritual sibling to The Martian - and it's fab

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Project Hail Mary is a spiritual sibling to The Martian - and it's fab

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Space

Adrian Tchaikovsky's new Children of Time novel is brilliant

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The best new science fiction books of March 2026

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The best new science fiction books of March 2026

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Our verdict on Juice by Tim Winton: Australian climate novel is a hit

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Our verdict on Juice by Tim Winton: Australian climate novel is a hit

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Moises Arias

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Return of Fallout, Paradise and Silo fuels passion for bunker sci-fi

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Man behind a curtain back

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Exploring sci-fi treats from George Saunders and Matthew Kressel

In George Saunders's Vigil, a ghost visits Earth to help a dying oil tycoon, while terraforming efforts on Mars are about to bear fruit in The Rainseekers by Matthew Kressel. Emily H. Wilson's sci-fi column explores two very different short novels

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New Scientist recommends 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

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The Beauty may be horror TV but it misses the genre's point

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The best new science fiction books of February 2026

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Our verdict on Annie Bot: This novel about a sex robot split opinions

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