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Our writers pick the 26 best science fiction short stories of all time

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Our writers pick the 26 best science fiction short stories of all time

We asked New Scientist writers to pick their favourite sci-fi short story. From H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine to Octavia E. Butler’s Bloodchild, via stories from George R. R. Martin and Ursula K. Le Guin, here are the results

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Kelly and Zach Weinersmith

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Why Kelly and Zach Weinersmith are sceptical about a future on Mars

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The best new science fiction books of 2024

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The best new science fiction books of 2024

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Having a baby on Mars? You may be in for a difficult time

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Having a baby on Mars? You may be in for a difficult time

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Rachel Kushner

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Creation Lake author Rachel Kushner on the 'ultimate writer's task'

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D5YXF5 A Meteor glowing as it enters the Earth's atmosphere

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Forget Hollywood, science has real plans to defend us from asteroids

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Tim Winton's post-apocalyptic new novel is terrifying and brilliant

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Tim Winton's post-apocalyptic new novel is terrifying and brilliant

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New Scientist Live 2024

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All the action from New Scientist Live – in photographs

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Read an extract from Rachel Kushner's Creation Lake

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Read an extract from Rachel Kushner's Creation Lake

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Alice Roberts at NSL

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A note from the editor about New Scientist Live

With just one week to go until the world's greatest festival of ideas and discoveries, New Scientist editor Catherine de Lange reveals what you can expect from the show this year

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Sci-fi author Nisi Shawl on Octavia E. Butler's legacy

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A note from the executive editor on New Scientist Live

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Read an extract from Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower

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N.K. Jemisin on the prescience and brilliance of Parable of the Sower

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