Science fiction is an amazing and sometimes overlooked genre, giving audience members a way to process complex situations and thoughts. Unsurprisingly, when people picture sci-fi shows, they tend to ...

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The editors of The New York Times Book Review bring you immersive climate fiction , our latest reviews , gripping dystopian ...

Rizwan Virk, Arizona State University (THE CONVERSATION) Every time I read about another advance in AI technology, I feel like another figment of science fiction moves closer to reality. Lately, I’ve ...

Comment The best science fiction books of 2025 so far From generation ships to climate change, there has been some stellar sci-fi out in the past six months. Our columnist Emily H. Wilson picks ...

From Austin Taylor to Nadia Afifi, there is lots to look forward to in the sci-fi out this month - including a novel which might be our culture editor Alison Flood's pick of the year so far ...