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Valeriya Salt, a sci-fi author from Sheffield, has released her genre-defying novel with a local publisher Northodox Press.
The actresses and co-authors examine the impact of AI in 'The Spark,' the first book in their upcoming YA trilogy ...
In his stories, Han Song explores the disorientation accompanying China’s modernization, sometimes writing of unthinkable things that later came true.
Scientists and science fiction writers have for many decades considered how this might play out, a person in one place making what feels like physical contact with a person or an object somewhere ...
Lou Mathews is unequivocal in his devotion to Los Angeles and its environs. “I love it — and I don’t understand people who don’t,” says the welcoming, white-bearded Mathews, 78, during a ...
Comment 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.
Home Culture & Life Books the week recommends How Black female science fiction and fantasy writers are upending the narrative There may be only a few making waves. But their effect has been seismic.
Our favourite science fiction books of all time (the ones we forgot) Following on from our first list, we asked New Scientist staff to pick even more of their favourite sci-fi books of all time ...
In 2023 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan celebrates its sixtieth anniversary. A member of the group writes about its history, introducing some of the luminaries who have guided it ...