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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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The Beauty -- Pictured: Bella Hadid as Ruby. CR: Philippe Antonello/FX

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

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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Sony Pictures

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��è��Ƶ recommends 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

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The best new science fiction books of February 2026

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

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Read an extract from Juice by Tim Winton

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Read an extract from Juice by Tim Winton

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Tim Winton: 'Sometimes I think we use the word dystopia as an opiate'

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Tim Winton: 'Sometimes I think we use the word dystopia as an opiate'

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Chemist Omar M. Yaghi

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Nobel prizewinner Omar Yaghi says his invention will change the world

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A collage of analog clocks against a black background. Some are broken in half

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The daring idea that time is an illusion and how we could prove it

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Sierra Greer

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Sierra Greer discusses her award-winning sex robot novel 'Annie Bot'

Award-winning author Sierra Greer talks about Annie Bot, her science fiction novel about a robot designed to please her owner, Doug

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��è��Ƶ recommends Avatar: Fire and Ash – especially the whale

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Peter F. Hamilton's latest is an epic slice of sci-fi – with one flaw

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Alex Garland’s The Bone Temple is brutal, brilliant - and mind-blowing

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Embracing quantum spookiness: Best ideas of the century

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