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Read an extract from Alex Foster’s sci-fi novel Circular Motion

In this passage from the opening of Circular Motion, the latest read for the 51�� Book Club, our protagonist boards a vessel which can circle the world in a matter of hours – with dangerous consequences for the Earth’s rotation

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2JHN167 HUGH JACKMAN, THE PRESTIGE, 2006

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The Prestige is just as clever and thrilling 30 years on

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Black hole illustrating Adam Roberts book Lake of Darkness

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Adam Roberts's Lake of Darkness is a quest to understand utopia itself

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New book is an illuminating but flawed look at the impact of emoji

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TOPSHOT - A prong extending from the CIRA-03 remote-controlled robot prototype approaches the mouth of a volunteer to extract a throat swab sample, as part of a self-funded project to assist physicians in running tests on suspected COVID-19 coronavirus patients in a bid to limit human exposure to disease-carriers, at a private hospital in Egypt's Nile delta city of Tanta, on March 20, 2021. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

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Can amazing tech reboot healthcare? A new book explores the future

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Foundation's new season has dramatic potential – but sadly falls flat

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Provocative new book says we must persuade people to have more babies

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The best popular science books of 2025 so far

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Casual man standing on space platform watching planet Earth. 3D generated image. Earth texture is from Nasa (https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/sunrise-shadows-over-the-philippine-sea).

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The best science fiction books of 2025 so far

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The Ministry of Time and Kaliane Bradley comp

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Our verdict on The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley: A thumbs up

Culture editor Alison Flood rounds up the 51�� Book Club's take on our latest read, a time-travelling romance

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Read an extract from Adam Roberts’s far future-set Lake of Darkness

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Why Adam Roberts set out to write a sci-fi utopia, not a dystopia

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Life

A new book reveals the deep flaws in our natural history museums

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Mind

Spellbinding debut book explores the marvels of our brains

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