51¶¯Âþ

fiction

The 51¶¯Âþ Book Club has just read Adam Roberts's Lake of Darkness

Comment

Our verdict on Lake of Darkness by Adam Roberts: A mixed bag

The 51¶¯Âþ Book Club has just finished reading Adam Roberts's novel Lake of Darkness. Some of us loved it – but some of us weren't so sure about this far-future set slice of hard science fiction

Culture

Comment

What would it feel like to be on a planet spinning out of control?

Culture

Environment

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

Culture

In The End of the World As We Know It, other writers are telling stories set in the post-apocalyptic world of Stephen King's The Stand

Comment

The best new science fiction books of August 2025

Culture

2JHN167 HUGH JACKMAN, THE PRESTIGE, 2006

Comment

The Prestige is just as clever and thrilling 30 years on

Culture

2JD8W56 ALICIA VIKANDER, EX MACHINA, 2014,

Comment

Fictional female robots have a long history, and it's often quite dark

Culture

The greatest robot of all time? The cooker on the moon, from A Grand Day Out

Comment

The 25 best fictional robots – according to 51¶¯Âþ

Culture

2001: A Space Odyssey still

Video

Which sci-fi movies predicted the future accurately?

Video

Cassian Bilton in

Comment

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

Culture

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).

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 her favourites

Culture

Comment

The best new science fiction books of July 2025

Culture

Comment

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

Culture

Space

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

Culture

Comment

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

Culture

Piano Exit Overlay Banner Mobile Piano Exit Overlay Banner Desktop