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Larry Niven on creating Ringworld, a 'great gaudy intellectual toy'

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Larry Niven on creating Ringworld, a 'great gaudy intellectual toy'

The author of the award-winning classic science fiction novel, the latest read for the 51¶¯Âþ Book Club, on the science behind his creation

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Ringworld extract: Read a section from Larry Niven’s timeless classic

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Ringworld extract: Read a section from Larry Niven’s timeless classic

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Speculative novel layers Groundhog Day with existential dreaminess

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Speculative novel layers Groundhog Day with existential dreaminess

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Ringworld

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Rereading the best sci-fi writers of all time: Larry Niven

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Robert Pattinson shines in clunky sci-fi adaptation Mickey 17

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The best new science fiction books of April 2025

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The best new science fiction books of April 2025

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Michel Nieva on writing from a mosquito's perspective for Dengue Boy

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Michel Nieva on writing from a mosquito's perspective for Dengue Boy

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Abstract glass sphere shapes with cyborg head. 3D generated image.

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Brilliant sci-fi novel shows robots coming to grips with emancipation

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THE OA Brit Marling Season 1 Episode 6

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Rediscover The OA, a TV show with echoes of late director David Lynch

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The best new science fiction books of March 2025

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The best new science fiction books of March 2025

John Scalzi, Silvia Park and Ai Jang all have new books out this month. Whether it’s time travel or a moon made of cheese that takes your fancy, there’s some sci-fi here for you

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Environment

Read an extract from Michel Nieva’s science fiction novel Dengue Boy

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51¶¯Âþ Book Club: Why I chose a mosquito as my hero

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Mind

Sci-fi thriller Dissolution smartly interweaves time travel and memory

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Adrian Tchaikovsky talks aliens, entomology and new book 'Alien Clay'

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