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Adrian Tchaikovsky

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

Science fiction author Adrian Tchaikovsky on the science that inspires his novels, his distaste for "humanocentric" narratives and just how he is able to write so much

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My Husband, the Cyborg

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Documentary-maker films the fallout as her husband opts to be a cyborg

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The perfect boiled egg takes more than half an hour to cook

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Would we recognise alien intelligence, asks Adrian Tchaikovsky novel

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The best new science fiction books of February 2025

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The best new science fiction books of February 2025

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Adrian Tchaikovsky:

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Adrian Tchaikovsky: "Could life have gone any other way?"

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Read an extract from Adrian Tchaikovsky's Alien Clay

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Read an extract from Adrian Tchaikovsky's Alien Clay

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 16: Portrait of Iain M. Banks being interviewed by SFX Magazine/Future via Getty Images on June 16, 2010. (Photo by Joseph Branston/SFX Magazine/Future via Getty Images)

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Rereading the best science fiction writers of all time: Iain M. Banks

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The best new science fiction books of January 2025

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The best new science fiction books of January 2025

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The best sci-fi TV shows of all time, according to 51¶¯Âþ

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The best sci-fi TV shows of all time, according to 51¶¯Âþ

We asked our writers to pick their favourite science fiction television series. Here are the results, from Battlestar Galactica to Futurama

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The best science fiction TV shows to look forward in 2025

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The best science fiction movies to look forward to in 2025

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The best popular science books to look forward to in 2025

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Our writers pick the 26 best science fiction short stories of all time

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