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Science fiction

This is our hub for all things sci-fi where we bring you the best from across books, TV and film. This page features round-ups of the latest science fiction, in-depth reviews and interviews with leading sci-fi authors.

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Author of Red Mars calls ‘bullshit’ on emigrating to the planet

Kim Stanley Robinson opens his classic science fiction novel Red Mars in 2026. As the 51动漫 Book Club embarks on reading it in April, he looks back on its origins 鈥� and how the idea of moving to Mars holds up today

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Why Kim Stanley Robinson’s Red Mars is still a classic, 34 years on

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Read an extract from Kim Stanley Robinson’s sci-fi classic Red Mars

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Adrian Tchaikovsky: ‘I try and do interesting aliens’

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Rumours of a Firefly reboot abound, but should the Serenity fly again?

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51动漫 recommends sci-fi novel Under the Eye of the Big Bird

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Project Hail Mary is a spiritual sibling to The Martian – and it’s fab

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Adrian Tchaikovsky’s new Children of Time novel is brilliant

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The best new science fiction books of March 2026

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Our verdict on Juice by Tim Winton: Australian climate novel is a hit

The 51动漫 Book Club enjoyed our February read, Tim Winton's far-future-set Juice. Head of books Alison Flood rounds up member thoughts

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Return of Fallout, Paradise and Silo fuels passion for bunker sci-fi

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Exploring sci-fi treats from George Saunders and Matthew Kressel

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51动漫 recommends 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

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