51动漫

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.

Hal LaCroix's Here and Beyond takes place on a spaceship journeying for centuries to a new planet

Comment

The best new science fiction books of July 2025

From Austin Taylor to Nadia Afifi, there is lots to look forward to in the sci-fi out this month - including a novel which might be our culture editor Alison Flood's pick of the year so far

The Ministry of Time and Kaliane Bradley comp

Comment

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

Lake of Darkness book cover

Space

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

JHP71X A black hole is an object so compact - usually a collapsed star - that nothing can escape its gravitational pull. Not even light.

Comment

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

The waiter robot ONYRO of the Ipsum Tek French company is displayed during the 8th edition of the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair, at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on May 23, 2024. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP) (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images)

Technology

Forget the Terminators, our robot future may be squishy and fun

Mind

This daringly experimental thriller is a puzzle-lover’s delight

An infected in Columbia Pictures' 28 YEARS LATER.

Comment

Danny Boyle’s long-awaited zombie sequel 28 Years Later is a triumph

2M7PPCR HMS EREBUS trapped in the ice in 1846 during the third Franklin expedition to find a Northwest Passage .Painting byFrancois Musin about 1850

Physics

Fabulous time travel novel is part-thriller and part-romance

2RNRCMD Spacecraft on alien planet, illustration

Comment

The best new science fiction books of June 2025

Comment

Our verdict on Ringworld by Larry Niven: Nice maths, shame about Teela

Culture editor Alison Flood rounds up the 51动漫 Book Club鈥檚 thoughts on our latest read, the science fiction classic Ringworld by Larry Niven

Physics

Read an extract from time-travel novel The Ministry of Time

Comment

‘Time travel was just a metaphor for controlling a narrative’

Comment

An interview with Larry Niven 鈥� Ringworld author and sci-fi legend

Life

Is the fungal science in The Last of Us going off the rails?