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The best science fiction films of 2024, from Dune: Part Two to The Substance
Paul (Timothée Chalamet, right) and Chani (Zendaya) in Dune: Part Two Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures No one,…
The best science fiction TV shows of 2024, from Supacell to Fallout
Nadine Mills plays a nurse, Sabrina, in superhero series Supacell. Courtesy of Netflix Despite it feeling like there…
The best new science fiction books of 2024, from Adam Roberts to Rachel Kushner
2024 has been a great year for sci-fi, from time travel stories to those set in space Matt Mawson/Millennium…
How Murderbot Saved Martha Wells’ Life
Murder is in the air. Everywhere I turn, I see images of a robot killing machine. Then I…
Lake of Darkness review: This bold, experimental slice of deep-space sci-fi is just brilliant
Something evil may be lurking in a black hole in Adam Roberts’s new novel Liuzishan/Getty Images Lake of…
Juice review: Tim Winton’s post-apocalyptic new novel is terrifying and brilliant
In the post-collapse outback of Juice, people live partly underground Andrew Merry/Getty Images JuiceTim Winton (Picador) The latest…
Sky Peals review: Understated sci-fi drama traverses themes of immigration and identity
Umer (Faraz Ayub) wonders if he is not of this world Lisa Stonehouse/Escape Films Sky PealsMoin HussainA BFI Player subscription streaming…
James Earl Jones’ Darth Vader Has Already Been Immortalized With AI
If anyone could make the Dark Side sound good, it was James Earl Jones. The actor, who died…
Two new books explore how UFOs captured the world’s imagination
Greg Eghigian’s After the Flying Saucers Came and Luis Elizondo’s Imminent both show how our fascination with UFOs…
Time travel sci-fi novel is a rip-roaringly good thought experiment
Shutterstock/Sarath maroli The Other ValleyScott Alexander Howard (Atlantic Books (UK); Atria Books (US)) The Other Valley by Scott…