A serialized war of worlds packs the analogous power of militaristic SF old and new.

In two new books, Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross explore a future near to hand, and one a little more distant.

Two new works of science fiction demonstrate the limitless potential of the Big Idea.

Future dystopias are the settings for a growing number of stories for teens.

The long-awaited sequel to A Fire Upon the Deep explores a post-Singularity universe.

Science fiction authors aid the war effort during WWII with fruits of their imaginations made real.

A heady new novel harks back to the 1970s science fiction of Ursula Le Guin and Doris Lessing.

A  celebration of Russian satirist Vladimir Sorokin, a Swiftian writer whose work is steeped in the tropes of science fiction.

This debut novel is a bravura performance, rejuvenating the time travel subgenre with intellectual and emotional energy.

Highly evolved alien dogs, a beautiful businesswoman, and a spy named Mark Twain figure in a delirious science-fiction farce.

Four new literary adventures suggest that the hybrid genre of steampunk is still on the boil.

From the award-winning author of the Mars Trilogy, an intellectual adventure that shuttles between the 17th and 31st centuries. Read more...