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

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The best new science fiction books of November 2024

From Harlan Ellison to Haruki Murakami, via an intergalactic cooking competition, this month has plenty of science fictional treats on offer

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The best new science fiction books of November 2024

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Why we need to fight back against sexy Asian lady robots

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F6M33H RELEASE DATE: Dec 18, 2007. ORIGINAL MOVIE TITLE: Blade Runner: The Final Cut. STUDIO: World Artists. PLOT: Twenty-five years after the initial release of BLADE RUNNER, director Ridley Scott uses archival footage to re-create his original vision for the sci-fi classic. Based on a story by Philip K. Dick, the film is set in Los Angeles in 2019. Earth has become a polluted and miserable dystopia, and many people have fled to live 'Off World' on other planets. This dreary vision of the future features replicants: lifelike robots built as slaves for human use. When a replicant escapes his owner, a

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The best new science fiction books of October 2024

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Samantha Morton stars in dystopian docudrama 2073

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New Scientist recommends Karl Ove Knausgaard's novel The Third Realm

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Terminator Zero. Timothy Olyphant as The Terminator in Terminator Zero Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX ?? 2024

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Terminator is back, in a striking but flawed anime version

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Netflix handout still: Supacell. SUPACELL is about a group of five ordinary people who unexpectedly develop superpowers. They have little in common except for one thing: they are all Black South Londoners. It is down to one man, Michael Lasaki, to bring them all together in order to save the woman he loves.

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New Scientist recommends new superhero drama Supacell

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The best new science fiction books of September 2024

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The best new science fiction books of September 2024

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Read an extract from Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower

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N.K. Jemisin on the prescience and brilliance of Parable of the Sower

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N.K. Jemisin on the prescience and brilliance of Parable of the Sower

The Hugo award-winning author explains how she finally got to grips with Octavia E. Butler's dystopian novel, the latest pick for the New Scientist Book Club, on a third read

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Interstellar to Doctor Who: Sci-fi dramas getting science mostly right

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Tade Thompson: 'It's like the internet, but for aliens'

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The best new science fiction books of August 2024

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The best new science fiction books of August 2024

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Imagining Nigeria as ground zero in an alien invasion

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Imagining Nigeria as ground zero in an alien invasion

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