From robot rights to ageing and climate change, this month’s science fiction squares up to the big topics, with new titles ...

It’s been 25 years since China Miéville stepped into the literary spotlight with his novel “Perdido Street Station.” ...

Science fiction can be valuable in the broader communication ecosystem, bringing science to the public and offering ...

China Miéville, known for his "new weird" fiction, said sci-fi is a reflection of the present rather than a road map to be ...

What will our neighbourhood be like in 30 years' time? How can we help shape a community fit for the next generation of ...

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Which is to say, a time to read books and buy books for your loved ones, in such copious quantities that your shelves groan with glee.

But the task of science fiction is not to predict the future. Rather, it contemplates possible futures. Writers may find the future appealing precisely because it can’t be known, a black box ...

Science fiction emerged nearly 300 years ago during a time of great advances in science. Since then authors have tried to make sense of their world by imagining what the future will look like.

The people of his utopian future had no need for paper money ... a theme that still reoccurs regularly in science fiction. First published in 1968, John Brunner’s dystopian novel Stand on ...