Frank Herbert's Dune is a triumph of sci-fi literature, but books like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Fahrenheit 451 are undoubtedly better.

This is definitely on my reading list: in fact, I am hoping we might choose it for a future New Scientist Book Club read. Longlisted for the Booker already, it has been described by our sci-fi ...

In honor of Black History Month, we're recommending these fantasy and sci-fi novels written by Black authors.

Set in late-21st-century Australia, this novel (published in Australia in 2022 but out now more widely) follows Tao-Yi in a world where most people spend their lives in an immersive virtual reality ...

Whether you’re looking for a classic or the latest and greatest, start here. By The New York Times Books Staff The year’s best speculative fiction includes a fantasy novel by Kelly Link, alien epics ...

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