2+ hour, 38+ min ago  (594+ words) A collection of stories set in George R. R. Martin's Wild Cards universe and a novel from The Expanse author James S. A. Corey are among the science-fiction books we're looking forward to this month Thriller Mars One by Charlotte Robinson is out this…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (125+ words) A new book from Rebecca Solnit, promising to bring us hope in these "difficult times, is among our pick of popular science titles out this month " along with a guide on how to talk to AI, and a look at…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (631+ words) If up to 20 per cent of us really do score highly on traits related to psychopathy, we are going to need all the help offered by a compelling new book. Start by admitting your own dark traits, finds Sally Adee…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (424+ words) The latest in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time series is out this month, along with a speculative retelling of Moby-Dick and a forgotten classic from 1936 A new science fiction novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky is out this monthRoberto Ricciuti / Getty Images…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (11+ words) A roundup of the New Scientist Book Club's February read'New Scientist...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (160+ words) Letter: Sometimes the shortest stories are the best'New Scientist From Sam Edge, Ringwood, Hampshire, UK As usual, I enjoyed Emily H. Wilson's review of the books Vigil and The Rainseekers. However, I don't generally find novellas or even short stories unsatisfying....

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (649+ words) The New Scientist Book Club's February read is Tim Winton's novel Juice, set in a future Australia that is so hot it is almost unliveable. Here, the author lays out his reasons for writing it " and why he doesn't see…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (520+ words) Peter F. Hamilton's new book A Hole in the Sky is set on a troubled ark ship hundreds of years into its voyage, with fantastic plot twists and turns. I'm a big Hamilton fan, but one aspect of the novel proved…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1069+ words) Clear out your shelves for a bumper new crop of books by authors including Naomi Klein, Rebecca Solnit and Xand Van Tulleken, says culture editor Alison Flood We go from grand to even grander, as astrophysicist Emma Chapman's Radio Universe…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (523+ words) Focusing on the futuristic tech that appears in sci-fi without paying attention to the actual point of the story is a big mistake, says Annalee Newitz Not so futuristic: Gandalf with a palantir in The Lord of the RingsLANDMARK MEDIA…...