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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 features round-ups of the latest science fiction, in-depth reviews and interviews with leading sci-fi authors.
Our verdict on Ringworld by Larry Niven: Nice maths, shame about Teela

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Our verdict on Ringworld by Larry Niven: Nice maths, shame about Teela

Culture editor Alison Flood rounds up the New Scientist Book Club’s thoughts on our latest read, the science fiction classic Ringworld by Larry Niven

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Read an extract from time-travel novel The Ministry of Time

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'Time travel was just a metaphor for controlling a narrative'

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2H2R3TY Larry Niven attends The 36th and 37th Annual L. Ron Hubbard Achievement Awards Gala at Taglyan Complex, Los Angeles, CA on October 22, 2021

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An interview with Larry Niven – Ringworld author and sci-fi legend

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Is the fungal science in The Last of Us going off the rails?

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Sci-fi books, Culture - 2025

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Our favourite science fiction books of all time (the ones we forgot)

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The best new science fiction books of May 2025

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Black Mirror returns full of delights and disappointments

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Book Club: Readers admit they weren’t impressed with our latest novel

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Book Club: Readers admit they weren’t impressed with our latest novel

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Larry Niven on creating Ringworld, a 'great gaudy intellectual toy'

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Larry Niven on creating Ringworld, a 'great gaudy intellectual toy'

The author of the award-winning classic science fiction novel, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, on the science behind his creation

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Ringworld extract: Read a section from Larry Niven’s timeless classic

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Speculative novel layers Groundhog Day with existential dreaminess

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Rereading the best sci-fi writers of all time: Larry Niven

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Robert Pattinson shines in clunky sci-fi adaptation Mickey 17

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