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Latest Review This was a brilliant new take on the Phantom of the Opera. As a fan of the original story, I’m absolutely thrilled at how...

Antithesis is a collection of vivid and exhilarating science fiction stories, tied together by characters whose moral challenges offer...

Book Overview Polly Michaels is trying to forget that her mom has cancer. She keeps busy at school and plods through a normal social...

There is a threat to New York of ‘Lovecraftian’ proportions, waged on New York by parallel universe apparitions. I thought I’d try the...

Necrogarden (Book Two: NeuralTech Rising Series) Necrogarden, the second in Bryon Vaughn's trilogy, moves straight into the action as...

Book Overview Coming of age as a time traveler isn’t easy. Young George St. James gets help from a magical medieval monk and a 23rd...

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie is set thousands of years into the future when the Radch Empire is the primary galactic power of...

I'm a fan of Ian McEwan's fiction, so I was interested to see how he tackled the Science Fiction genre. As expected, his portrayal of...

Blurb A century has passed and yes, the human race stumbled into evolutionary compromise. But it’s not the androids who are the victors....

The Ministry for the Future is established in 2025 as a response to an unfolding climate change catastrophe. A heatwave kills 20 million...

Book Overview A masterful, dystopian science fiction thriller of underground genetic experiments, telepathic evil greys, mysterious...

Book Overview The world already ended once. Now it's up to an outgunned negotiator, a disavowed spy, and an immersion-addicted hacker to...

Review Neurogarden, Bryon Vaughn’s imaginative debut novel, delves into the possible future of AI technology. The theme is a familiar...

Blurb Earth is dying. The only salvation for humanity is colonizing space, yet so far that has failed. The last hope for survival exists...

This year’s 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel. It’s hard to believe this is a debut novel as Arkady Martine’s tale is an accomplished work...

The sequel to Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time, begins with an Earth terraforming program ship sent to the stars, where it makes an...

The Light Brigade is set in a future where corporate giants rule a broken down society that stretches the solar system. War has broken...

January Scaller is raised as a ward of the wealthy Mr Locke, a member of the exclusive New England Archaeological Society, who employs...

The story of this Hugo nominated novel takes place on the planet January, a sphere tidally locked to its star, creating two worlds, one...

Blurb Are you sick? Are you plagued by chronic health problems with no cure or remedy in sight? Are you tired of spending thousands on...

The key protagonist, Essun, remains the hero in The Obelisk Gate, as she settles into the underground community of Castrima. The surprise...

The Fifth Season is an epic story of survival in an unstable planet, oppressed by nature - Father Earth, and human against human. Earth...

Mary R Kowal’s novel - The Calculating Stars - takes place in an alternate history where the USA’s scientists are not driven by the...

Where Cixin Liu's characters fall short, his world building shines, as does his take on theoretical physics, which dazzles like a noon...

Review Get ready for a glimpse of our 'tech-morphed' future. It makes our current world of selfies and social media look positively...

Where Harare's two previous best sellers covered the past (Sapiens) and the future (Homodeus), his latest book, 21 Lessons for the 21st...

In the Third Industrial Revolution, Jeremy Rifkin describes the fast approaching third industrial revolution and what it means for the...

Read the Blurb A naturally gifted ex-national champion and a savant with a computer-like mind compete against the world's best in the...

Homodeus: This book is packed full of so many ideas. If you're interested in the future of our planet, buy this book! I read this while...

Read the Blurb Vincent is a scientist plagued with strange nightmares since childhood. He has successfully treated his illness with drugs...

Read the blurb The legend lives on in Phantoms as modern day Phantom of the Opera, Erik Destler, plots to take over and rule the famous...