May’s new science fiction novels include a hot tip from our culture editor, as well as war on an alien planet from Bora Chung ...

The opening page of Malka Older’s new book says simply, “There are other ways to live.” That idea carries through so many of this year’s best science-fiction books, which are full of ...

Choosing the 75 best science fiction books of all time wasn’t easy, so to get the job done, we had to establish some guardrails. Though we assessed single installments as representatives of ...

1. In 1956, when I was 8 years old and attending my first sleepaway camp, I began reading the Tom Swift Jr. series. The plots, concocted by a stream of ghostwriters who published under the ...

One book of 2025 ... as it’s arguably her best work in an already strong line-up. The very “meta” storyline follows a first-time Nigerian author whose science fiction debut brings her ...

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As pastiches go, it’s a cut above the rest, while remaining true to its pulp-fiction source material ... it’s an intensely and elaborately written book that’s also surprisingly funny.