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Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet

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Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet

Kim Stanley Robinson opens his classic science fiction novel Red Mars in 2026. As the New Scientist Book Club embarks on reading it in April, he looks back on its origins – and how the idea of moving to Mars holds up today

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Why Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars is still a classic, 34 years on

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Why Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars is still a classic, 34 years on

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Read an extract from Kim Stanley Robinson's sci-fi classic Red Mars

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Read an extract from Kim Stanley Robinson's sci-fi classic Red Mars

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Adrian Tchaikovsky: 'I try and do interesting aliens'

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Adrian Tchaikovsky: 'I try and do interesting aliens'

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Rumours of a Firefly reboot abound, but should the Serenity fly again?

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Rumours of a Firefly reboot abound, but should the Serenity fly again?

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New Scientist recommends sci-fi novel Under the Eye of the Big Bird

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New Scientist recommends sci-fi novel Under the Eye of the Big Bird

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Project Hail Mary is a spiritual sibling to The Martian - and it's fab

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Project Hail Mary is a spiritual sibling to The Martian - and it's fab

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Adrian Tchaikovsky's new Children of Time novel is brilliant

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The best new science fiction books of March 2026

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The best new science fiction books of March 2026

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Our verdict on Juice by Tim Winton: Australian climate novel is a hit

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Our verdict on Juice by Tim Winton: Australian climate novel is a hit

The New Scientist Book Club enjoyed our February read, Tim Winton's far-future-set Juice. Head of books Alison Flood rounds up member thoughts

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Return of Fallout, Paradise and Silo fuels passion for bunker sci-fi

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New Scientist recommends the quantum soundscape of Liminals

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What to read this week: Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean by Dagomar Degroot

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Exploring sci-fi treats from George Saunders and Matthew Kressel

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