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Book Club: Read an extract from Every Version of You by Grace Chan

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Book Club: Read an extract from Every Version of You by Grace Chan

In this passage from the opening of Grace Chan’s sci-fi novel, the November read for the New Scientist Book Club, we are introduced to her protagonists as they spend time in a virtual utopia which is becoming increasingly tempting in a dying world

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If you could upload your mind to a virtual utopia, would you?

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If you could upload your mind to a virtual utopia, would you?

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Never Let Me go book cover

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New Scientist recommends Never Let Me Go

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Civet coffee: The real chemistry behind this bizarre luxury drink

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Grass Paperback by Sheri S. Tepper

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New Scientist recommends Sheri S. Tepper's science fiction novel Grass

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Netflix handout film still -- Frankenstein. BTS - (L to R) Jacob Elordi as The Creature and Oscar Isaac as Dr. Victor Frankenstein on the set of Frankenstein. Cr. Ken Woroner/Netflix ?? 2025.

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Del Toro's Frankenstein is a sumptuous take on a classic parable

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If you love AI, you'll love Ken Liu's new cyberpunk thriller

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A radical rethink of what makes your diet healthy or bad for you

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A radical rethink of what makes your diet healthy or bad for you

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Why not all ultra-processed foods are bad for you

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Why not all ultra-processed foods are bad for you

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Left: Cover of The Dispossessed. Right: Ursula K. Le Guin in 2001

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Our verdict on ‘The Dispossessed’: A tricky but rewarding novel

The New Scientist Book Club has just finished reading Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed. Most of our members enjoyed it, even if the sheer volume of ideas in the book made it a challenging read

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The best new science fiction books of October 2025

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The exceptionally tasty new fermented foods being cooked up in the lab

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Why is Ursula K. Le Guin's 'The Dispossessed' so popular 50 years on?

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Simple menu tweak can nudge people into choosing climate-friendly food

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