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Ursula K. Le Guin in her home in Portland, Oregon, in 2001

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The best new science fiction books of October 2025

Science fiction legend Ursula K. Le Guin is honoured with a new collection out this month, and sci-fi fans can also look forward to fiction from astronaut Chris Hadfield and award-winning authors Ken Liu and Mary Robinette Kowal

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Novels with a certain structure are more likely to be classics

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A man tends to vegetables growing in a field as emissions rise from cooling towers at a coal-fired power station in Tongling, Anhui province, China, on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. China's economy expanded at its weakest pace since 2009, according to figures Monday, with gross domestic product rising 6.4 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Two climate scientists on how to use emotion in the climate crisis

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In Mason Coile's Exiles, a human crew arrive on Mars

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The best new science fiction books of September 2025

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The Dispossessed takes place on the twin worlds of Anarres and Urras

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Read an extract from The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Powerful new book explores how noise has taken over the world

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Did childcare fuel language? A new book makes the case

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New ��˾þ� recommends classic zombie film 28 Days Later

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New ��˾þ� recommends classic zombie film 28 Days Later

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Fascinating and enraging book exposes the biases that shape our lives

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Biodiversity needs neurodiversity, says insightful new book

In Neurodivergent, By Nature, Joe Harkness examines the promise and reality of working in the conservation sector for neurodivergent people, and tells us why the natural world could use their help

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Our verdict on Lake of Darkness by Adam Roberts: A mixed bag

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What would it feel like to be on a planet spinning out of control?

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Read an extract from Alex Foster’s sci-fi novel Circular Motion

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The best new science fiction books of August 2025

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