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New ÒÁÈ˾þà Live talks 2018

Why sci-fi novelist Iain M. Banks was an ‘astounding’ world-builder

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Why sci-fi novelist Iain M. Banks was an ‘astounding’ world-builder

The New ÒÁÈ˾þà Book Club is currently reading the late Iain M. Banks’s Culture novel The Player of Games. Fellow science fiction author Bethany Jacobs reveals how his work inspired her

Culture

Grace Chan and debut novel Every Version of You

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Grace Chan: 'How to stay in love after uploading into virtual reality'

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Our verdict on Our Brains, Our Selves: A mix of praise and misgivings

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Our verdict on Our Brains, Our Selves: A mix of praise and misgivings

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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

Culture

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?

Culture

A human brain made with golden wires

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Neurologist explains how brain disorders shape our sense of self

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Chris Packham and poodle

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Chris Packham: My dogs saved my life

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A human brain made with golden wires

Mind

Why Our Brains, Our Selves won the Royal Society science book prize

Culture

Marcel Proust, photographed in 1905

Health

Read an extract from Our Brains, Our Selves by Masud Husain

Culture

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 ÒÁÈ˾þà 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

Culture

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

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Our verdict on ‘Circular Motion’: this dystopia hit too close to home

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Ursula Le Guin's son on why The Dispossessed is (maybe) his favourite

Culture

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