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New ��ý recommends one-person play Every Brilliant Thing

The books, TV, games and more that New ��ý staff have enjoyed this week

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The New ��ý Book Club has been reading Circular Motion by Alex Foster

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

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Ursula K. Le Guin in 2005

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

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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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Earth

The captivating story that Earth’s ‘boring’ layered rocks tell us

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Holy Mary on window Statuette of Holy Mary and vase with plastic flowers in window on a house with bright pink walls, Irish cottage, Ireland

Humans

Alice Roberts investigates the unstoppable rise of Christianity

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BOXBERG, GERMANY - MARCH 17: Boxberg Power Station is seen during sunset on March 17, 2016 in Boxberg, Germany. This lignite-fired power station is the second largest in Germany. (Photo by Florian Gaertner/Photothek via Getty Images)

Environment

New book about the story of carbon dioxide is a rousing call to action

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The New ��ý Book Club has just read Adam Roberts's Lake of Darkness

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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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Environment

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

In this passage from the opening of Circular Motion, the latest read for the New ��ý Book Club, our protagonist boards a vessel which can circle the world in a matter of hours – with dangerous consequences for the Earth’s rotation

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The Prestige is just as clever and thrilling 30 years on

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Adam Roberts's Lake of Darkness is a quest to understand utopia itself

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Technology

Can amazing tech reboot healthcare? A new book explores the future

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Technology

New book is an illuminating but flawed look at the impact of emoji

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