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The book jacket of Slow Gods by Claire North

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Read an extract from Slow Gods by Claire North

The New ��ý Book Club’s read for July is Claire North’s space opera Slow Gods. In this extract from its second chapter, we learn about the upbringing of its protagonist on the planet Tu-mdo

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Why I started my sci-fi novel with a world-ending supernova

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Why I started my sci-fi novel with a world-ending supernova

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SELSEY, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 10: Workers from Chichester council clean spilt debris from a refrigeration container that fell from a tanker and washed ashore on the beach on December 10, 2025 in Selsey, England. A clean-up effort is underway to remove debris from England's southern coastline after sixteen containers carrying bananas and other fruit tipped off the Baltic Kipper cargo ship into the Solent strait between the Isle of Wight and British mainland. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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The best sci-fi novel in 2026 so far – plus 6 other great reads

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An Infinity Mirrored Room

Physics

A quantum state that lasts forever may finally be within our grasp

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The one film to watch before seeing Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day

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The one film to watch before seeing Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day

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Backrooms A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.

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Sci-fi horror film Backrooms is a triumph for its 20-year-old director

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Earth

Earth has a mysterious triple symmetry that may influence its climate

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Health

Do turmeric and curcumin have any actual health benefits?

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The best new science-fiction books of June 2026

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The best new science-fiction books of June 2026

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'The book is in the future, but everything is seeded from our present'

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'The book is in the future, but everything is seeded from our present'

Helen Phillips, winner of the Climate Fiction prize for her novel Hum, on if stories can make a difference, her anxieties and writing about the climate

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The late Ian Watson's sci-fi The Embedding is intriguing – but dated

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Our verdict on Luminous by Silvia Park: a fascinating take on robots

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Author Silvia Park: 'No one is your enemy, not even death'

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This is the most underrated sci-fi film franchise of the 21st century

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