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Every guide we have published, across books, films, TV and concepts, newest first. Short, spoiler-light and written to help you decide what is worth your time.
What are posthumans? Beyond human, explained
A name for a question rather than a thing. Every road to the posthuman runs through technology that already exists in a laboratory, and through choices about who gets to use it. The interesting part is not whether we would still call the result human, but who decides.
Moonfall: an ancient-aliens disaster movie
Not a good film, and worth watching anyway. About a hundred and fifty million dollars spent on a wonderful bad idea, with a first half that drags and a second half that opens the Moon up and becomes genuinely enjoyable. Watch it as a late-night B-movie with a blockbuster budget.
Avatar: The Way of Water: a technical landmark
A technical landmark and a modest story, and it is honest about which one it wants to be. The world building is the most complete in mainstream cinema and the family at the centre is played straight. Watch it for the spectacle and the Tulkun, and expect a long stay rather than a tight plot.
Solaris by Stanisław Lem: the alien we cannot understand
A cold, brilliant novel about how little of the universe we can actually understand. Read it for the questions, not for a resolution, and do not expect it to leave you quickly.
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi: the monsters are the easy part
A short, funny, generous novel that plays a ridiculous premise absolutely straight. Read it when you want science fiction that is kind rather than bleak.
The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz: history as contested ground
One of the better uses of time travel in recent science fiction, because it treats the past as something still being fought over rather than a fixed museum. Read it for the argument.
Symphony of Destruction by Ken Goudsward: a ship coming apart
A lean, mean survival story that understands its own shape. The isolation is used well and the friction between the survivors gives it a second engine. Read it in a couple of sittings.
Sword by D. Rebbitt: a fleet learning how to attack
Fleet combat with a real sense of cost. Read it for the tactics and the command politics, and start the series at book one rather than here.
Machine World by B. V. Larson: Earth’s only export is its soldiers
Fast, pulpy military science fiction that knows exactly what it is. Read it for McGill and the pace, having started at book one.
Lasso by Mike Coville: asteroid mining is a job, not an adventure
A grounded thriller that makes asteroid mining feel like a real job. Read it for competence, contracts and corporate politics rather than chosen ones and prophecy.
Trust A Few by E.M. Swift-Hook: what is left when the memory is gone
A slow-burning, character-driven space opera about identity and loyalty. Read it for the moral tangle rather than the battles, and accept that it sets more than it settles.
The South Tower by Alex Canna: one hour, over and over
A short, tense time-loop story that treats a real tragedy with care. Read it for the tension and the argument about complacency, and expect to think about the real events it is built on.
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