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Nothing, says ANDY HEDGECOCK, can rescue this undistinguished amalgam of ponderous melodrama and shallow philosophical speculation
Near-future fantasies mirror contemporary concerns
Science fiction round-up with Mat Coward
JAMIE BRITTON invites readers to visit 3,500 locals as part of a marathon artistic pub crawl
JOHN GREEN welcomes a valuable and incisive analysis of a world become hyperpolitical but without the mass movement institutions to represent it
JAMES WALSH is moved by a provocative and original take on the relationship between ecology and architecture, and a plea to work with, not against, the materials and minerals of our world
An immersive, participatory display by a queer Australian Aboriginal performer, and a rebellious unravelling of traditional Scottish dance
“THERE is no Planet B,” they say. But in Yen Ooi’s debut novel Sun: Queens of Earth (Spectacle Publishing, £7.85) an uninhabited and previously undetectable Earth-like planet has been found in our own solar system.
In a near future where humanity is struggling to recover from yet another “Great War,” the chance to start afresh is irresistible — but can we do so without repeating the same mistakes?
Thought-provoking and strange, this short novel is overflowing with invention. The writing style is rather unadorned, reminiscent of a fable, against which the ideas and the human conflicts stand out in contrast.
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SYLVIA HIKINS welcomes a an in-depth study of environmental activism that shows how governments work against citizens who put community before profit
More expensive by weight than gold, saffron is surprisingly simple to grow. MAT COWARD explains
Looking for moral co-ordinates after a tough year for rational political thinking and shared human morality