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Nothing, says ANDY HEDGECOCK, can rescue this undistinguished amalgam of ponderous melodrama and shallow philosophical speculation
MacLeod's theories about conspiracy and other marvels
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
As a teenager living in a near-future Scotland, Ryan has a very close encounter with an unidentified flying object in Descent by Ken MacLeod (Orbit, £19.99).
Being a scientifically minded boy, he doesn't immediately assume that he has tangled with aliens. He's read deeply in the literature of ufology and knows there are many less extraordinary explanations for the things people see in the skies.
But if the authorities have nothing to cover-up, then why is he being visited by what are unmistakably Men In Black?
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