Science Fiction

Ryan Gosling anchors a visually stunning sci-fi epic that blends survival, humour and heart, transforming a lone mission into an unexpected story about connection

In his novel Blood Music, Greg Bear explores the subjectivity of reality and consciousness

Indian author Amitav Ghosh speaks about his work and its relationship with climate change

‘The Creator’ explores humanity’s complex relationship with advanced technology

In the Afrikaans sci-fi gem on Showmax, found footage reveals an inexplicable object in the Karoo

Nigerian writer Amos Tutuola wields language as the ultimate form of technology

Hemelliggaam or the Attempt To Be Here Now, makes connections between the environment, astronomy and old Afrikaans science fiction novels

​This year marks the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s ‘Gothic’ novel ‘Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus’.

Frank Schatzing’s Limit is a tautly-written blockbuster while Ian MacDonald’s Luna – New Moon is a dark fantasy, writes Gwen Ansell.

Speculative fiction, science fiction, fantasy, thriller – who cares about genres when the writing is as good as in the novels reviewed here.

Award-winning debut is a powerful meditation on class, gender, identity and imperial expansionism.

Book reviews: Gwen Ansell takes us through four interesting novels.

Shaman explores the boundaries that divide science fiction imagination and history in order to try and explain who we are.

Reality is renegotiated, universes up for grabs in two stories that disrupt the traditions of hard SF and hard-boiled fiction.

By ditching the tired narratives of contemplation and guilt, Beukes’s otherworldly novels have beefed up the anaemic world of South African fiction.