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The 13 best new science fiction books of 2023

From a dystopian future with Naomi Alderman to climate fiction with Christopher Priest, this is New Scientist's guide to the best science fiction of the year

By Sally Adee

29 November 2023

Colorful light trail soaring the sky connecting the world with wireless technology with the Yosemite National Park in California.

This year’s sci-fi spans many genres, and is often tinged with noir

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OUT of ideas for a gift? However your friends or family see life, you can be sure that this year’s crop of science fiction contains a gift (or even a gift set) that will confirm their world view.

The pessimist in your life will love Julia (HarperCollins), Sandra Newman’s sequel to Nineteen Eighty-Four, the book that helped to define the idea of dystopia. The novel is told from the perspective of the inscrutable femme fatale whose manipulations…

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