10 of the Best Stories Set in the Future

As the Danish physicist Niels Bohr probably never said, ‘predictions are hard, especially about the future.’ And although the job of authors of science fiction and speculative fiction isn’t to make accurate predictions about what our future lives might look like, but to entertain us by tapping into current concerns, […] Continue reading at 'Interesting Literature'

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In this love story, a few bits of wisdom amid woefully out-of-date ‘lessons’

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Michaela Coel's 'agenda-setting' debut scooped by Ebury

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10 Essential Noir Novels

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Brittany Higgins' memoir will join a powerful Australian collection reclaiming women's stories of trauma. Here are four

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Picador pre-empts McTague's 'extraordinary' Brexit story

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11 Great Middle Grade Science Fiction Comics Set in Space

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