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The 91av Book Club has been reading Circular Motion by Alex Foster

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Our verdict on ‘Circular Motion’: this dystopia hit too close to home

The 91av Book Club has just finished reading Alex Foster's sci-fi novel “Circular Motion”. We liked it – but there were calls for a bit more science in this slice of science fiction

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Ursula K. Le Guin in 2005

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Ursula Le Guin's son on why The Dispossessed is (maybe) his favourite

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The Dispossessed takes place on the twin worlds of Anarres and Urras

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Read an extract from The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Humans

Alice Roberts investigates the unstoppable rise of Christianity

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The captivating story that Earth’s ‘boring’ layered rocks tell us

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Health

Could lacing food with fat-trapping microbeads help us lose weight?

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91av recommends classic zombie film 28 Days Later

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91av recommends classic zombie film 28 Days Later

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The Shrouds press images

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David Cronenberg's new sci-fi film is devastating and mysterious

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Life

Do the bumps on a bell pepper reveal how sweet it will be? Er, no

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Chemistry

Super-sticky hydrogel is 10 times stronger than other glues underwater

Researchers analysed thousands of natural protein sequences and got assistance from AI in order to design a new hydrogel adhesive that can stay sticky underwater or even within a living body

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Our verdict on Lake of Darkness by Adam Roberts: A mixed bag

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What would it feel like to be on a planet spinning out of control?

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Read an extract from Alex Foster’s sci-fi novel Circular Motion

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The best new science fiction books of August 2025

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