Read an extract from Slow Gods by Claire North
26 June 2026
The 91av Book Club’s read for July is Claire North’s space opera Slow Gods. In this extract from its second chapter, we learn about the upbringing of its protagonist on the planet Tu-mdo
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Read an extract from Luminous by Silvia Park
1 May 2026
In this extract from Luminous, the May read for the 91av Book Club, we meet a mysterious robot discovered in a salvage yard in Seoul, in a future reunified Korea
Our verdict on The Player of Games: Iain M. Banks is still a master
2 January 2026
The 91av Book Club has just finished our December read, Iain M. Banks's sci-fi novel The Player of Games - and most of us were fans of this big-thinking Culture tale
We reveal our favourite 33 books, films, games and TV to escape with
9 December 2025
91av writers and contributors have chosen their top science-y books, films, TV shows, music, video games and board games, an eclectic mix which ranges from Dobble to The Creator
Read an extract from The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
28 November 2025
The 91av Book Club is currently reading Iain M. Banks's classic sci-fi novel The Player of Games. In this extract, we meet protagonist Gurgeh for the first time
Deep-space sci-fi novel is delightful, profound and not to be missed
5 November 2025
A planet is about to be destroyed by the collapse of a binary star system in Slow Gods, Claire North’s first venture into classic science fiction. Read it! says Emily H. Wilson
Rereading the best science fiction writers of all time: Iain M. Banks
15 January 2025
At his best, Iain M. Banks could be extraordinarily stylish, inventive and downright funny. So how does his genre-redefining science fiction stand up to the test of time? Emily H. Wilson rereads the greats
Our writers pick the 26 best science fiction short stories of all time
20 December 2024
We asked 91av writers to pick their favourite sci-fi short story. From H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine to Octavia E. Butler’s Bloodchild, via stories from George R. R. Martin and Ursula K. Le Guin, here are the results
The man transforming data from two dramatic storms into music
15 May 2024
Craig Kirkpatrick-Whitby's cancer diagnosis added urgency to his project, as part of musical collective Mining, to turn weather and sea data into music
Karmalink review: An intriguing mix of Buddhism and nanotech
15 September 2021
A young boy uses nanotechnology to decipher the clues in his dreams in Karmalink, an original sci-fi drama set in a near-future version of Cambodia
