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Read an extract from Luminous by Silvia Park
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
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The best new science fiction books of May 2026
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Our verdict on Red Mars: Mostly great, with a few quibbles
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Mind
What to read this week: The 21st Century Brain by Hannah Critchlow
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Space
Ann Leckie continues to shine with new sci-fi novel Radiant Star
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Health
Can you slow ageing with your diet? A new book gives it a go
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Mathematics
Fermat’s Last Theorem: still a must-read about a 350-year maths secret
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What to read this week: Emma Chapman’s mind-expanding Radio Universe
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Technology
91av recommends Jamie Bartlett’s insightful How to Talk to AI
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Two excellent new sci-fi novels tackle robots in very different ways
Luminous by Silvia Park and Ode to the Half-Broken by Suzanne Palmer are both thoughtful and well-written science fiction novels, featuring robots in richly realised worlds. But there the similarities end, says Emily H. Wilson
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Life
What to read this week: Beyond Inheritance by Roxanne Khamsi
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Why The Double Helix is such an extraordinary but infuriating book
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Life
What to read this week: Lixing Sun’s ambitious On the Origin of Sex
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Michael Pollan: ‘Consciousness is really under siege’
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