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Satire, if not quite gay abandon, abounds — and Shakespeare’s legacy lives on
Plus a military take on ‘The Martian’ and wonderful weirdness in Lapland
James Lovegrove selects his best mid-year reads
The visionary author on the limits of AI, the uses of science fiction — and why there’s a ‘market opportunity for volleyballs’
The FT examines the causes and effects of an increasing global resistance to antibiotics: from the pressures doctors are under to prescribe them, to what new treatments are currently in the pipeline, as well as what role can the consumer play in reducing antibiotic use in the food chain
Space operas, Tarantino-style sorcerers — and the return of cult classic ‘Blake’s 7’
A blend of deep scientific knowledge and nuanced narrative takes us from the sea to space to highlight Earth’s riches
Policymakers and strategists look to novelists to help envisage the tech accelerating towards us
A gender-flipped Handmaid’s Tale, murderous moths and driverless cars with a mind of their own
A chronicle of the life of the four-times London mayor who inspired an archetype
Robert E Howard’s Conan comes back in rousing fashion, courtesy of SM Stirling, while Aliette de Bodard summons the spirit of HG Wells
James Lovegrove picks the year’s stand-out titles
From tongue-in-cheek terror to supernatural stalkers and mythical monsters, there are plenty of scares this Halloween
From an ode to scholarship to time-travelling twins, plus parasites and a whodunnit set in the future
From a Gothic, Dickensian fantasy to a comedic Scottish dystopia, plus Marvel Comics and a reimagining of an HG Wells classic
Finally translated into English, this 1962 story of aliens seeking to save mankind blends high and popular literature in provocative ways
Alongside dystopian visions from writers today comes a clutch of classics from master of prescience John Wyndham
Main developments: Biden says Russia will ‘bear the consequences’ as US and allies roll out fresh sanctions; Ukraine reports bombing of cities and airports; and Russia denies plan to occupy whole of Ukraine
From alien worlds to Antarctica, a crop of cataclysmic tales deals in death, life after death and strange, terrifying creatures
A disappearing sun, adventure by a real astronaut, nanotech in Dhaka, a dystopian Texas and short stories to fuel the imagination
The country’s writers have used science fiction and fantasy to tackle earthly issues — and the rest of the world is catching up
Now the predictions of his bestseller ‘The Circle’ have been superseded, his sequel to the dystopia has had to reach deeper
James Lovegrove selects his must-read titles
Creepiness in corporate America; conspiracy theory culture; towns that go missing; and building on a classic by HG Wells
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