What if our civilization were to collapse? Not many centuries into the future, but in our own lifetimes? Most people recognize that we face huge challenges today, from climate change and its potentially catastrophic consequences to a plethora of socio-political problems, but we find it hard to face up to the very real possibility that these crises could produce a collapse of our entire civilization. Yet we now have a great deal of evidence to suggest that we are up against growing systemic...

The critical situation in which our planet finds itself is no longer in doubt. Some things are already collapsing while others are beginning to do so, increasing the possibility of a global catastrophe that would mean the end of the world as we know it.As individuals, we are faced with a daily deluge of bad news about the worsening situation, preparing ourselves to live with years of deep uncertainty about the future of the planet and the species that inhabit it, including our own....

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE READS OF THE YEAR'If I could get policymakers and citizens everywhere to read just one book this year, it would be Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Future' Ezra Klein, Vox'A great read' Bill GatesThe Ministry for the Future is a masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate ch...

The #1 New York Times bestselling author returns with a visionary technothriller about climate change‘Stephenson’s reputation as a sci-fi titan is deserved’ Sunday Times‘His most visionary, and timely, book yet’ Chicago Review of Books‘Absorbing speculative fiction’ Guardian‘Brilliantly entertaining… at science fiction’s cutting edge’ SFX

***SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL OF THE YEAR*'A novel that delights, dazzles and moves in equal measure' Financial Times'Brutally satirical and grimly hilarious' Daily Mail**The venomous lumpsucker is the most intelligent fish on the planet. Or maybe it was the most intelligent fish on the planet. Because it might have just gone extinct. Nobody knows. And nobody really cares, either. Except for two people.Mining execu...

WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023WINNER OF THE 2024 DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE * SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN PO****ST IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 * SHORTLISTED FOR THE STREGA EUROPEAN PRIZE * SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARDA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S CHOICEAN AMAZON TOP 10 BOOK OF DECEMBER 2023A Bo...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING NOVELA BARACK OBAMA READING PICK NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING RYAN GOSLINGA lone astronaut.An impossible mission.An ally he never imagined.'The most enjoyable hard SF I have read in years' GUARDIAN'Weir's finest work to date. . . This is the one book I read last year that I am certain ...

From science fiction visionary Annalee Newitz comes The Terraformers, a sweeping, uplifting, and illuminating exploration of the future.'Fascinating and readable in equal measure, The Terraformers will remake your mind like its cast remakes an entire planet' John ScalziDestry's life is dedicated to terraforming Sask-E. As part of the Environmental Rescue Team, she cares for the planet and its burgeoning eco-systems as her parents and their...

**WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL****SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD**** SHORTLISTED FOR THE URSULA K. LE GUIN PRIZE****SHORTLISTED FOR THE LOCUS AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL**'An instant classic' Guardian'An outstanding novel . . . one of the debuts of the year' Locus'Deserves a space on shelves alongside genre titans ...

LISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZEBLACKWELL'S BOOK OF THE YEAR'Mesmerising' Sunday Times'Magnificent' Guardian'Monumental' The TelegraphLeigh grew up in Rotterdam, drawn to the waterfront as an escape from her unhappy home life and volatile father. Enchanted by the undersea world of her childhood,...

The Sunday Times bestseller*Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize*A New Statesman and Spectator Book of the Year'This book calls for nothing less than a revolution in the future of food' Kate RaworthFrom the bestselling author of Feral, a breathtaking first glimpse of a new future for food and for humanityFarming is the world's greatest cause of envir...

⭐ The sensational Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller ⭐ ⭐ Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction**, shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and a finalist for a Hugo Award** ⭐ 'The hit of the year' GuardianA civil servant is offered a lucrative job in a mysterious new government ministry gathering 'expats' from across history to test whether time-travel is feasible.Her...