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James Lovegrove

️Mon Feb 03 2025

Monday, 3 February, 2025

ReviewScience fiction books
From a humanoid mosquito to a cannibals’ idyll — the best new sci-fi
Impressive new titles featuring dystopian futures, ghosts (some obliging, some hungry) and a despotic religious sect
Monday, 2 December, 2024

ReviewFiction
Wild West witchcraft meets pulp-fiction heroism
A crop of fantasy novels features female warriors — and Vikings from a cult board game
Friday, 22 November, 2024

FT SeriesThe best books of the year 2024
Best books of 2024: Children’s and Young Adult
James Lovegrove and Suzi Feay select their must-read titles
Wednesday, 20 November, 2024

FT SeriesThe best books of the year 2024
Best books of 2024: Science fiction
James Lovegrove selects his must-read titles
Monday, 23 September, 2024

ReviewScience fiction books
From London’s netherworld to a techno-chiller — the best new sci-fi books
Alan Moore starts a five-part series set in the capital, plus a mixed-bag 1970s anthology and a lavish Michael McDowell reissue
Monday, 29 July, 2024

ReviewScience fiction books
Brains and brawn rule the Marvel universe — the best new sci-fi books
Former Avenger swaps Hell’s Kitchen for quaint England while Conan cuts a swath through zombieland
Thursday, 20 June, 2024

The FT’s guide to the best books to read this summer
Best summer books of 2024: Children’s
James Lovegrove selects his best mid-year reads
Wednesday, 19 June, 2024

The FT’s guide to the best books to read this summer
Best summer books of 2024: Science fiction
James Lovegrove selects his best mid-year reads
Monday, 3 June, 2024

ReviewScience fiction books
From the Pleistocene to steampunk — the pick of new science fiction
Haunted landscapes figure prominently in recent releases, while a key voice on American dystopia receives welcome reissues
Monday, 8 April, 2024

ReviewScience fiction books
Space fills the generation gap — the best new sci-fi books
Sky’s the limit for blank verse in Calypso while Dark Shepherd throws the book at religion
Monday, 19 February, 2024

ReviewScience fiction books
From the multiverse to a steampunk London — the best new sci-fi books
A staple of the genre is given a new twist in Vangie’s Ghosts, while High Vaultage takes readers on a journey into an alternative Victorian-era capital
Tuesday, 2 January, 2024

ReviewScience fiction books
From polar peril to fantasy futures — our pick of the best new sci-fi
Imaginations run riot, with forays into the Arctic, distant dystopias, killer clones and Regency London
Saturday, 18 November, 2023

FT SeriesBest books of the year 2023
Best books of 2023 — Children’s
James Lovegrove selects his must-read titles
Tuesday, 14 November, 2023

FT SeriesBest books of the year 2023
Best books of 2023 — Science fiction
James Lovegrove selects his must-read titles
Monday, 9 October, 2023

ReviewScience fiction books
The best new sci-fi: Pratchett and Marvel’s Avengers get the redux treatment
Widow Twankey explores gender issues, some overlooked English absurdism from the master fantasist and retro superheroes live to fight another day
Monday, 28 August, 2023

ReviewScience fiction books
The best new sci-fi: supervillains and AI phenomena take pride of place
Satire, if not quite gay abandon, abounds — and Shakespeare’s legacy lives on
Monday, 3 July, 2023

ReviewScience fiction books
Best new sci-fi books — supernatural Shakespeare and paranormal sleuths
Plus a military take on ‘The Martian’ and wonderful weirdness in Lapland
Saturday, 24 June, 2023

Summer Books 2023
Best summer books of 2023: Children’s books
James Lovegrove selects his best mid-year reads
Friday, 23 June, 2023

Summer Books 2023
Best summer books of 2023: Science fiction
James Lovegrove selects his best mid-year reads
Monday, 1 May, 2023

ReviewScience fiction books
The best new sci-fi: action-packed plots and pure ‘nerdstalgia’
Space operas, Tarantino-style sorcerers — and the return of cult classic ‘Blake’s 7’
Monday, 6 March, 2023

ReviewFiction
Best new sci-fi books — aliens, AI and science gone awry
A gender-flipped Handmaid’s Tale, murderous moths and driverless cars with a mind of their own
Monday, 9 January, 2023

ReviewFiction
Old heroes return — the best new science fiction novels
Robert E Howard’s Conan comes back in rousing fashion, courtesy of SM Stirling, while Aliette de Bodard summons the spirit of HG Wells
Saturday, 26 November, 2022

FT SeriesBest books of the year 2022
Best books of 2022: Children’s books
James Lovegrove selects his must-read titles
Friday, 25 November, 2022

FT SeriesBest books of the year 2022
Best books of 2022: Science fiction
James Lovegrove picks the year’s stand-out titles
Monday, 31 October, 2022

ReviewFiction
Fresh chills — the best new horror fiction
From tongue-in-cheek terror to supernatural stalkers and mythical monsters, there are plenty of scares this Halloween