Sci-Fi Books
Sci-fi novel releases, Hugo and Nebula award dates, author events, and book-to-screen adaptation premieres.
Upcoming Events
We Used to Be Heroes by Thomas Elrod
New science fiction novel from the author of The Franchise (Tor Books).
Cascadia by Colin Meloy
Adult debut from the Decemberists frontman: survival in a climate-ravaged near-future Pacific Northwest.
The Basilisk Stare by Daniel Susskind
AI thriller: two Oxford friends drift apart, and one disappears just as he prepares to launch a powerful, secretive new AI system. Hardcover from Hachette.
Burning Water by Orson Scott Card
Extinct #1, a new series from Orson Scott Card.
Soulhider by Dan Aykroyd
Dan Aykroyd's literary debut: an insurance adjuster is tapped by warring aliens to hide harvested human souls (Harper).
Hellrunner by Sara Wolf
Heavenbreaker #2, the conclusion to the bestselling space-mech series. Entangled: Red Tower Books.
A Devil of a Crime by T. Kingfisher
Tor Books murder mystery in which retired agents of heaven and hell investigate a priest's death.
The Disintegration Loops by Ray Nayler
Alternate history: the US won WWII with alien technology scavenged from a UFO.
WisCon 2027
Feminist SFF convention over Memorial Day weekend, hybrid in-person and online.
Balticon 61
Baltimore Science Fiction Society convention over Memorial Day weekend.
2027 SFWA Nebula Conference & Awards
The 62nd Annual Nebula Awards Conference and ceremony, honoring the year's best science fiction and fantasy writing, held in Seattle.
The Ooze by Mira Grant
New science-fiction horror novel from Mira Grant (Tor Nightfire).
Otherside by Michael Mammay (Planetside #6)
Sixth Planetside military SF novel featuring Colonel Carl Butler (Harper Voyager).
Painting with a Dead God's Blood by Eddie Robson
New science fiction novel from Eddie Robson (Tor Books).
That Fatal Discontent by Marissa Lingen
Science fiction novella from Union Square & Co: a genetically unsuited shipsider becomes the voice of resistance on the colony of Newest York.
Ghost of the Neon God by T. R. Napper
Cyberpunk novel from Titan Books: a petty Melbourne crook stumbles onto Earth-shattering technology in a surveillance state.
Galaxy Engines by Stephen Baxter
A woman who once tried to save Earth from the World Engineers is brought back to life.
BayCon 2027 / Westercon 79
BayCon 2027 hosts Westercon 79, the West Coast Science Fantasy Conference, over the US Independence Day weekend at the Santa Clara Marriott.
Readercon 36
Literary speculative fiction convention; guests of honor Neil Clarke and Fonda Lee. Boston Marriott Burlington.
Silo Season 4 Premiere (Apple TV+)
Final season of the Apple TV adaptation of Hugh Howey's Silo series.