Sci-Fi Books
Sci-fi novel releases, Hugo and Nebula award dates, author events, and book-to-screen adaptation premieres.
Upcoming Events
Public Access Afterworld by Jane Schoenbrun
Debut novel from the director of I Saw the TV Glow, about an analog TV network and a sentient static channel.
Nether Vortex by Kevin J. Anderson
Sequel to the cosmic-horror space station thriller set at Nether Station on the edge of the solar system.
Dead Batteries by Kate Maupin
Debut post-apocalyptic novel: a single mom and her neurodivergent son fight for survival after a pandemic. Crown.
Code and Codex by Yoon Ha Lee
Machineries of Empire author Yoon Ha Lee returns with a new novel from Saga Press on October 27, 2026.
Star Trek: The Original Series - Echoes in Eternity by David Mack
A 60th anniversary epic from David Mack: three missions across twenty-seven years to a barren world orbiting twin black holes, and three lives eternally intertwined. Pocket Books / Simon & Schuster.
The Porcelain Sisters by Daryl Gregory
New novel from award-winning science fiction author Daryl Gregory, published by Tachyon.
Our Infinite and Inevitable Ends by A.D. Sui
New science fiction from Nebula-nominated author A.D. Sui, published by ECW Press.
The Fist of Memory by Wole Talabi
DAW publishes The Fist of Memory, a first-contact thriller from the author of Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon. A Nigerian assassin and a South African astronomer are drawn into a global power struggle when an alien spacecraft appears over near-future Nigeria.
An Eye for Property by Tania Fordwalker
Tor science fiction short (ebook): Splice of Life rents out bodies at every budget, with a chip that has (probably) eliminated bleed-through between driver and passenger.
Emily St. John Mandel with Ron Charles, Washington DC (Exit Party)
In conversation with Ron Charles at St. Paul's Lutheran Church. 7:00 PM.
Kate Maupin at Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore (Dead Batteries)
Dead Batteries author event. 6:00 PM.
Jane Schoenbrun at Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago (Public Access Afterworld)
Public Access Afterworld event. 6:30 PM.
Les Utopiales 2026 (International Science Fiction Festival)
Nantes international science fiction festival: authors, talks, and the Prix Utopiales. Runs October 29 to November 1.
Jane Schoenbrun at the Plaza Theatre, Atlanta (Public Access Afterworld)
An evening with Jane Schoenbrun. 7:30 PM.
Jane Schoenbrun at Barnes & Noble Philadelphia (Public Access Afterworld)
Public Access Afterworld event. 6:00 PM.
Tides of Ruin by John Ringo & Casey Moores
Baen hardcover (Shadow's Path #3): city-sized sea creatures appear in the world's oceans and Mike Edwards races to fight the Kraken.
Orbital Bombardment: Victory Road by Wil McCarthy
Baen hardcover: a madcap post-apocalyptic road trip in a world where evil AIs call the shots.
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach - The Official Novelization by Hitori Nojima & Carley Radford
First volume of the official novelization of Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding 2: On the Beach.
There Used to Be People Here by Kennedy Cole
Historical first-contact mystery: a murder in a 1970s Mississippi gay bar leads the town's lone Black detective to an extraterrestrial conspiracy. Hardcover.
Dust (Deluxe Edition) by Hugh Howey
Deluxe edition of Hugh Howey's Silo trilogy finale, published by Morrow.