Scientists throughout history, from Galileo to today’s experts on climate change, have often had to contend with politics in their pursuit of knowledge. But in the Soviet Union, where the ruling elite
We spend about one-tenth of our waking hours completely blind. Only one percent of what we see is in focus at any one time. There is no direct fossil evidence for the evolution of the eye. In gra
At once post-cyberpunk and post-modern, Ing's extraordinary debut novel combines hard science, tarot, and images of late 20th-century Europe, as well as introducing a memorable new heroine to the genr
A riveting gothic SF adventure set in a bizarre desert city, probing the very fabric of existence, to reveal a sometimes horrifying world within Only a fool would question the strange magics that ma
Simon Ings' The Smoke is about love, loss and loneliness in an incomprehensible world. Humanity has been split into three different species. Mutual incomprehension has fractured the globe. As humans r
A chilling literary dystopia for those who love Iain Banks and J.G. Ballard.The new novel from Simon Ings is a story that balances on the knife blade of a new technology. Augmented Reality uses comput
A chilling literary dystopia for those who love Iain Banks and J.G. Ballard.The new novel from Simon Ings is a story that balances on the knife blade of a new technology. Augmented Reality uses comput
Scientists throughout history, from Galileo to today’s experts on climate change, have often had to contend with politics in their pursuit of knowledge. But in the Soviet Union, where the ruling elite
The Weight of Numbers describes the metamorphosis of three people: Anthony Burden, a mathematical genius destroyed by the beauty of numbers; Saul Cogan, transformed from prankster idealist to traffick
A visionary lunar apocalypse from a cutting edge science fiction writer Surgically connected to their swarming robotic workers, architects Christopher and Joanne Yale are turning the moon into a parad
