The best new science fiction books of July 2024
The Matrix star Keanu Reeves’s debut sci-fi novel is out this month, written in collaboration with old hand China Miéville, and we also have new books from Adam Roberts and Aliette de Bodard
The world of science fiction sees some major celebrity input this month, as Keanu Reeves’s debut novel hits the shelves. We can also look forward to the latest book from one of the UK’s top sci-fi writers, Adam Roberts, and to some quantum fun from Peng Shepherd.
I think I’m most excited about Mateo Askaripour’s This Great Hemisphere, though. It’s a mix of sci-fi and political thriller, and comes highly recommended – just what I need for my holiday reading later in July. I might also pack MJ Wassmer’s Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend, which sees a bunch of holiday-makers going a bit Lord of the Flies when the sun explodes while they are at a luxury resort. Just the ticket to relax with.
This is a collaboration between “two genre-bending pioneers”, according to its publisher, inspired by Keanu Reeves’s BRZRKR comic books. It follows an immortal soldier who wants to be able to die, a “tall lean man … looking at them from below a long fringe of black hair”, who clearly is meant to look exactly like Reeves. A US black-ops group says it can help him with that death wish – if he helps the team out first.
