Mickey 17
{5/5} “First come, first freeze to death.” Mickey 17, released in 2025 Mickey is an expendable, which means that when he dies they just print a new copy of his body — with all his memories. He had to get off Earth to escape people he borrowed money from so he’s working in space. One […]
Galaxias
{4.5/5} “‘My head is spinning. So what you’re saying is that an alien cannon, hidden on the Moon, spat a gob of water at alien planets that didn’t even exist last month.’ ‘I know,’ Mel said, sounding unhappy. ‘On any other day, in any other year, that might seem strange.’” Galaxias by Stephen Baxter, published […]
The Electric State
{4.5/5} “‘How’d you two meet?’ ‘We actually met in the war.’ ‘Weren’t you supposed to kill each other?’ ‘We tried.’” The Electric State, released in 2025 After the robots decided they didn’t want to just do what humans told them any more, robots and humans went to war. Humans eventually won, and robots were sent […]
Tales from the Loop (season 1)
{5/5} “Sometimes things are special because they don’t last.” Tales from the Loop season 1, aired in 2020 People who live near the Loop see strange things — snow falling upward, a strangely textured rock that floats in mid-air. Loretta comes home from school to find her house gone, and now she’s looking for her […]
Obscura
{5/5} “‘Whoever’s doing this doesn’t want us here, doesn’t want us finding out what’s wrong with shifting. That’s why they killed Tinsel. He had the authority to shut this all down.’ ‘Because whoever it is knows the truth.’” Obscura by Joe Hart, published in 2018 Gillian’s husband Kent died of a new disease, Losian’s, that […]
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
{5/5} “We believe apes built this as a refuge for humans… Perhaps here humans were cared for, fed, maybe even taught.” Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, released in 2024 Noa, Anaya, and Soona are out gathering eagle eggs for bonding day. They catch a glimpse of someone not ape in the forest. They […]
Companion
{4.5/5} “Yeah, it’s fake. Never happened. I just randomly picked it from a drop-down list of meet cutes.” Companion, released in 2025 Josh and Iris are visiting friends at a secluded house. They have a fun evening, but in the morning a disaster happens. When Sergei, the owner of the house, tries to force himself […]
Sweet Harmony
{5/5} “There were actors and actresses, models and singers who ostensibly went for the naturalists’ approach, who were genetically beautiful from birth and didn’t need to worry about what they ate — if you believed the magazines. Harmony didn’t, but even if it was true, she knew that the natural look could never send such […]
Miniatures
{5/5} “I try to look at it philosophically. Seventy-six years is a fine run. And now I’m sort of the spokesperson for an entirely new class of objects: The dwarf planets. I understand it’s meant to be something of a consolation prize, but you know what, there are more of us dwarf planets out here […]
Radiant
{4.5/5} “I was a wet-behind-the-ears Explorer Third Class. Tut was not only more experienced than I, but he outranked me: as an Explorer Second Class, he was my superior officer. Protocol demanded that the captain address all Explorer matters to Tut, who would then bring me in if he chose. Going over Tut’s head to […]