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The Long History of the Future: Nicole Kobie **** 25 July 2024 - Histories of the decades of development of everything from self-driving cars to augmented reality that still haven't really taken off. Perhaps a bit too many examples and not enough storytelling, but still a great picture.

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The Universal History of Us: Tim Coulson **** 18 July 2024 - Traces all the way from the Big Bang to current humans in an idiosyncratic way. Unfortunately starts with dodgy physics, but much better once we get to biology.
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Love Triangle: Matt Parker **** 10 July 2024 - Takes a subject that many dreaded at school and makes it fun and fascinating. The only slight problem is the enthusiast author's tendency to stick with a topic too long.
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Revelation Space: Alastair Reynolds *** 24 June 2024 - Without doubt a sweeping, science-driven space opera, but Reynolds has got a lot better in 20-odd years - too long and loses impetus several times.
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Machine Vendetta: Alastair Reynolds ***** 3 June 2024 - One of the best writers of intelligent space opera packs a huge plot into this finale to the Prefect Dreyfus trilogy.
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The Affirmation: Christopher Priest **** 27 May 2024 - A fascinating, dream-like novel that takes the reader into the relationship between memory and reality, exploring what is real if memory can no longer be relied on - though it stretches things to call it science fiction.
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