Game theory has its applications in contexts as varied as business, biology and military strategy. But, as Ben Sweeney discovers, it can be a very useful tool for analysing fantasy fiction too.
With the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens approaching, Gary Perry looks at why the most popular novelist of the Victorian era retains his appeal for readers everywhere.
The second book in Halo's Forerunner series
One of SF's most imaginative talents with a story of a remote race taught to lie by humans.
One of the best short story collections of the last ten years, back in print in a new edition.
The fifth volume in the greatest epic work of the modern age
The beginning of a new series from a master of space opera featuring Alan Saul
A cutting edge cyber-thriller, set fifteen minutes in the future, from the award-winning author of HALTING STATE.
The first volume in a monumental trilogy tracing the Akinya family across more than ten thousand years of future history.
SURFACE DETAIL is Iain M. Banks' new Culture novel, a breathtaking achievement from a writer whose body of work is without parallel in the modern history of science...
Award-winning foreign correspondent,Lloyd Parry, and writer on Italy and crime novelist...
In this exclusive interview for Foyles, Lynn talks about the challenges of writing a 'Dickensian' novel in the 21st century, the influence of John Fowles and what's next for her likeable detective, Charles Maddox.
WINNER ANNOUNCED! The overall Costa Book of the Year has been awarded to Andrew Miller for his sixth novel, Pure.
Insight on contemporary culture and autobiographical sketches from the noir prophet.