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Sci Fi from Around the World 2026 Winter Reading List
The most compelling science fiction of 2025 did not offer a single vision of the future, but many. Drawing from global perspectives and translated works, these novels challenge Western genre conventions, foreground cultural specificity, and imagine futures shaped by geography, ideology, and collective memory.
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The Best Global Science Fiction of 2025: Diverse Futures and Voices
Science fiction in 2025 reached far beyond the Anglosphere. These global and translated novels explore futures shaped by memory, power, language, and history, from Eastern European alternative physics to East Asian cyberpunk and postcolonial speculative systems. Together, they show how deeply culture influences the futures we imagine.
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Iran to Create Nationwide Intranet to Combat Un-Islamic Web Activity
The Islamic Republic of Iran announced the creation of a nationwide intranet to supplant the majority of the functions of the internet so that citizens of Iran can enjoy a web free of un-Islamic activity and materials. Currently Iran labors under some of the toughest international sanctions that can be levied against a country because […]
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