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The science fiction genre has no shortage of forgotten gems and cult classics, with audiences forgetting about some of its ...

Eiza González delivers and then some with a terrific performance as Riya, a woman on another planet who seems to have lost her memory of recent events. Other crew members who were colleagues of hers ...

Godfall by Van Jensen; The Salt Bind by Rebecca Ferrier; The Poet Empress by Shen Tao; A Hole in the Sky by Peter F Hamilton; Hello Earth, Are You There? by Brian Aldiss ...

We asked our readers to name their favourite films in the sci-fi genre – and these were the titles that came up most often.