Science & Climate
Editorial: The End of Everything is a novel for our age of permacrisis. Genre boundaries belong to the past
Kazuo Ishiguro, Jeff VanderMeer, Olivia Laing and other writers weigh in on the publishing world’s genre wars
He is a sci-fi titan but M John Harrison has just exploded into the mainstream with The End of Everything, an apocalyptic novel set on the Kent coast. Does he really think we have no hope left?
The British author M. John Harrison has won the 2026 Booker Prize, considered one of the most prestigious literary awards for a work of fiction.
World News
The book uses dark humour and elusive narratives to cast a futuristic lens on modern politics post-calamity.
M John Harrison becomes the oldest ever winner of the prestigious literary award at the age of 81.
M John Harrison has won the Booker Prize for The End of Everything, which the judges described as "the politics of now seen through the lens of the future".
The British science fiction writer beat the favourites to become the oldest winner of the prestigious prize.
The British science fiction writer beat the favourites to become the oldest winner of the prestigious prize.
World News
After years on the margins, Harrison’s win for this resonantly disturbing dystopia brings the visionary writer the recognition he deserves
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The 81-year-old’s postapocalyptic novel The End of Everything takes home the £50,000 award
Technology
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