Check your subscription status, update your details and more. John Mandel: ‘I don’t want to write something relentlessly bleak’ The science-fiction novelist talks to Alison Flood about her latest book Exit Party, a tale of parallel worlds that is the October read for the New Scientist Book Club Emily St. John Mandel, best known for her prescient flu pandemic novel _Station Eleven_, joined the New Scientist Book Club to talk about her latest book, the science-fiction novel _Exit Party_.
Emily discussed everything from why she is compelled to write about the aftermath of disaster – this latest book takes place in a near-future US, after a civil war – to how hard it was to keep ahead of the US news cycle as she wrote. **Read more** Read an extract from Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox. We'll also keep you up to date with _New Scientist_ events and special offers. #### Comment ### ‘There’s two ways of doing time travel, right?’ says Audrey Niffenegger Culture #### Comment ### These two new sci-fi novels really impressed us Culture #### Comment ### Terence Tao’s Six Maths Essentials opens his field to all of us Culture #### Comment ### What Did Dinosaurs Think About? review: delightful and informative Culture The shock revelation that light bulbs are wrecking your metabolism### The controversial legacy of a ‘male’ theory of autism### We’re finally learning what happens to gifted children in adulthood### Cholesterol may disrupt the brain’s cleaning system in Alzheimer’s disease### Terence Tao’s Six Maths Essentials opens his field to all of us### Digital scents could add a new dimension to virtual worlds### Archaeologists are uncovering the meaning of a unique rock art site### Earth entered its ‘bad decades’ after dinosaur-ending asteroid strike### UN says 1.5°C is over and world is on track for 2.8°C of global warming### Discovery of T. rex’s cousin upends our understanding of tyrannosaur evolution We and our partners use cookies and other technologies to collect user data .
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