The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup

Alfa by Lilja Sigurծardóttir; The Lost Spectacular by Zoé Duhaime; Look What the Cat Dragged In by Jason Rekulak; China +100: Stories from a Century After the Outbreak edited by Xueting C Ni; Everything Happens So Much by Andrew H Murray

99) The first speculative fiction by the Icelandic crime writer is set 26 years from now, with European countries united under the benevolent “omniocratic” rule of the titular artificial intelligence in Reykjavik. Universal basic income, autonomous vehicles and constant surveillance steering citizens towards their best lives are welcomed by most Icelanders, where only a few dissidents insist on living off-grid.