Science fiction

Teen struggles in space in action-packed sequel

"A MILLION SUNS." By Beth Revis. Razorbill. $18.99. 12 and older.

More than 80 years ago, Aldous Huxley imagined a genetically engineered society whose inhabitants were willfully drugged into submission. In the "Across the Universe" trilogy, Beth Revis takes that pioneering concept and sets it afloat in space with a cast of cloned and cryogenically frozen characters who, in the second installment of this bestselling sci-fi series, become increasingly mutinous.

Quest runs through parallel worlds

"PLANESRUNNER." By Ian McDonald. Prometheus Books. $16.95.

It's an alluring idea that somewhere, somehow there's an alternate version of the life you're currently living. It might be better. It could be far worse. But if it exists, and it's possible to get there, why not at least visit? That's the basic idea at the center of "Planesrunner," the first book in the Everness series and the young-adult debut from award-winning sci-fi novelist Ian McDonald.

STARZ
John Barrowman stars as Capt. Jack Harkness (center), whose team moves to the Starz channel Friday for its new season “Torchwood: Miracle Day.”

World without death explored in new 'Torchwood' on Starz

Torchwood" migrates from one continent — and one cable network — to another this coming week with mixed results in its early episodes. The series, a spin-off of "Doctor Who" (don’t hold that against it if you’re not a "Who" fan), previously aired on BBC America, but shifts over to pay-cable channel Starz for a new 10-episode season that also moves the show’s setting from England to America.

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