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Brief Thoughts On This Year’s BSFA Novel Shortlist
I’m not British so I can’t vote for the BSFA, but here are my thoughts anyway.
Read MoreWeek 18: More effing awards – but seriously I love them – and two books I liked but didn’t love
Books Read The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan The Night Clocks by Paul Meloy The Reflection by Hugo Wilcken Currently Reading In the Skin of a Monster by Kathryn Barker (1) This week my review of Tade Thompson’s...
Read MoreWeek 17: Don’t Look Away – it’s the HUGOOOOOS, oh and the Clarke Awards and a truly fantastic book
Books Read Into Everywhere by Paul McAuley The Shore by Sara Taylor Currently Reading The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan (1) This week saw the announcement of the Hugo Award and Clarke Award nominees – one rinsing the taste of...
Read MoreThe Nebula Award nominees for Best Novel have been announced…
Here are the seven finalists for best novel. (The full list of nominees can be found here). Raising Caine, Charles E. Gannon (Baen) The Fifth Season, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK) Ancillary Mercy, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit...
Read MoreWeek 2: Hilarious Hijinks in Space and Immanuel Kant
Books Read Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie The Thing Itself by Adam Roberts Slade House by David Mitchell Currently Reading (R)evolution by PJ Manney (1) This week saw the passing of David Bowie and Alan Rickman, both from cancer...
Read MoreWeek One: Interrupted 2015 Stats, Tonsilitis and Aurora
Book Read: Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson Currently Reading: Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie Rather than review each book I read – a task that was becoming increasingly difficult as my reading well outpaced my writing – this year...
Read MoreSo, who should have won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Because you’ve forgotten, here were the nominees (with handy links to my reviews): Ancillary Sword, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK) The Peripheral, William Gibson (Putnam; Viking UK) The Three-Body Problem, Cixin Liu (Tor)...
Read MoreAnd the best novel Locus Award winners are…
… for Best Science Fiction Novel – Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie For Best Fantasy Novel – The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison For Best Young Adult Book – Half a King by Joe Abercrombie For Best First...
Read MoreWho Should Have Won the Nebula Awards’s Best Novel category…?
Here is a friendly reminder of who was nominated for the Best Novel category with links to my pithy reviews: The Goblin Emperor, Katherine Addison (Tor) Trial by Fire, Charles E. Gannon (Baen) Ancillary Sword, Ann Leckie (Orbit...
Read MoreWho Should Win The Hugo Award For Best Novel
As a reminder here are the nominees (you’ll note that they’re a little different to the nominees that were originally announced with Marko Kloos deciding to pull his novel for consideration. More props to him)....
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