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Books Read: Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer
This is going to be a short review, Not because I hated Absolution—on the contrary, I loved it—but...
Read MoreBorne by Jeff Vandermeer
There are very few writers who could pull off a short-story – let alone a novel – that features a three-storey flying bear with a rapacious appetite for human flesh. Unfortunately Jeff Vandermeer isn’t one of them....
Read MoreMy Top 14 Books for 2015
This year I read 104 novel, 4 of which I didn’t finish. My two favourite novels of the year – that is two books you should read immediately if you haven’t already, were: A Brief History of Seven Killings by...
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 MoreBook Review: Acceptance by Jeff Vandermeer
What’s It About It’s the third and final book in the Southern Reach series. Do I need to say more? Representative Paragraph The majesty of the natural world – the known and the unknown… Once, from this vantage, [Saul...
Read MoreBook Review: Authority by Jeff VanderMeer
What’s It About This is second novel in the Southern Reach trilogy and follows directly on from the events of Annihilation. All you need to know is that a new head has been appointed to lead the Southern Reach (the pseudo...
Read MoreAnd the winner of the Shirley Jackson Award for best novel is…
… Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer. While I’ve still only read two of the nominees on the ballot (I’ll be reading the other four sometime in August) I’m going to take a punt and say that this is was the...
Read MoreThe World Fantasy Award shortlist for Best Novel has been announced…
… and it includes the following five books. Katherine Addison, The Goblin Emperor (Tor Books) Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Stairs (Broadway Books/Jo Fletcher Books) David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks (Random House/Sceptre...
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 MoreBook Review: The Way Inn by Will Wiles
What’s It About A creepy and dark novel about reality bending motels and business conferences. Representative Paragraph The “conference surrogate” is probably the greatest idea ever invented in all of...
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