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 MoreHere is a reminder of the five nominees with links to my outrageous, provocative and always controversial reviews: Grasshopper Jungle, by Andrew Smith (Electric Monkey) Lagoon, by Nnedi Okorafor (Hodder & Stoughton) The...
Read More… I had no plans of reading the shortlist for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award until Jonathan Strahan pointed it out to me this morning. Here are the finalists: The Race by Nina Allan A Darkling Sea by James L. Cambias...
Read MoreI’ve been hanging out for the announcement of the Locus Award nominees. This Award has always been an excellent snapshot of the state of (mostly) American SF&F and because my tastes have clearly drifted away from core...
Read MoreWhat’s It About The novel alternates between two future time periods. The first is the mid 21st Century where 3D printing is all the rage and so is virtual reality gaming. The second time-line is set 70 years later (the early...
Read MoreIf you’re looking to wash the sour taste of the Hugo Awards out of your mouth, you might want to consider these six novels that were just announced as the nominees for the Arthur C Clarke Awards: The Girl With All The...
Read MoreSo here you are eagerly awaiting the BSFA and Kitschies shortlists and the buggers go and announce them on the same day! You can find them here for the BSFA and here for the KItschies. The BSFA shortlist for best novel is as...
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