Congratulations to China Miéville winning the Arthur.C. Clarke Award 2010. The City & The City is a strong and worthy winner of the Awards but questions are being raised – is it science fiction? And this question I’ve been struggling with all day. I don’t know why it was today that I really questioned its place [...]
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Thoughts: Not Very Rewarding? Is the Gemmell Award Bad for the Genre?
Alright lets start with some quotes. This are all from Speculative Horizons: Those of you that have been following this blog for a while will have probably gathered that I’m not the biggest supporter of the Gemmell Award, mainly because I think it’s a glorified popularity contest. But there’s another reason why I’m not a fan [...]
Not a BSFA Best Novel 2010 Nominee: Flood by Stephen Baxter (Gollancz)
Title: Flood Author: Stephen Baxter Pages: 480 Genre: Science Fiction Standalone/Series: Series Release: Out Now in Paperback Publisher: Gollancz Synopsis Next year. Sea levels begin to rise. The change is far more rapid than any climate change predictions; metres a year. Within two years London, only 15 metres above the sea, is drowned. New York [...]
BSFA Best Novel 2010 Nominee: Yellow Blue Tibia by Adam Roberts (Gollancz)
Title: Yellow Blue Tibia Author: Adam Roberts Pages: 336 Genre: Science Fiction Standalone/Series: Standalone Release: Hardback out now / MMPB out 13 May Publisher: Gollancz Synopsis Russia, 1946, the Nazis recently defeated. Stalin gathers half a dozen of the top Soviet science fiction authors in a dacha in the countryside somewhere. Convinced that the defeat [...]
BSFA Best Novel 2010 Nominee: Lavinia by Ursula Le Guin (Gollancz)
Title: Lavinia Author: Ursula Le Guin Pages: 304 Genre: Historical Fantasy Standalone/Series: Standalone Release: Out now in Hardback Publisher: Gollancz Synopsis ‘Like Spartan Helen, I caused a war. She caused hers by letting men who wanted her take her. I caused mine because I wouldn’t be given, wouldn’t be taken, but chose my man and [...]
BSFA Best Novel 2010 Nominee: The City & The City by China Miéville (Pan)
Title: The City & The City Author: China Miéville Pages: 500 Genre: Fantasy Standalone/Series: Standalone Release: Out Now in Paperback Publisher: Pan Synopsis When the body of a murdered woman is found in the extraordinary, decaying city of Besźel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks like a routine case for Inspector [...]
This Week is… BSFA Best Novel Nominee 2010 Week
When the nominations were announced in January I said I had the vague idea of reading the shortlist. Well I am. And this week I’ll be doing just that. I’ll be reviewing them first: Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday* And then on Sunday, the day of the announcement, I’ll be making my own choice. *as Ark [...]
Lists/Awards: British Fantasy Awards 2010 – Best Novel
Here is the British Fantasy Awards 2010 longlist. Everything here has been recommended by a BFS or FantasyCon member I’m narrowing my focus on the novels as usual as it’s what I know more about but it still makes for interesting reading. I’ve marked books I’ve read in italics and books that would be high [...]
Awards: BSFA Best Novel Nominations
link: 2010 BSFA Awards Shortlists « Torque Control Best Novel Ark by Stephen Baxter (Gollancz) Lavinia by Ursula K Le Guin (Gollancz) The City & The City by China Mieville (Macmillan) Yellow Blue Tibia by Adam Roberts (Gollancz) For once. I actually want to read all four nominated books! I have a vague plan about [...]
