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2024 Clarke Award Winner
The winner for the annual Arthur C. Clarke Award, celebrating the best science fiction novel published in the UK, has been announced:
- WINNER: In Ascension, Martin MacInnes (Atlantic)
- Chain-Gang All-Stars, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (Harvill Secker)
- The Ten Percent Thief, Lavanya Lakshminarayan (Solaris)
- The Mountain in the Sea, Ray Nayler (Weidenfeld & Nicholson)
- Some Desperate Glory, Emily Tesh (Orbit)
- Corey Fah Does Social Mobility, Isabel
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Wole Talabi Reviews Ghostroots by ’Pemi Aguda
Ghostroots, ’Pemi Aguda (W.W. Norton & Company 978-1-324-06585-2, $26.99, 224pp, hc) May 2024.
Ghostroots, ’Pemi Aguda’s spectacular debut collection, is an instant classic. These 12 stories feature hauntings, reincarnations, invisible markets, dancing masquerades, shapeshifting houses, miracles, and magical transformations. Even the stories that aren’t overtly speculative possess a speculative, surreal sensibility. But regardless of the degree of imaginative calisthenics employed, the roots of every narrative in this collection ...Read More
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Niall Harrison Reviews In Universes by Emet North
In Universes, Emet North (HarperCollins 978-0-06331-487-0, 240pp, $26.99, hc) April 2024.
Much like time travel, the multiverse, as a scientifically originated but unproven theory, can be used as a narrative conceit with varying degrees of rigour. For every Timescape a Doctor Who; for every Anathem an Everything Everywhere All at Once. I don’t think a work’s placement on this spectrum is a predictor of its quality, but ...Read More
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Ian Mond Reviews The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to The Wastelands by Sarah Brooks
The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to The Wastelands, Sarah Brooks (Flatiron Books 978-1-25087-861-8, $28.99, 336pp, hc) June 2024.
I was surprised to discover that there are few novels, vintage or contemporary, set on the Trans-Siberian Express. There are plenty of memoirs and travel guides, but, unlike the Orient Express, with its Agatha Christies and Graham Greenes, very little fiction. The irony is that Sarah Brook’s eerie debut novel, The Cautious ...Read More
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Colleen Mondor Reviews Twice Lived by Joma West
Twice Lived, Joma West (Tordotcom 978-1-250-81032-8, $26.99, hc, 256pp) February 2024. Cover by FORT.
Author Joma West explores the idea of parallel worlds in an unexpected way in her science fiction novel, Twice Lived. Canna and Lily are one person, a ‘‘shifter’’ who uncontrollably moves back and forth between the two worlds. Her mothers detected her nature when they were pregnant, as the fetus would disappear and reappear ...Read More
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Russell Letson Reviews Beyond the Reach of Earth by Ken MacLeod
Beyond the Reach of Earth, Ken MacLeod (Orbit 978-0-356-51480-2, £10.99, 336pp, tp) March 2023. Cover by Duncan Spilling. (Pyr 978-1-64506-665-9, $21.00, 334pp, tp) July 2023.
I reviewed the opening volume of Ken MacLeod’s Lightspeed Trilogy, Beyond the Hallowed Sky, back in 2022, but I didn’t see the second volume, Beyond the Reach of Earth, when it appeared last year. Now, though, I have it and the final ...Read More
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2024 Ignyte Awards Finalists
The Ignyte Awards Committee has announced the finalists for the 2024 Ignyte Awards, which “seek to celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of the current and future landscapes of science fiction, fantasy, and horror by recognizing incredible feats in storytelling and outstanding efforts toward inclusivity of the genre.”
Outstanding Novel: Adult
- To Shape a Dragon’s Breath, Moniquill Blackgoose (Del Rey)
- The Saint of Bright Doors, Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom)
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Hugo Awards Disqualification Statement
Glasgow 2024, A Worldcon for our Futures, released the following statement today:
In the course of tallying the votes on the final ballot for the 2024 Hugo Awards, the Glasgow 2024 Hugo Administration team detected some unusual data.
Paragraph 6.2 of the WSFS Constitution states that “In all matters arising under this Constitution, only natural persons may introduce business, nominate, or vote, except as specifically provided otherwise in this Constitution. ...Read More
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StokerCon, sponsored by the Horror Writers Association (HWA), was held May 30 – June 2, 2024 both virtually and in person at the San Diego Marriott Mission Valley in San Diego CA. Guests of honor were Justina Ireland, Jonathan Maberry, Rob Savage, Nisi Shawl, and Paul Tremblay. The Stoker Awards were hosted by Kevin Wetmore Jr., and Mort Castle, Cassandra Peterson, and Steve Rasnic Tem received Lifetime Achievement Awards. Co-chair ...Read More
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Romance writer Christine DeMaio, who also publishes as CD Reiss, has launched a proposed class-action lawsuit against Amazon, alleging an unlawful monopoly on audiobook sales. She is represented by Hagens Berman, which has brought various publishing-related class-action suits in recent years, with mixed success. The filing claims that Amazon’s Audible ACX program, which is open to self-publishers, charges a fee of 60% for authors who use their platform exclusively – ...Read More