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more about #adamroberts Golem100: I haven't read any of those books. I'll have to add them to my increasingly long "to read" list. #books more » psybab: Looking at the editors' vs customers' lists (i.e., on the customers' list, we got glenn beck, dan brown, michele malkin, palin, etc.), I wonder - do R... more » Spaceknight: must really suck to have a publication date in November or December, Amazon won't even consider you for best of 2009! #books more » SnehalMarten: Is anyone here willing to vouch for "Yellow Blue Tibia" (from Russia with Lurv) by Adam Roberts? Are there any great reveals? I don't mind if you subm... more » CColdsmoke: Man, I've been trying to read Palimpsest for months now. All I can think of when I pick it up is Grimace wrestling Barney in a field of violets benea... more » hitmouse: Mieville's "The City and The City" trumped everyone and made it to the top 10 books of 2009 #books more » acrobatic rabbit: I for one, would just like to impose my opinion that George R. R. Martin needs to really finish his Ice & Fire series. Like he said he would. Two year... more » Starwatcher: Love Caitlin Kiernan. Glad she made the list. Read her short story Persephone and you'll be hooked. more » Iamthe5thcylon: David Anthony Durham is brilliant and you should ABSOLUTELY read the first book - Acacia. #books more » Ruthless, If you let me: No The Translated Man? I heartily enjoyed that. #books more » burlybax: I love Amazon, that has to be the only site where I don't mind them mulling through my data and search results, because they come up with some really ... more » Allen_Richards: Alrighty, IO9-ers, give me some feedback on what's the pick of the liter here. Based on general consensus, I'll head up to Borders and pick up what yo... more » froggy: I wish people would make a distinction between science fiction and fantasy. this amalgam of the two does not sit well with me. #books more » jaynesworth: I just ordered it shipped from the UK to the US at [www.pickabook.co.uk] for about $17, including shipping. #books more » Franknbeans: I'll read it, no doubt. I like the comment that they try to reforge the alloy that makes Sci-Fi great. Without the strong underpinnings of Science, ... more » Franknbeans: Oh and where can we get it? more » Supernatural_Canary: I’m new to science fiction, so I’m starting with people like Clarke, Asimov, Bradbury, and Niven (who is by far the most hit and miss of these aut... more » moofie: I have never in my life thought "Hmmm...that looks like an interesting book. But WAIT! What do a bunch of English people think about it? I must all... more » ArthurByronCover: The old conflict between genre lit and actual lit will never die. Back during the 60s, folks used to say that sf should get back into the gutter wher... more » kariebookish: Booker prize winners have had fantastical elements - Keri Hulme's "the bone people" (1986) springs to mind. David Mitchell's "Cloud Atlas" got very, v... more » -
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Have You Read The Best Books Of 2009 According To Amazon.Com?
Amazon.com's editors have released their list of the top ten science fiction and fantasy books of 2009, and it includes some pleasant surprises. More » -
#whenitchanged
The Year's Most Important SF Anthology Is Out Now
If you wish science fiction would have a bit more actual science (and focus on the near future instead of the year 5 billion), you'll be thrilled that When It Changed, an anthology pairing scientists and SF authors, is out. More » -
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Science Fiction Vs. The Literary Establishment, Round One Million
Why hasn't a science fiction novel ever won England's prestigious Booker Prize? Kim Stanley Robinson asked the question in an essay in New Scientist magazine, and now it's become a war of words over the age-old SF-vs-lit issue. More » -
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What's The Matter With The Hugo Shortlist?
The five books chosen for the 2009 Hugo Awards shortlist are largely mediocre, insists up-and-coming author Adam Roberts. But the interesting part isn't his critiques of Gaiman, Doctorow, Stross, and Scalzi, it's his ideas of what make a great novel. More » -
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The Brightest Artificial Minds Are Fragmentary, And Often Female
A new anthology gives some hints at the cutting edge of storytelling about artificial intelligences. We Think Therefore We Are, just out from Daw, includes a number of brilliant concepts amidst mostly lukewarm writing. More »
