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 Fiction The Philosopher's ApprenticeNovember 2008
James Morrow's previous novel, The Last Witchfinder, was a massively ambitious, and widely praised, picaresque dramatisation of the struggle between science and superstition in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.  WeaverNovember 2008
Alternative history in the guise of a view (through palls of smoke) of Britain under partial Nazi control might be a sound basis for a thriller; but add a little tinkering with time's arrow through the medium of dreams and you've leapt to the loopier end of the science fiction spectrum.  Halting StateNovember 2008
Charlie Stross' latest novel Halting State is an off-beat high-tech thriller built around computer games of many kinds.  BrasylNovember 2008
Following the success of his award-winning novel River of Gods, British science fiction writer Ian McDonald has once again produced an ultra-rich mix of complex concepts, wild action and dazzling prose, underpinned by an impressive depth of knowledge of the culture in which the story is set.  The PrefectJuly 2008
Alastair Reynolds' The Prefect is a complex space opera about the inhabitants of the Glitter Band. Set about 500 years in the future, it follows the story of the Prefects of the Panoply, a law enforcement agency set up to protect democracy in the region.  Saturn ReturnsJuly 2008
When Imre Bergamasc wakes up on a Jinc ship on the outer edges of the galaxy, he has lost his memory, but remembers enough to realise that he should not be in a female body. It is the 879th millennium AD, and human life has changed almost unrecognisably.  Old Man’s WarJanuary 2008
Old Man’s War closely follows the structure set up by Starship Troopers and the other military sci-fi classic, The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman: recruit, training, fighting, promotion and more fighting. However, Scalzi fills in the gaps with his own creations to make his book something more than a replica.  GlasshouseJanuary 2008
Glasshouse is a fast-paced, zippy thriller of a science fiction novel. It is no accident that it has been shortlisted for the Hugo Award in the best novel category this year.  Black ManJanuary 2008
Richard Morgan’s new novel is set a couple of hundred years into the future. Earth is divided into new power blocs, the United States is united no more and the world is as riven with factional discord as it is today.  Peace and WarJuly 2007
There are few science fiction novels that can comfortably carry the label of 'classic' for long. The Forever War is one such novel, remaining as relevant now as it was when first published back in 1974.  The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty Third Annual CollectionJuly 2007
Every year for over two decades, Gardner Dozois has selected the best science fiction stories published in the previous year for his legendary Year’s Best SF collections. They are always huge (this one is over 600 pages and 300,000 words), and provide a hearty serving of reliably high quality reading.  The Outcast: An Anthology of Exiles and StrangersJuly 2007
Editor Nicole Murphy tells us in her introduction that the theme for The Outcast was suggested by well-known Australian author Maxine McArthur, whose then-unpublished manuscript Time Future won the George Turner Prize in 1999.  Nova SwingApril 2007
On Saudade, anything is possible. Find yourself a new body, a new self. Buy a vintage Cadillac; be a vintage Cadillac. Have your flowers modified to smell of chocolate, or remodel your home to resemble a lighthouse.  Judas UnchainedApril 2007
Like Kevin Costner’s tendency to shoot long films, it seems British science fiction writer Peter F. Hamilton can only produce big, fat novels. Hamilton’s latest series, The Commonwealth Saga, comprises Pandora’s Star and Judas Unchained, and when combined, the page count of both books exceeds 2,200. With such a large canvas to work with, Hamilton paints an incredibly vast and vivid world.  The Night of the TriffidsApril 2007
John Wyndham’s work has had a mixed reception over the decades: adored by the general reader, treated with cool disdain by the science fiction cognoscenti. 
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