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July 17, 2018
Into the Sharke Tank: Perusing and Parsing the 2018 Clarke Award Shortlist
July 17, 2018A shortlist overview by Nina Allan My initial reaction to this year’s Clarke Award shortlist was that it was...
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July 12, 2018
Wild at Heart: Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
July 12, 2018Guest Review by Nina Allan I had the impulse to leave him there, on that dusty street, leap across...
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July 10, 2018
Sins of the Fathers: Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed
July 10, 2018Guest Review by Nina Allan On an unnamed island somewhere off the US coast, the Wanderers preside over a...
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July 27, 2017
The Final Countdown: the Sharke jury reveal their winner – and their Clarke prediction
July 27, 2017Summarised by Nina Allan It’s been a long wait, but finally the day of the Clarke Award ceremony is...
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July 25, 2017
The Shape of Things to Come: some possible runners and riders in next year’s Clarke: by Nina Allan
July 25, 2017By Nina Allan As this year’s Clarke festivities wind inexorably towards their close, I thought it would be interesting...
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July 19, 2017
Mega-Sharke vs. Giant Octopus: a personal summation of Sharke versus Clarke
July 19, 2017By Nina Allan To begin with, here is a reminder of the books we will be discussing: My...
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June 29, 2017
“I don’t like your methods, Morse”: After Atlas by Emma Newman
June 29, 2017By Nina Allan After Atlas — Emma Newman (Roc) I thought my feelings about this book were all sewn up. I...
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June 22, 2017
All Over Bar the Shouting: does science fiction still exist?
June 22, 2017By Nina Allan (originally published in the May edition of Interzone) Although it is the controversies that tend to...
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June 19, 2017
To Boldly Go? A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers: a review by Nina Allan
June 19, 2017By Nina Allan A Closed and Common Orbit — Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton) The mass media seem to have got...
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June 12, 2017
A Night at the Opera: Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee: a review by Nina Allan
June 12, 2017By Nina Allan Ninefox Gambit — Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris) The SF Encyclopaedia informs us that the term ‘space opera’ was...
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