By: Graham Clements

Graham Clements — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 08:58:32 +0000

Anthony, it just took ages to research and write, but still very interesting, to me anyway. I thought some of the concepts very old. In truth I will only consider reading four of the novels listed, the two mentioned in the post that sounded interesting – Sand and The 15 lives of Harry August – and I will probably read Ancillary Sword one day because it is a sequel to a novel I enjoyed last year. And also the winner of the poll, The Martian. Interestingly, I read a few of the reviews of the books while doing the research and some of them were not very flattering. One in particular on the Terry Prachett and Stephen Baxter novel said that finally something happens in the third book of the series. Their novel sounded a bit like Stephen Baxter's Ark, which was the only recent science fiction novel that I have read that I detested.

By: Anthony J. Langford

Anthony J. Langford — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 20:32:46 +0000

I've long suspected that American publishers only deal with American authors. It's very tough to crack that market without some proven success.Aside from that, sorry but I dont know any of these novels. Certainly some of their concepts dont sound that interesting. What do you think?It is interesting how certain types of genres fall in and out of favour, which is why right place, right time can have an impact.Very well researched as always Graham, I dont know how you do it.

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By: Graham Clements

By: Anthony J. Langford