alt Hacker NewsI am tempted to try this one just because it has won a major award, and I'm a huge sci fi reader.
However, I suspect I will be one of the one star or DNF reviewers - I haven't enjoyed any of the other M John Harrison books I tried. The ideas are usually interesting but the execution tends towards weirdness and not much plot. Great at creating atmosphere but not so good at holding my attention. Maybe I will give it a go...
Replies
bawolff • today at 10:23 AM
As a general rule I usually find scifi books that win awards outside the genere but aren't recognized inside the genere to be pretty bad.
➕ show 1 reply
t_mahmood • today at 10:04 AM
Can you list some of the recent good sci-fis please? I haven't read any new after Salvation series by P. Hamilton
➕ show 3 replies
> I haven't enjoyed any of the other M John Harrison books I tried
100% this.
I like the man and he's a great public speaker. I do not get on with his novels at all, from In Viriconium to a few decades later when everyone loved Light so I gave his "SF" another try.