• EmilyBlips

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  Wow, sounds awesome. China Miéville, too! Has anyone read Brasyl?

  Posted 11/16/2008 respond (flag)

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UK Mainstream Award Includes SF Book…
Science Fiction Awards Watch — ... , a new venture which bills itself as, “an international cross-disciplinary award which will be given biennially for an excellent and substantial piece of writing in the English language, in any genre or form.” As Lindesay Irvine points out in The Guardian, the “any form” part seems to have fallen by the wayside, but this is the first year of the award so non-book writers should not despair yet. In the meantime, there is a £50,000 ($75,000 and falling) prize up for grabs, and one of the books on the short list is Brasyl by Ian McDonald. ...

Brasyl up for First-Ever Warwick Prize
Pyr-o-mania — As reported in the Guardian: Ian McDonald's Brasylis one of twenty finalists for the brand-new, £50,000 biannual Warwick Prize, whose theme this time out is "complexity" and whose judging panel is chaired by China Miéville. A shortlist of six titles will be announced for the Warwick prize on January 23 next year, with a winner announced in February at the University of Warwick. Congratulations to Ian and best of luck!