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Paul Kincaid's From the Other Side, November 2015: Europe at Midnight, An Atlas of Countries that Don’t Exist, Trudi Canavan, Mira Grant, Emma Newman, and more

Posted on 2015-12-07 at 13:47 by montsamu

From the Other Side, November 2015 By Paul Kincaid

[Editor’s Note: From the Other Side is Paul Kincaid’s monthly column on books and news from the other side of the Atlantic.]

Earlier this year, when I was noting all the titles in the running for the various genre awards, I was particularly pleased that Europe in Autumn by Dave Hutchinson appeared on three shortlists. Inexplicably, it didn’t win any of them, so I’m expecting the sequel, Europe at Midnight (Solaris), to do rather better.

I say “sequel

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Posted in From the Other Side | Tagged adam christopher, dave hutchinson, emma newman, mark hodder, mira grant, nick middleton, patrick ness, paul kincaid, trudi canavan

Paul Kincaid's From the Other Side, July 2015: Adam Craig's Vitus Dreams, Ian Sales' A Prospect of War, infinity plus, Tom Holt, Charles Stross, Louisa Hall, and Tales from the Vatican Vaults

Posted on 2015-08-03 at 11:0 by montsamu

From the Other Side, July 2015 By Paul Kincaid

[Editor’s Note: From the Other Side is Paul Kincaid’s monthly column on books and news from the other side of the Atlantic.]

We were in Wales at the start of the month, and in a small bookshop there I came across a beautifully-produced novel from a small Welsh press. Vitus Dreams by Adam Craig (Cinnamon Press) is what used to be called experimental fiction: that is, the book proceeds by puns, spoonerisms and other word play rather than by plot. There is a

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Posted in From the Other Side | Tagged adam craig, charles stross, cinnamon press, dave hutchinson, david v barrett, ian sales, infinity plus, louisa hall, mary gentle, paul kincaid, stephen palmer, tickety boo press, tom holt

Paul Kincaid’s From the Other Side, February 2014: Jeff VanderMeer's Annihilation, Dave Hutchinson's Europe in Autumn, and The Kitschies

Posted on 2014-02-27 at 3:9 by montsamu

From the Other Side: February 2014

By Paul Kincaid

So the torrential rain and apocalyptic flooding we’ve experienced in much of Britain over the last couple of months meant that I wasn’t able to get to the Kitschies Award Ceremony, though on the up side this at least spared me the sight of whatever garish outfit Nick Harkaway had chosen to wear. The Red Tentacle for best novel went to Ruth Ozeki for A Tale for the Time Being, and for a novel that has generally had more mainstream recognition, including

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Posted in From the Other Side | Tagged annihilation, dave hutchinson, europe in autumn, jeff vandermeer, paul kincaid, the kitschies