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Paul Kincaid's From the Other Side, March 2016: Patrick Ness, Aliette de Bodard, Ian Whates, and new books from Gollancz and Orbit

Posted on 2016-04-12 at 18:16 by montsamu

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

From the Other Side, March 2016 By Paul Kincaid

March turned out to be the height of the awards season in the UK this year. The month began with the presentation of the Kitschies, and ended with the presentation of the BSFA Awards.

I said, last month, that I was becoming worried about the Kitschies, and was immediately reassured that there was nothing to worry about, and that next

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Posted in From the Other Side | Tagged aliette de bodard, gollancz, ian whates, patrick ness, paul kincaid, the kitschies

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, September 2015: Patrick Ness, Ian McDonald, Stephen Baxter, Margaret Atwood, and (of course) Adam Roberts

Posted on 2015-10-02 at 03:57 by montsamu

From the Other Side, September 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.]

People who have lost just about everything they own are fleeing the war in Syria and risking their lives to cross into Europe, where they are met by governments covering their eyes and ears and trying to pretend that nothing terrible is happening. Then the picture of a dead boy and public opinion finally forces the government to

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Posted in From the Other Side | Tagged ian mcdonald, margaret atwood, patrick ness, paul kincaid, stephen baxter