Flavorwire on the 10 Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Novels of 2015 (So Far)
We’re barely halfway through the year, but I suppose that’s far enough to start arguing over Ten Best lists. Yesterday Jonathon Sturgeon at Flavorwire kicked it off with a list of The 10 Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Novels of 2015 So Far, a list that includes Michael Moorcock, Neal Stephenson, Kim Stanley Robinson, Ian Tregillis, and Nicole Kornher-Stace. Here’s Jonathon on Michael Moorcock’s latest, The Whispering Swarm:
Moorcock is among the most influential of all genre writers, and he returns here with his first novel in nine years — and readers will be happy to learn that it launches a trilogy. Even though much of this first installment is given over to scene setting — it takes place in a hidden London enclave where historical figures mix with literary creations — it’s still a pleasure to read. Also, it may well inaugurate the autofictional fantasy subgenre.
He also has high praise for new writer Nicole Kornher-Stace, who thrilled me with a reading from Archivist Wasp at the World Fantasy Convention:
More than a little drunk on Greek mythology, Kornher-Stace’s Archivist Wasp tells the story of an “archivist” and ghost-hunter who learns to communicate with the specter of a supersoldier and (in the process) unlearns what she knows about her own horrorscape of a world. Smart, risk-taking, and weird as hell.
See the complete list here.
Good list. I loved Archivist Wasp and Seveneves. And I’ve got Aurora on deck after I finish Naomi Novik’s Uprooted. Dark Orbit sounds interesting. I’d nominate Claire North’s Touch (and probably Uprooted, though I’m not far enough into it to say for sure) in place of Chocky (first published in 1968) and The Vorrh (2012).
Matt,
I’ve never heard of Claire North’s Touch, but I just checked it out and it looks very intriguing indeed. Thanks for the rec!
No problem:) Recommendations given and received are always welcome. Her first novel, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, is also excellent.