Okay, since I found someone to agree with me about British sf writer John Meaney in the Vernor Vinge thread, I thought I'd go into a little more detail here.
John Meaney's first novel (1998? 99?), <i>To Hold Infinity</i>, was pretty amazing, I thought. Stephen Baxter said of it: "John Meaney has rewired SF. Everything is different now." Okay, that's pretty strong hype to begin a career on, but it is a great book.
Following that, Transworld/Bantam started publishing his Nulapeiron Sequence in the U.K., starting with <i>Paradox</i>. The second book is titled <i>Context</i>, and the third, <i>Resolution</i>, will be out sometime this year. Strong, powerful stuff. He has also published a bunch of short fiction in <i>Interzone</i>, the British sf mag. Yank readers have yet to discover him for the most part, but he 's worth seeking out.
John Meaney's first novel (1998? 99?), <i>To Hold Infinity</i>, was pretty amazing, I thought. Stephen Baxter said of it: "John Meaney has rewired SF. Everything is different now." Okay, that's pretty strong hype to begin a career on, but it is a great book.
Following that, Transworld/Bantam started publishing his Nulapeiron Sequence in the U.K., starting with <i>Paradox</i>. The second book is titled <i>Context</i>, and the third, <i>Resolution</i>, will be out sometime this year. Strong, powerful stuff. He has also published a bunch of short fiction in <i>Interzone</i>, the British sf mag. Yank readers have yet to discover him for the most part, but he 's worth seeking out.
posted by:
|
Seattle
|
-
Re: John Meaney
Tue, February 24, 2004 - 6:22 PMJohn Meaney kicks ass. I loved Paradox. He gets nominated every year for the British Science Fiction Award (this year for a short story). He's been a star in the UK for quite a while, but for some reason hasn't got US distribution for his novels.
www.johnmeaney.com/
