2014 Clarke Award Shortlist

To take away the unpleasant taste of the Hugo shortlist, I'd recommend a healthy gargle with this year's Clarke shortlist -- a much, much better selection of novels. My roundup review of the six titles is now up at Strange Horizons, in its traditional two parts.

Part 1 is here.

Part 2 is here.

With this piece I commence my new policy of including at least one reference to the musical Chess in every critical essay or review I publish.