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Review | Spin by Robert Charles Wilson

By Aidan Moher August 10th, 2008
Spin by Robert Charles Wilson

Spin

Author – Robert Charles Wilson

Paperback
Pages: 464 pages
Publisher: Tor Books
Release Date: March 10th, 2005
ISBN-10: 076534825X
ISBN-13: 978-0765348258

Spin is not merely a SF thriller. It’s also a coming-of-age tale, a love story, a literary triumph, and an ecological and apocalyptic warning.

Big words from Bookmarks Magazine were enough to get me excited. A Hugo for best novel sets expectations. When it beats out what is possibly my favourite novel I’ve read this year (John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War) it raises the bar even higher. Therefore, it was with rather strong trepidation and eagerness that I picked up Spin by Robert Charles Wilson, a novel with a bucket load of hype. The question, however, is whether it could possibly live up to that sort of acclaim.

The answer? I still don’t really know.
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An Aside | Hugo Winners ’08

By Aidan Moher August 10th, 2008

The Hugo awards have come and gone. The list of winners via Suvudu:

* Best Novel: The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins; Fourth Estate)
* Best Novella: “All Seated on the Ground” by Connie Willis (Asimov’s Dec. 2007; Subterranean Press)
* Best Novelette: “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” by Ted Chiang (Subterranean Press; F&SF Sept. 2007)
* Best Short Story: “Tideline” by Elizabeth Bear (Asimov’s June 2007)
* Best Related Book: Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction by Jeff Prucher (Oxford University Press)
* Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Stardust Written by Jane Goldman and Matthew Vaughn, Based on the novel by Neil Gaiman Illustrated by Charles Vess Directed by Matthew Vaughn (Paramount Pictures)
* Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Doctor Who “Blink” Written by Steven Moffat Directed by Hettie Macdonald (BBC)
* Best Editor, Long Form: David G. Hartwell
* Best Editor, Short Form: Gordon Van Gelder
* Best Professional Artist: Stephan Martiniere
* Best Semiprozine: Locus
* Best Fanzine: File 770
* Best Fan Writer: John Scalzi
* Best Fan Artist: Brad Foster
* Campbell Award: Mary Robinette Kowal

Congrats to Scalzi, glad to see him walk away with one. And Mary Robinette Kowal must be a bloody good writer to beat out Scott Lynch, Joe Abercrombie and David Anthony Durham for the Campbell Award (Best New Author).

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