UK bookstore chain Waterstone's has posted a list of Top 10 SF titles of 2006 which, inexplicably, names only 9 titles. Is this a metric thing? Anyway, in no particular order, here are Waterstone's Top "10" SF titles of 2006:
- Polity Agent by Neal Asher
- Engaging the Enemy by Elizabeth Moon
- The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction by Gardner Dozois
- Galactic North from Alastair Reynolds
- The Man From the Diogenese Club by Kim Newman
- Crossover by Joel Shepherd (See SF Signal review)
- Paragaea by Chris Roberson (See SF Signal review)
- Nova Swing by M. John Harrison
- Air by Geoff Ryman
[via Lou Anders]
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Posted by John DeNardo at Friday November 17, 2006 at 1:44 AM
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The 10th book is M. John Harrison's "Light" that is mentioned in the last sentence. 
Posted by simi on Friday November 17, 2006 at 8:29 AM at 8:29 AM
Ah. The wording makes it vague, no? I thought he mentioned it only as the precursor to Nova Swing, especially since he starts the paragraph with "On a more literary note there are two outstanding books this year..." and names Nova Swing and Air.
Posted by John on Friday November 17, 2006 at 8:35 AM at 8:35 AM
Yeah. I agree. It's a weird way to end the list. Maybe it's a Brit thing. 
Posted by simi on Friday November 17, 2006 at 1:57 PM at 1:57 PM
I just posted the list and didn't even notice there was only 9. Then I read this post and had to go back and check. And it was, indeed, just 9.
Posted by James on Friday November 17, 2006 at 2:49 PM at 2:49 PM
Yup, only nine books by my count. Light was out in 2002 and is only mentioned as the book Nova Swing follows.
Posted by Aesmael on Saturday November 18, 2006 at 4:35 AM at 4:35 AM
Looks like the original post has been updated with a list of the books, which has a 10th book: Three Days to Never by Tim Powers.
Posted by John on Saturday November 18, 2006 at 11:15 AM at 11:15 AM