How to Start Reading Science Fiction, Part 3: Award Winners (+ A Science Fiction Quiz!)
By John DeNardo |
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011 at
11:20 am
The third installment of my 6-part Kirkus blog series on How to Start Reading Science Fiction is now available for your weekly dissection! Go forth and check out How to Start Reading Science Fiction, Part 3: Award Winners.
And look! My Sci-Fi QRANK Quiz has posted, too. How well do you know your science fiction? (If you’re reading this blog, my guess is that you’ll ace it. So start with the harder questions. I dare you.)
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I don’t know about this one. The books that win nebulas/hugos tend to have a healthy amount of some new branch of science, but don’t necessarily have a good plot or characters that a new sf reader would enjoy.
I agree completely. That said, some folks who want to dip their toes in the waters of science fiction without going for a lengthy swim are specifically looking for books that have received accolades. This post is for them.