Vote For the Greatest Living British Writer
The newly launched Book Magazine from the U.K. is running a poll through April 30th to determine the Greatest Living British Writer. The only genre authors included are Terry Pratchett and J.K. Rowling, but there is space to include your own choice.
With more and more award-nominated genre books coming from the U.K. it surprises me to see only two names there. No China Miéville? No Iain M. Banks or Ian MacDonald? Tsk tsk.
[via Andrew Wheeler]
Shouldn’t Doris Lessing be considered a genre writer?
Shouldn’t Doris Lessing be considered a genre writer?
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Excellent catch! First time I’ve heard of her. According to the British Arts Council:
Does Arthur C. Clarke count or is he too ex-pat?
the greatest living sci fi author is Greg Egan sadly he is not british.