Hugo shortlist - Best Novel

[shadesong]

The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
(HarperCollins/Eos)
American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Morrow)
Perdido Street Station by China Miéville (Macmillan
(UK)(2000); Del Rey)
Cosmonaut Keep by Ken MacLeod (Orbit (UK)(2000); Tor)
Passage by Connie Willis (Bantam)
The Chronoliths by Robert Charles Wilson (Tor)

Yay for Gaiman, Willis, and Bujold! Has anyone read the other books listed? Any opinion?

Comments

Perdido Street Station

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

I read Perdido Street Station a few months ago; it's good stuff. The plot admittedly isn't the best, but the characters are great and the world is fantastic beyond all reason. Mieville is going to be at a convention here in October - it's not a con I'm normally that fond of, but I'm SO going this time. I'm going into full fanboy mode for it as well. :)

Ken McLeod also writes good books and is a nice guy; back when I was in the Dublin University Science Fiction Society (back when DUSFS was any good, that is...) he bought a bunch of us a bottle of whiskey because we were broke at a convention.

Re: Perdido Street Station

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Ooohnifty! I shall have to read him. Yes, I pick books to read based on whether the authors are Good People. :)