Stories set in varied worlds ranging from a devastated Paris to a sinister planet people by an incestuous population,among contenders for this year’s prestigious honoursA Paris ruined by war, a murky planet peopled by the incestuous descendants of two abandoned astronauts and the dangerous surface of the moon are some of the settings for the years best science fiction novels, and as chosen by the members of the British Science Fiction Association.
French-American writer Aliette de Bodard is shortlisted for the BSFA best novel prize for The House of Shattered Wings,which takes residence in a devastated Paris after the noteworthy Magicians’ War. Chris Beckett, whose novel murky Eden won him the Arthur C Clarke award, and makes the cut for follow-up Mother of Eden,set generations after the incestuous offspring of astronauts enjoy dispersed across their murky planet.
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Source: theguardian.com