Beating the nice nice nice thing to death (with fluffy pillows)
In Friday’s Guardian, Alex Clarke predicted Granta’s 20 novelists under 40. It contains five eligible British SF writers:
In today’s Guardian, Damien G Walter presents his 20 SF novelists under 40. It contains five eligible British SF writers:
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Everything Is Nice 
I’m interested that Lavie Tidhar’s not there – he’d be right at the top of my list. I note a couple of people in Damien’s thread have said that too. I’m not sure he’s British enough to appear in Alex Clarke’s list so that’s alright! I don’t know any of the 5 you’ve listed from that list, so there’s some research for this Aussie to do…
Peter Hollo
15 April 2013 at 15:32
From Alex Clark’s list, I would also pick out Naomi Alderman and Courttia Newland as sf writers.
David H
15 April 2013 at 15:52
I knew Alderman was a fan but not that she had written genre fiction. What would you recommend from those two?
Martin
15 April 2013 at 17:45
And now the actual Granta 20 novelists under 40 list has been announced and we discover it contains five authors who have been submitted for the Arthur C Clarke Award: Beauman, Hall, Stephen Hall, Joanna Kavenna and Oyeyemi. And both Halls were actually shortlisted for the award.
Martin
15 April 2013 at 20:40
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16 April 2013 at 11:52
What would you recommend from those two?
Ah… I haven’t actually read either of them; I just know they’ve written stuff with speculative content. But I have heard good things about Newland’s Music for the Off-Key and Alderman’s The Liars’ Gospel.
David H
16 April 2013 at 18:28
On Alderman: I’ve read Disobedience, and it’s excellent.
Nic
22 April 2013 at 11:28