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Re:M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to w... by bawolff on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @05:23AM (#50438300)
As a general rule I usually find scifi books that win awards outside the genere but aren't recognized inside the genere to be pretty bad.
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Re:M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to w... by A_D_E_P_T on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @07:24AM (#50439335)
Counterpoint: Kazuo Ishiguro and Richard Powers are both extremely good.

Also, the stuff that has won awards inside the genre these past ~10 years has been generally quite poor.

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