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Does M John Harrison’s Booker win mean science fiction is finally accepted by a β€˜snobby’ literary...

Does M John Harrison’s Booker win mean science fiction is finally accepted by a β€˜snobby’ literary...

Kazuo Ishiguro, Jeff VanderMeer, Olivia Laing and other writers weigh in on the publishing world’s genre wars

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β€˜We are dream-walking into a desperate situation’: the Booker prize winner on his sci-fi alien...

β€˜We are dream-walking into a desperate situation’: the Booker prize winner on his sci-fi alien...

He is a sci-fi titan but M John Harrison has just exploded into the mainstream with The End of Everything, an apocalyptic novel set on the Kent coast. Does he really think we have no hope left?

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M John Harrison’s Booker prize-winner is weird, challenging and strikingly topical

M John Harrison’s Booker prize-winner is weird, challenging and strikingly topical

After years on the margins, Harrison’s win for this resonantly disturbing dystopia brings the visionary writer the recognition he deserves

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M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to win the Booker prize

M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to win the Booker prize

The 81-year-old’s postapocalyptic novel The End of Everything takes home the Β£50,000 award

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Meaning has entered its crystalline phase.. Interpretation remains possible-but now it has edges!
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Athlone [Dan McNeil, 2023]
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Two books. Two reviews. One @dharlanwilson. dan-mcneil.com/outre/ dan-mcneil.com/usurper/
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β€œThe fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of the past, just as it is bound to modify the future.” [Jorge Luis Borges]
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The night-sky image so incredible the NZ man behind it has been accused of using AI

The night-sky image so incredible the NZ man behind it has been accused of using AI

Brendan Larsen spent hours taking hundreds of photographs of the sky over a mountain in New Zealand

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β€˜A serious failure’: CPS prosecutor cites imaginary case to court after AI search

β€˜A serious failure’: CPS prosecutor cites imaginary case to court after AI search

Exclusive: Nonexistent precedent cited in alleged child rape case adds to dozens of AI-related errors plaguing court proceedings

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Excerpt from β€˜The Gallery Trap’ [Dan McNeil, 2024] donotsubmit.net/the-gallery-… @DontsubmitLit
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Here's Ansible 470 for September 2026: news.ansible.uk/a470.html
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β€œThe fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of the past, just as it is bound to modify the future.” [Jorge Luis Borges]
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The end-of-life patients finding solace in magic mushrooms: β€˜What life after life could be like’ theguardian.com/science/arti…
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England After the Storm [Dan McNeil, 2019/2025]
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Excerpt from β€˜The Gallery Trap’ [Dan McNeil, 2024] donotsubmit.net/the-gallery-… @DontsubmitLit
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The Phases of the Night [Max Ernst, 1946]
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β€œIn a darkly despairing sky, the robotic progeny of John von Neumann continue their unending acts of mechanistic genocide.” [The Gallery Trap, Dan McNeil, 2024] donotsubmit.net/the-gallery-… @DontsubmitLit
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The Distant Land [Dan McNeil, 2025]
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