Posted: Mar 07, 2023 9:36 am
1. The Moose Paradox by Antti Tuomainen
2. Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
3. French Braid by Anne Tyler
4. The Shell Collector by Anthony Doerr
5. Mislaid by Nell Zink
6. for thy great pain have mercy on my little pain by Victoria Mackenzie
7. Infinite Ground by Martin MacInnes
8. Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector
9. The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes
10. Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan
11. Solar by Ian McEwan
12. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
13. The Innocent by Ian McEwan
14. This Other Eden by Paul Harding
15. Victory City by Salman Rushdie
16. The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
'What if the first alien intelligences we encountered were already living with us on planet Earth?'* Part science fiction, part thriller, part reflection on consciousness and on human nature, Nayler imagines a near future in which the geopolitical map has changed - Tibet is now a superpower, for example - and AI is ubiquitous. Attracted by local rumours of amphibious intelligent monsters, a vast tech corporation has bought and sealed off an island near Vietnam...
*From The Guardian review, which is an excellent summary. A spoiler for you: the review is subtitled 'How to Speak Octopus'.
2. Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
3. French Braid by Anne Tyler
4. The Shell Collector by Anthony Doerr
5. Mislaid by Nell Zink
6. for thy great pain have mercy on my little pain by Victoria Mackenzie
7. Infinite Ground by Martin MacInnes
8. Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector
9. The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes
10. Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan
11. Solar by Ian McEwan
12. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
13. The Innocent by Ian McEwan
14. This Other Eden by Paul Harding
15. Victory City by Salman Rushdie
16. The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
'What if the first alien intelligences we encountered were already living with us on planet Earth?'* Part science fiction, part thriller, part reflection on consciousness and on human nature, Nayler imagines a near future in which the geopolitical map has changed - Tibet is now a superpower, for example - and AI is ubiquitous. Attracted by local rumours of amphibious intelligent monsters, a vast tech corporation has bought and sealed off an island near Vietnam...
*From The Guardian review, which is an excellent summary. A spoiler for you: the review is subtitled 'How to Speak Octopus'.