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Nina Allan


Born
Whitechapel, London, The United Kingdom
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Genre
Science Fiction

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Vladimir Nabokov, Iris Murdoch, Joyce Carol Oates, Paul Auster, J.G. B ...more


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Watching the livestreamed announcement of the Booker shortlist yesterday evening, I was beyond thrilled to see the selection of two of the books I care most about from this year, M. John Harrison’s The End of Everything and Rebecca Perry’s May We Feed the King. Both offer masterclasses in the possibilities of fiction; each, in their unsparing interrogation of past and future, feels almost painfull

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Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.58 · 10,443 ratings · 2,130 reviews · 109 distinct works • Similar authors
The Rift
3.33 avg rating — 1,193 ratings — published 2017 — 7 editions
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The Dollmaker
3.36 avg rating — 1,174 ratings — published 2019 — 16 editions
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The Race
3.36 avg rating — 919 ratings — published 2014
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The Art of Space Travel
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3.44 avg rating — 505 ratings — published 2016
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Conquest
3.50 avg rating — 412 ratings — published 2023 — 8 editions
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The Good Neighbours
3.48 avg rating — 378 ratings — published 2021 — 8 editions
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The Silver Wind
3.45 avg rating — 355 ratings — published 2011 — 12 editions
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Spin
3.76 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions
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Ruby
3.45 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions
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The Art of Space Travel and...
3.84 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions
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“A clock is the only instrument specifically constructed for measuring a quantity that is intangible.”
― Nina Allan, The Dollmaker
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“All artists are criminals, to a degree.”
― Nina Allan, The Dollmaker
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“I distrust idealism. I've seen enough of it in practice to know it's rarely about the other man. You might even call it the ultimate expression of arrogance, but whatever you call it, it's not worth dying for”
― Nina Allan, The Dollmaker
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Topics Mentioning This Author

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Sci-fi and Heroic...: 2014 BSFA WINNERS Announced 14 52 Apr 07, 2015 01:38AM  
Sci-fi and Heroic...: 2015 John W. Campbell Award Winner Announced 10 29 Jun 16, 2015 08:36PM  
Aussie Readers: This topic has been closed to new comments. * What Are You Currently Reading? (doesn't have to be an Aussie book) 15605 2526 Mar 07, 2016 06:26PM  
The Seasonal Read...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Summer Challenge 2016: Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS THREAD 2596 496 Aug 31, 2016 09:00PM  
SciFi and Fantasy...: 2017 Hugo Awards 39 273 Aug 13, 2017 12:03PM  
Sci-fi and Heroic...: "The Common Tongue, The Present Tense, The Known" by Nina Allan 11 18 Sep 16, 2017 05:41PM  
Ciencia Ficción e...: ¿Cuál es la mejor editorial para leer Sci-Fi? 16 159 Oct 18, 2017 10:21AM  
Ciencia Ficción e...: Seguimiento de premios 2017 47 145 Nov 21, 2017 01:46PM  
Sci-fi and Heroic...: 2017 Hugo Award WINNERS Announced 60 130 Jan 01, 2018 08:32PM  


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