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Nina Allan


Born
Whitechapel, London, The United Kingdom
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Genre
Science Fiction

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


523 posts
Nina Allan's Blog

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Rachel Cooke 1969 – 2025

I woke this morning to the appalling news that the journalist and critic Rachel Cooke has died of cancer, aged just 56. I had not even heard that she was ill. That we have lost her incisive intellect and brilliant cultural commentary is more than shocking, it seems a profound injustice.

I never met Rachel or anyone close to her but I’ve been reading her for years. Whenever I saw her byline on a pi

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Average rating: 3.59 · 9,803 ratings · 2,006 reviews · 110 distinct works • Similar authors
The Rift
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The Dollmaker
3.37 avg rating — 1,125 ratings — published 2019 — 16 editions
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The Race
3.35 avg rating — 898 ratings — published 2014 — 12 editions
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Conquest
3.52 avg rating — 360 ratings — published 2023 — 7 editions
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The Silver Wind
3.47 avg rating — 340 ratings — published 2011 — 12 editions
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The Good Neighbours
3.60 avg rating — 272 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions
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Spin
3.77 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions
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Ruby
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The Art of Space Travel and...
3.83 avg rating — 109 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  
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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? 16 156 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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