George RR Martin is right - Station Eleven was one of the best books of 2014

Backing it for the Hugo awards, Game of Thrones author praises Emily St John Mandel’s ‘wonderfully elegiac’ dystopia. I entirely agree

It’s been quite a week for Emily St John Mandel and her thoughtful, unforgettable dystopian novel Station Eleven. She’s been longlisted for the Baileys women’s prize for fiction, alongside some of the best authors writing today. She’s been shortlisted for the prestigious Pen/Faulkner award , which called her book a “devastating portrait of the future”.

And now she’s had a public show of support from no less a figure than George RR Martin, who threw his weight behind Station Eleven as his pick for the Hugo best novel award. The Hugos are America’s top science fiction prize; nominees and winners are voted for by members of the World Science Fiction Society, so support from Martin is a big deal.

Related: Literary dystopias with Emily St John Mandel and Clemens J Setz – podcast

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