A Dozen of the Best from 2011
18.05.12
By Jeff VanderMeer
In 2011, “the field” continued to shift and fragment and in the process proved itself to be exciting, deep, and passionately engaged with the world around it. The mammals are partying with the dinosaurs until late into the night, and the result is a wonderful diversity of approaches.
Novels bubbling up just under my top picks include Hannu Rajaniemi’s The Quantum Thief , Jesse Bullington’s The Enterprise of Death , Lev Grossman’s The Magician King , Stina Leicht’s Of Blood and Honey , Minister Faust’s The Alchemists of Kush , N.K. Jemisin’s The Kingdom of Gods , Kris Saknussemm’s Enigmatic Pilot , Nick Mamatas’s Sensation and Carolyn Ives Gilman’s Isles of the Forsaken . I encourage readers to seek out all of these novels—and to suggest their own best reads.
In the area of regrets, I have not yet read Christopher Priest’s much-praised
Source: Locus Online