Reviews of British SF Award Winners
This is a list of BSFA (British
Science Fiction Association) Award winners for best novel, including
ratings for those books that I've read and links to reviews where I've
written one. This award is voted on by the members of the British Science
Fiction Association and the attendees of the annual Eastercon convention,
and the novel must be published in the UK.
| 2024 |
Juliet McKenna |
The Green Man's Quarry |
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| 2023 |
Adrian Tchaikovsky |
City of Last Chances |
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| 2022 |
Adrian Tchaikovsky |
Shards of Earth |
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| 2021 |
N.K. Jemisin |
The City We Became |
7 out of 10 |
| 2020 |
Adrian Tchaikovsky |
Children of Ruin |
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| 2019 |
Gareth L. Powell |
Embers of War |
6 out of 10 |
| 2018 |
Nina Allan |
The Rift |
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| 2017 |
Dave Hutchinson |
Europe in Winter |
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| 2016 |
Aliette de Bodard |
The House of Shattered Wings |
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| 2015 |
Ann Leckie |
Ancillary Sword |
9 out of 10 |
| 2014 |
Ann Leckie |
Ancillary Justice |
10 out of 10 |
| 2014 |
Gareth L. Powell |
Ack Ack Macaque |
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| 2013 |
Adam Roberts |
Jack Glass |
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| 2012 |
Christopher Priest |
The Islanders |
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| 2011 |
Ian McDonald |
The Dervish House |
7 out of 10 |
| 2010 |
China Miéville |
The City & The City |
9 out of 10 |
| 2009 |
Ken MacLeod |
The Night Sessions |
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| 2008 |
Ian McDonald |
Brasyl |
7 out of 10 |
| 2007 |
Jon Courtenay Grimwood |
End of the World Blues |
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| 2006 |
Geoff Ryman |
Air |
10 out of 10 |
| 2005 |
Ian McDonald |
River of Gods |
6 out of 10 |
| 2004 |
Jon Courtenay Grimwood |
Felaheen |
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| 2003 |
Christopher Priest |
The Separation |
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| 2002 |
Alastair Reynolds |
Chasm City |
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| 2001 |
Mary Gentle |
Ash: A Secret History |
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| 2000 |
Ken MacLeod |
The Sky Road |
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| 1999 |
Christopher Priest |
The Extremes |
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| 1998 |
Mary Doria Russell |
The Sparrow |
8 out of 10 |
| 1997 |
Iain M. Banks |
Excession |
8 out of 10 |
| 1996 |
Stephen Baxter |
The Time Ships |
4 out of 10 |
| 1995 |
Iain M. Banks |
Feersum Endjinn |
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| 1994 |
Christopher Evans |
Aztec Century |
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| 1993 |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
Red Mars |
5 out of 10 |
| 1992 |
Dan Simmons |
The Fall of Hyperion |
8 out of 10 |
| 1991 |
Colin Greenland |
Take Back Plenty |
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| 1990 |
Terry Pratchett |
Pyramids |
6 out of 10 |
| 1989 |
Robert Holdstock |
Lavondyss |
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| 1988 |
Keith Roberts |
Gráinne |
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| 1987 |
Bob Shaw |
The Ragged Astronauts |
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| 1986 |
Brian W. Aldiss |
Helliconia Winter |
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| 1985 |
Robert Holdstock |
Mythago Wood |
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| 1984 |
John Sladek |
Tik-Tok |
5 out of 10 |
| 1983 |
Brian W. Aldiss |
Helliconia Spring |
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| 1982 |
Gene Wolfe |
The Shadow of the Torturer |
8 out of 10 |
| 1981 |
Gregory Benford |
Timescape |
5 out of 10 |
| 1980 |
J.G. Ballard |
The Unlimited Dream Company |
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| 1979 |
Philip K. Dick |
A Scanner Darkly |
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| 1978 |
Ian Watson |
The Jonah Kit |
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| 1977 |
Michael Coney |
Brontomek! |
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| 1976 |
Bob Shaw |
Orbitsville |
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| 1975 |
Christopher Priest |
Inverted World |
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| 1974 |
Arthur C. Clarke |
Rendezvous with Rama |
3 out of 10 |
| 1970 |
John Brunner |
The Jagged Orbit |
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| 1969 |
John Brunner |
Stand on Zanzibar |
8 out of 10 |
Ratings for books that don't have a review are based on my memory of the
book. The rating may well change if I get a chance to read the book
again.
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