http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/09/20/kim-stanley-robinson-slams-booker-ignorance/ All you can eat sci-fi and fantasy books Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:54:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/09/20/kim-stanley-robinson-slams-booker-ignorance/#comment-953 Guy Gavriel Kay mocks Booker judge’s ‘idiocy’ Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:05:52 +0000 http://www.keepingthedoor.com/?p=612#comment-953 [...] The prize is awarded to the best novel each year written by a citizen of the British Commonwealth and has a 50,000 pound prize. Earlier this month, the shortlist for the prize was announced, but no science fiction books were to be found on it, spurring American sci-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson to lambast the judges of the award for what he said was a misguided focus on historical fiction. [...] [...] The prize is awarded to the best novel each year written by a citizen of the British Commonwealth and has a 50,000 pound prize. Earlier this month, the shortlist for the prize was announced, but no science fiction books were to be found on it, spurring American sci-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson to lambast the judges of the award for what he said was a misguided focus on historical fiction. [...]

]]> http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/09/20/kim-stanley-robinson-slams-booker-ignorance/#comment-525 Chris Maytag Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:26:04 +0000 http://www.keepingthedoor.com/?p=612#comment-525 Amen, Stan! Amen, Stan!

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