Re: Brittish and US SF


"Martin S" <shieldfire@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Just thought about my current favourite writers;Neil Gaiman, Alastair
> Reynolds, Richard Morgan and China Mieville -- all brittish.
> Is there a difference between brittish and "american" SF?

There's a huge difference between Alistair Reynolds and Gaiman/Miéville.
That British fantasy and British hard (fsvo hard) sf are both on an up at
the moment is either a fortuitous coincidence, or a sign of something - of
what I have no idea.

What about the Scots?

J/


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