{"id":13167,"date":"2019-02-09T13:47:19","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T21:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=13167"},"modified":"2020-01-02T11:41:47","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T19:41:47","slug":"2019-philip-k-dick-award-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/09\/2019-philip-k-dick-award-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Philip K. 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Dick Award\">Philip K. Dick Award<\/a>. Following is my ranking, from least favorite to my favorite and pick for the award (which, if history is any guide, means that it won&#8217;t be the winner, so my apologies in advance\u2026), along with my brief comments.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/2687313264\">THE BODY LIBRARY<\/a> by Jeff Noon (Angry Robot)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Much like the first in this series, there are a lot of interesting ideas, in this case about stories, narratives, and our relationships with them\u2026yet it simply didn\u2019t resonate with me at all.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/2691351957\">ALIEN VIRUS LOVE DISASTER: STORIES<\/a> by Abbey Mei Otis (Small Beer Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some of these are funny, many of them are disquieting and leave the reader a little uneasy. I didn\u2019t dislike it, though I\u2019m not sure I can really say that I liked it, either.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/2701367147\">84K<\/a> by Claire North (Orbit)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Set in a distressingly plausible near-future dystopic Britain, the unrelenting dreariness was difficult for me. As with post-apocalyptic fiction, I\u2019m not a big fan; I prefer more hope in my futurism.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/2698641387\">THEORY OF BASTARDS<\/a> by Audrey Schulman (Europa Editions)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Neat near-future exploration of interpersonal connections and intimacy, through the lens of research into the sexual habits of bonobo apes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/2690009478\">TIME WAS<\/a> by Ian McDonald (Tor.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A short, sweet tale of soldiers in love, time travel, the unraveling of their story, and the love of books. I very much enjoyed this one.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/2691807611\">AMBIGUITY MACHINES AND OTHER STORIES<\/a> by Vandana Singh (Small Beer Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One of the best collections I\u2019ve read in a long time. Fascinating, sometimes haunting stories, not a dud in the bunch, and a definite pleasure throughout.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck to all the authors! I look forward to seeing as many as can attend at the award ceremony at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.norwescon.org\/\" title=\"Norwescon\">Norwescon 42<\/a> in just a couple months!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I&#8217;ve done for the past few years, I&#8217;ve read all of the nominated works for this year\u2019s Philip K. Dick Award. 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