Thursday, November 09, 2006

Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2006, Science Fiction

Publishers Weekly has announced their picks for the Best Books of 2006. Among them are 3 works of science fiction.

The Armies of Memory, by John Barnes. The conclusion of his far future series starring master spy and troubadour Giraut Leones. The other books in the series are, in order, A Million Open Doors, Earth Made of Glass, and The Merchants of Souls.

Pretender, by C.J. Cherryh. The 8th book in Cherryh's long-running Foreigner series, about an interstellar human empire and its relations with its alien neighbors. The other books in the series are, in order, Foreigner, Invader, Inheritor, Precursor, Defender, Explorer, and Destroyer.

The Road, by Cormac McCarthy. This book has not been marketed as science fiction, but clearly is. A father and his young son travel through a post-apocalyptic America, through destroyed cities and an ash-covered wilderness.