A few weeks ago I became interested in trying to find some good sci-fi books to read. I had been reading Culture books by Iain M. Banks. At some point I lost interest in that fictional universe, and started looking for something else.
The idea occurred to me that I should read recent Hugo Award winning novels. Like any good netizen, I looked up the list of winners on Wikipedia and found that I had already read several recent winners:
- The Yiddish Policemen’s Union – Michael Chabon
- Rainbows End – Verner Vinge
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – J.K. Rowling
- The Diamond Age – Neal Stephenson
In addition to these fine book, I had purchased American Gods by Sandman writer Neil Gaiman on vacation last year and had not managed to finish it. So I selected it as my first book to continue with, and purchased Spin by Robert Charles Wilson, which should be arriving today. If I should happen to get through even the most recent 10 or 20 winners, there are a lot of older books going back to 1953, and plenty of nominees as well.
