Russell Letson:
Here I insert my annual, ritual kvetch about having to make five (or a rebellious six) recommendations from a list of 28 books I liked well enough to finish and write about. Who needs prizes, it’s an honor just to be nominated, and so on. Accordingly, my six picks are:
Darwin’s Radio, Greg Bear
All Tomorrow’s Parties, William Gibson
The Cassini Division, Ken MacLeod
Greenhouse Summer, Norman Spinrad
Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson
A Deepness in the Sky, Vernor Vinge
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Edward Bryant:
5 Remarkable Books from 1999 You Might Not Have Met on the Street:
Northern Frights 5 edited by Don Hutchison
The Descent by Jeff Long
A Prayer Before Dying by Stewart O’Nan
Really, Really, Really, Really, Weird Stories by John Shirley
Dragon’s Fin Soup by S. P. Somtow
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Jonathan Strahan:
My best books of the year, in alphabetical order, are:
Precursor by C.J. Cherryh
A Red Heart of Memories by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
The Rabbits by Shaun Tan & John Marsden
