17th October, 2018.
Yep: the Man Booker Prize has been won by Anna Burns.
Good for her: £50, 000 prize money is always appreciated.
Personally, though … ?
I’ve got one question.
How is it Britain’s major literary prize has never gone to a science fiction, or fantasy novel?
Personally?
It’s long since been the case the SF doesn’t — with a few exceptions* — get Oscars.
It’s still the case with something like the Booker.
We? Are in a ghetto.
Still.
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One good bit of news for SF fans?
Is ratings.
Or, at least, those for Dr Who.
Jodie Whittaker’s first episode had total viewers rated at … 10.9 million.
The best for an opening episode since Christopher Ecclestone’s debut, Rose.
Well done them!
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