Best Novel
- The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks – must buy
- Iron Council by China Miéville – next on my “to read” list
- Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross – must buy
- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke – have read it; liked it
- River of Gods by Ian McDonald – have read it; liked it
As
- “The Concrete Jungle” by Charles Stross
- “Elector” by Charles Stross – have read it; liked it
- “Sergeant Chip” by Bradley Denton – have read it; didn’t like it
- “Time Ablaze” by Michael A. Burstein
- “Winterfair Gifts” by Lois McMaster Bujold – have read it; liked it
Best Novelette
- “Biographical Notes to “A Discourse on the Nature of Causality, with Air-Planes” by Benjamin Rosenbaum” by Benjamin Rosenbaum
- “The Clapping Hands of God” by Michael F. Flynn
- “The Faery Handbag” by Kelly Link – have read this; liked it
- “The People of Sand and Slag” by Paolo Bacigalupi – have read this; liked it
- “The Voluntary State” by Christopher Rowe – have read this; loved it
Best Short Story
- “The Best Christmas Ever” by James Patrick Kelly – have read this; didn’t really like it
- “Decisions” by Michael A. Burstein
- “A Princess of Earth” by Mike Resnick
- “Shed Skin” by Robert J. Sawyer – have read this; didn’t really like it
- “Travels with My Cats” by Mike Resnick – have read this; didn’t really like it
Will update as time goes on with news of what’s available on-line.
The significance of the Terror of the Zygons episode 1, of course, was that it was moving Doctor Who from Winter/Spring to Autumn/Winter where it belongs.
I seem to remember insisting that we arrive home from our European camping holiday BANG ON September 1st on a hunch that Season 19 would start then, because that was when Season 18 had started. Of course, that was the year of the move to bi-weekly transmission on a weekday starting in January, so in the end we were just two and a half months early for The Five Faces of Doctor Who.