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Donna Scott

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Donna Scott is a writer, poet, stand-up comic, and editor.
She is the BSFA-Award-winning editor of NewCon Press's Best of British Science Fiction series and founder of The Slab Press. ...more

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	Best of British Science Fiction 2021 by Donna Scott (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Paul Cornell (Goodreads Author), Liz Williams 3.97 avg rating — 111 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best of British Science Fiction 2020 by Donna Scott (Goodreads Author), M.R. Carey (Goodreads Author), Lavie Tidhar 4.02 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best of British Science Fiction 2018 by Donna Scott (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alastair Reynolds (Contributor), Lavie Tidhar 4.01 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best of British Science Fiction 2016 by Donna Scott (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Peter F. Hamilton (Goodreads Author), Gwyneth Jones 4.05 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best of British Science Fiction 2017 by Donna Scott (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ken MacLeod, Lavie Tidhar 3.80 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best of British Science Fiction 2019 by Donna Scott (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ken MacLeod, Lavie Tidhar 4.09 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best of British Science Fiction 2022 by Donna Scott (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lavie Tidhar, Eric Brown 3.94 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best of British Science Fiction 2023 by Donna Scott (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alastair Reynolds, Stephen Baxter 3.56 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Laughs in Space by Donna Scott (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lavie Tidhar (contributor), David Gullen (Goodreads Author) (contributor) 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	BSFA Awards 2008 by Donna Scott (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ted Chiang (Contributor), Greg Egan (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Goodbye 2025. You sounded so futuristic. Still not getting over the “Minnellium”, and even harder to believe they made brown the new black again. Goodbye PANTONE 17-1230. Hello again Dulux Shades of White (Cloud Dancer, Phlegm, whatever) as we go from 90s nostalgia to 80s. Ah, the great music, the mass unemployment, the threat of nuclear war, the grinding gears of far right politics across Europe,

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Mania

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The Stranger in Her House

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Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy, #2)

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"l'enfer c'est les autres" said Sartres. His was one definition, and through history, religion, philosophy and culture we've all learned what Hell can be in its infinitesimal variety. We go underground like Alice in Wonderland. We find people who nev ...more
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A very enjoyable three-protagonist thriller. I loved the psychologically flawed women, Anna, Lucy and Marie, who all have various types of trauma that seriously impacts their trust and judgement. It's hard to put yourself in their shoes, but Tyce doe ...more
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Beautifully bonkers, funny and flowing. I found myself reading it quite quickly. I'm just not sure of the story...but also I'm pretty sure that's the point. Experimental, crazy, but worth your while. ...more
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Whilst not without its flaws, this was nonetheless an exciting, gripping, funny, complex story, and I zipped through it. I will certainly be reading more books in this series.
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I live very close to a 'Little Grey Men' walk so had long been curious about this classic children's story. Published in 1942, you can see what faith BB's publishers had in this book, as Blyton bagged most of the paper in the war for her books. There ...more
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