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Emma Newman

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Born

in The United Kingdom

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Science Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Short Stories

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September 2010

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Emma Newman writes short stories, novels and novellas in multiple speculative fiction genres. She is also a Hugo Award-winning podcaster and an audiobook narrator.

She won the British Fantasy Society Best Short Story Award 2015 for “A Woman’s Place” in the 221 Baker Streets anthology. 'Between Two Thorns', the first book in Emma's Split Worlds urban fantasy series, was shortlisted for the BFS Best Novel and Best Newcomer 2014 awards. Her science-fiction novel, After Atlas, was shortlisted for the 2017 Arthur C. Clarke award and the third novel in the Planetfall series, Before Mars, has been shortlisted for a BSFA Best Novel award. The Planetfall series was shortlisted for the 2020 Best Series Hugo Award.

Emma currently creates a podcast calle ...more

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Rage, rage against the dying of the mic!

Look, I have a book I should be writing, but I have so many other words screaming in my head that I need to write them down first. Buckle up, my darlings, because this post is breaking my social media rule of ‘Try to only be positive online’. I'm angry and upset. This post is too long. It’s probably riddled with flaws, but I’m not doing this for any other reason than to get it out of my damn head,

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Emma Newman’s books

Average rating: 3.87 · 34,381 ratings · 5,377 reviews · 96 distinct works • Similar authors

	Planetfall (Planetfall, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 12,726 ratings — published 2015 — 17 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
	After Atlas (Planetfall, #2) 4.17 avg rating — 4,337 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Before Mars (Planetfall, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 3,536 ratings — published 2018 — 13 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
	Atlas Alone (Planetfall #4) 4.09 avg rating — 2,398 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Between Two Thorns (The Split Worlds, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 2,529 ratings — published 2013 — 20 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
	Any Other Name (The Split Worlds, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 1,534 ratings — published 2013 — 19 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
	All Is Fair (The Split Worlds, #3) 3.94 avg rating — 1,207 ratings — published 2013 — 21 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
	Brother’s Ruin (Industrial Magic, #1) 3.61 avg rating — 1,119 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	A Little Knowledge (The Split Worlds, #4) 4.07 avg rating — 704 ratings — published 2016 — 8 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
	20 Years Later 3.55 avg rating — 772 ratings — published 2011 — 8 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

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“I think “majority” is one of my least favorite words. It’s so often used to justify bad decisions.”
― Emma Newman, Planetfall

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“Am I just a mosaic of myself, held in the shape of a whole person?”
― Emma Newman, Planetfall

tags: being, completeness, glued-together, mosaic, myself, person, pieces-of-a-whole

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“That scared me more than anything, sometimes; the noise of my thoughts, the sense that even the space inside myself wasn't safe.”
― Emma Newman, Planetfall

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December Science Fiction -- The following poll decides which book will be our Science Fiction Book-of-the-month for December 2018.

Planetfall by Emma Newman

45 votes, 51.1%

Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner

43 votes, 48.9%

88 total votes

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