Amazon.com ’s editor have released their list of the top ten science fiction and fantasy books of 2009 , and it include some pleasant surprises .
The list is very eclectic and go out out some writing style superstars — no Iain M. Banks , Robert Charles Wilson or China Mieville here — instead , focalise on some up - and - coming writers and a few you might not have heard of .
It ’s also a bit slanted towards phantasy and the black letter : Catherynne M. Valente ’s well - received urban fantasyPalimpsest makes the cold shoulder , as does Cherie Priest ’s Boneshaker and Caitlin R. Kiernan ’s The Red Tree . More traditional fantasy also wreathe up on the list , in the form of David Anthony Durham ’s The Other Lands and Jesse Bullington ’s The Sad Tale Of The Brothers Grossbart . Yellow Blue Tibia , Adam Roberts ’ novel which Kim Stanley Robinson said should have won this class ’s Booker Prize , also pretend the cutting off .
The anthology on the list are slanted towards the literary and eclectic : Eclipse 3 edited by Jonathan Strahan , the music genre - busting Interfictions 2 , and the Library of America ’s Gothic study , American Fantastic Tales Boxed Set .
All in all , it ’s a list that ’s certain to call forth some debate , and hopefully gain some exposure for writers who merit wider notification .
[ Amazon.com ]
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