Ian McDonald’s Brasyl: Amazon’s Best Books of the Year, 2007

Amazon has posted their Best Books of 2007 – Top 10 Editors’ Picks: Science Fiction & Fantasy list. And Ian McDonald’s Brasylis NUMBER TWO on the list. Why tremendously welcome news, this is perhaps not surprising given that Brasyl previously appeared in their Best Books of the Year So Far: Hidden Gems list, though that list was not restricted to genre (or even to fiction), whereas this one is for SF&F titles.

Why, one might be forced to conclude that Brasyl is one of the best books of the year period, in and out of genre, wouldn’t one? Certainly Amazon agrees, as they wrote that “with Brasyl he has proven once again that he should be reckoned as one of the finest of all our novelists.” Whereas the Washington Post said, “Ian McDonald’s Brasyl, with its three storylines, is as close to perfect as any novel in recent memory.” Then there’s the Quill Award nomination, and, of course, Salon.com’s Recommended Summer Reading List. And, at this point, I would be remiss not to mention the sample chapters online, wouldn’t I?

A very big congratulations to Ian from everyone at Pyr/Prometheus!