2004 was always going to be a hard act to follow: among other books, last year we got Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, River of Gods, Cloud Atlas and Air. Even taking that into account, however, the more I think about it, the more convinced I am that 2005 was a thoroughly unexceptional year, even slightly disappointing, for sf. That's not to say that there wasn't a fair spread of good and interesting work published, but not very much had that special something.

( some statistics )

( older books )

( 2005 books )

( recommendations )

( the summer isles )

( looking forward )