Books by Lavanya Lakshminarayan
“Lakshminarayan’s narrative is set in a dystopia centred on Big Data and algorithms and is effectively laid out in short stories, with characters rarely recurring between chapters. There’s no Winston Smith or D-503 for us to identify with or root for; we have to adjust or question our allegiances every few pages. The novel trusts us to do part of the world-building and yet it can wrong-foot us.” Read more...
The Best Science Fiction: The 2024 Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist
Andrew M. Butler, Film Critics & Scholar
Interviews where books by Lavanya Lakshminarayan were recommended
The Best Science Fiction: The 2024 Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist, recommended by Andrew M. Butler
Every year, the judges for the Arthur C. Clarke Award highlight the best of the latest batch of science fiction books. In 2024, the six-strong shortlist includes an exploration of octopus intelligence, a queer space opera, and a dystopian novel hailed as the new Hunger Games. Andrew M. Butler, academic and chair of the judges, talks us through the finalists for the title of sci fi novel of the year. See all our best science fiction books and best novels of 2024 recommendations
