Books by Ned Beauman
Venomous Lumpsucker: A Novel
by Ned Beauman
🏆 Winner of the 2023 Arthur C Clarke Award for Science Fiction
“This book feels like a very clever piece of origami that opens to reveal many layers. You think, oh, I see. But oh, no, there’s another corner in there. You peel that back and there’s a completely different picture. Then there’s another corner to peel back. It’s so cleverly done and so plausible. It’s harsher than Notes from the Burning Age, but it also feels like it could happen next year, it feels politically astute.” Read more...
Manda Scott, Novelist
Interviews where books by Ned Beauman were recommended
The Best Eco-Thriller Books, recommended by Manda Scott
‘Eco-thrillers’ are books that combine suspenseful plotting with environmental themes. Here, the bestselling novelist and chart-topping podcaster Manda Scott selects five thrilling novels that explore the climate emergency and other ecological crises through fiction, with an emphasis on books that envisage a route forward.
The Best Science Fiction of 2023: The Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist, recommended by Tom Hunter
Every year, the judges of the Arthur C Clarke Award select the best sci-fi novels of the previous twelve months. We asked prize director Tom Hunter to talk us through the six science fiction books that made the 2023 shortlist—including a space opera romance and a high-concept action thriller that has already won the most prestigious award in Francophone literature. See our list of The Best Science Fiction of 2024
