Books by Simon Jimenez
“The Vanished Birds is a novel that is thoughtful, character-driven, and literary. It also features interstellar travel, time jumps, teleportation, and corporate skullduggery. It’s a beautifully written debut novel with so much to say about corporate malfeasance and colonization, all of it managed with gripping action scenes, and a strong plotline.” Read more...
Kate Elliott, Novelist
Interviews where books by Simon Jimenez were recommended
The Best Space Opera Books, recommended by Kate Elliott
Space opera—a popular subgenre of science fiction—features louder-than-life characters, hair-raising action sequences, and spacefaring civilisations. Kate Elliott, a prolific author of sci fi and fantasy novels, recommends five space opera books that will grab you by the collar and drag you off on an intergalactic adventure.
The Best Science Fiction of 2021: The Arthur C Clarke Award Shortlist, recommended by Tom Hunter
Every year, the director of the Arthur C Clarke Award talks us through their six book shortlist. The 2021 crop of the best science fiction books features a “deliciously pulpy” space opera, a time travel story for young adults, and a cacophonous tale of talking animals. What they all have in common is that they are by debut authors, says Tom Hunter: they represent a new generation of sci fi writing.
