![]() The premise is of course ludicrous, and almost every page contains implausible or downright impossible stuff. It’s also quite fun, and Anderson is a gifted storyteller. This was nominated for the best novel Hugo in 1961, and Walton thinks it’s a fun book. An SFWA Grand Master with 7 Hugo wins, 5 Prometheus awards, 3 Nebulas and a partridge in a pear tree, in addition to countless nominations across five decades. Fortunately for them, they have all the qualities necessary: bravery, cleverness and being English. They intend to use it for transportation to France, but things go wrong, and they end up crusading through space (This is a very silly book, so feel free to read all instances of the word “space” in a Tim Curry voice). The baron’s forces charge the aliens and take control of the spaceship. First up: The High Crusade by Poul Anderson.Īn English baron is preparing to go fight for Edward III in France, but is surprised by aliens scouting out Earth. ![]() Instead, this is an attempt to become more well read in the genre and try some old masters with Jo Walton as my guide. I am absolutely not going to read all the Hugo winners, let alone all nominees. ![]() ![]() Her enthusiasm led me to make new Goodreads shelf titled “Jo Walton recommends”, consisting entirely of old Hugo winners, nominees and books Walton thinks should have been nominated, in addition to some short story collections by frequent winners/nominees in the short fiction categories. I recently read Jo Walton’s An Informal History of the Hugos. ![]()
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