Thompson, who works as a psychiatrist in the south of England, saw off competition from 124 other novels, the highest number ever submitted for the prize. In his review for the Guardian, sci-fi author Adam Roberts described Rosewater as “brilliant science fiction, at the cutting edge of contemporary genre … Thompson expertly juggles all his disparate elements – alien encounter, cyberpunk-biopunk-Afropunk thriller, zombie-shocker, an off-kilter love story and an atmospheric portrait of a futuristic Nigeria.”Ĭhair of the prize judges Andrew M Butler said: “Alien invasion is always a political subject, and Tade Thompson … expertly explores the nature of the alien, global power structures and pervasive technologies with a winning combination of science fictional invention, gritty plotting and sly wit.”īutler said the judging process was “an incredibly close but good-natured argument”.
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