British Science Fiction dominates the charts in 2005

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4742177.stm

They deserve it, too

*Especially considering that Cory Doctorow,

a Canadian, is living in Britain.

*Ambitious sci-fi scribbling Britons can

further exult in the fact that their Prime Minister

understands global warming and isn't a Creationist.

In the US, it's stuff like the "Left Behind Series"

that's gonna move a lot of pop-fantasy product

in the Bush cultural climate –

it's apocalyptic "reli-fi."

Other rumination on what-it-all-means:

http://crookedtimber.org/2005/08/01/draft-hugos-preview/

Timber crooked enough to use for pretzels