The Night Sessions

The Night Sessions is a 2008 novel by Scottish writer Ken MacLeod.^[1] Set in the year 2037,^[2] the novel follows Edinburgh police officers investigating the murder of a priest in a world in which religious believers are a small and marginalized minority.^[3] The novel won the British Science Fiction Award for Best Novel in 2008.^[4]

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1969–1979	Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner (1969) The Jagged Orbit by John Brunner (1970) Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (1973) Inverted World by Christopher Priest (1974) Orbitsville by Bob Shaw (1975) Brontomek! by Michael G. Coney (1976) The Jonah Kit by Ian Watson (1977) A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick (1978) The Unlimited Dream Company by J. G. Ballard (1979)
1980–1989	Timescape by Gregory Benford (1980) The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe (1981) Helliconia Spring by Brian W. Aldiss (1982) Tik-Tok by John Sladek (1983) Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock (1984) Helliconia Winter by Brian W. Aldiss (1985) The Ragged Astronauts by Bob Shaw (1986) Gráinne by Keith Roberts (1987) Lavondyss by Robert Holdstock (1988) Pyramids by Terry Pratchett (1989)
1990–1999	Take Back Plenty by Colin Greenland (1990) The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons (1991) Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (1992) Aztec Century by Christopher Evans (1993) Feersum Endjinn by Iain M. Banks (1994) The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter (1995) Excession by Iain M. Banks (1996) The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (1997) The Extremes by Christopher Priest (1998) The Sky Road by Ken MacLeod (1999)
2000–2009	Ash: A Secret History by Mary Gentle (2000) Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds (2001) The Separation by Christopher Priest (2002) Felaheen by Jon Courtenay Grimwood (2003) River of Gods by Ian McDonald (2004) Air by Geoff Ryman (2005) End of the World Blues by Jon Courtenay Grimwood (2006) Brasyl by Ian McDonald (2007) The Night Sessions by Ken MacLeod (2008) The City & the City by China Miéville (2009)
2010–2019	The Dervish House by Ian McDonald (2010) The Islanders by Christopher Priest (2011) Jack Glass by Adam Roberts (2012) Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie and Ack-Ack Macaque by Gareth L. Powell (tie) (2013) Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie (2014) The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard (2015) Europe in Winter by Dave Hutchinson (2016) The Rift by Nina Allan (2017) Embers of War by Gareth L. Powell (2018) Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2019)
2020–present	The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin (2020) Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2021) City of Last Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2022) The Green Man’s Quarry by Juliet E. McKenna (2023) Three Eight One by Aliya Whiteley (2024)

The Night Sessions

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