Judges praise winning novel Rosewater for its `winning combination of science fictional invention and sly wit´British Yoruba author Tade Thompson has won the Arthur C Clarke award, the UK´s most prestigious prize for science fiction novels, for Rosewater, his alien invasion novel set in a future Africa.Opening in 2066, in the aftermath of an alien invasion that has left much of humanity powerless through airborne microscopic fungal spores, Rosewater is the name of a new town that forms on the outskirts of an alien biodome dropped in rural Nigeria. The dome opens just once a year, heals all nearby sick people, gives new life to the dead and begins to influence people in unusual ways. The alien presence has also awakened telepathic skills among select humans, dubbed `sensitives`, and the novel follows one, Kaaro, who investigates when other sensitives begin to die. Related: Rosewater by Tade Thompson review - a stellar SF debut Continue reading...
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