The first sci-fi Booker winner

M. John Harrison’s post-apocalyptic novel maintains the author’s signature “unpredictability and off-kilter” style, The Times wrote. The End of Everything by M. John Harrison. Some described Harrison as the “ first science fiction author ” to have won the Booker Prize, but The Times of London instead labeled him “homeless as far as genre is concerned.” Throughout his decades of writing, the 81-year-old’s work has maintained “ an unpredictability and an off-kilter quality,” The Times’ reviewer wrote. “I’ve read more than half his novels: not once have I felt I fully understood what was happening, but I keep rushing back for more.” Buy The End of Everything from your local bookstore.