Hammered (Bear novel)

Hammered

Author	Elizabeth Bear
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	The Jenny Casey Trilogy
Genre	Science fiction novel
Publisher	Bantam Spectra
Publication date	28 December 2004
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	352 (paperback edition)
ISBN	0-553-58750-1
OCLC	57335348
LC Class	CPB Box no. 2305 vol. 3
Followed by	Scardown

Hammered is a science fiction novel by Elizabeth Bear first published on 28 December 2004 by Bantam Spectra. The book won the 2006 Locus Award for Best First Novel. It is the first book of a trilogy made of Hammered, Scardown, and Worldwired.

Plot

The story of Canadian Master warrant officer Jenny Casey an ex-soldier who has cybernetic replacements for an arm and an eye that she lost during combat. Jenny's former commander, who was responsible for replacing her limbs, contacts her to bring her into a secret government corporate project that she is uniquely qualified to participate in.

Reception

Publishers Weekly said in their review that "Bear's often jagged prose ('We disembark in Brazil, which has the distinction of being one of several countries I've been shot at in. Shot down over, even...') suits the frequent, at times confusing narrative jumps between the virtual and real worlds" and that "readers may have difficulties following this sometimes chaotic story."^[1] Noah Robischon in his review for Entertainment Weekly said that "Bear is talented, but this debut starts more good ideas than it finishes."^[2]

Awards

2006 Locus Award for Best First Novel ^[3]

Release details

2004, United States of America, Bantam Spectra ISBN 0-553-58750-1, Pub date 28 December 2004, Paperback

Notes

↑ "HAMMERED (Book)". Publishers Weekly. 251 (46): 46. November 15, 2004. ISSN 0000-0019.
↑ Robischon, Noah (February 4, 2005). "SCI-FI 101: HOW FAR TO TECH IT?". Entertainment Weekly (804/805): 138. ISSN 1049-0434.
↑ The LOCUS Index to SF Awards. . Retrieved 2009-1-06.

Locus Award for Best First Novel

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2001–2010	Mars Crossing by Geoffrey A. Landis (2001) Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey (2002) A Scattering of Jades by Alexander C. Irvine (2003) Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow (2004) Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (2005) Hammered/Scardown/Worldwired by Elizabeth Bear (2006) His Majesty's Dragon/Throne of Jade/Black Powder War by Naomi Novik (2007) Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill (2008) Singularity's Ring by Paul Melko (2009) The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (2010)

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Best Novel (1971–1981) Best SF Novel (1980–present) Best Fantasy Novel (1978–present) Best First Novel (1981–present)

Works by Elizabeth Bear

Novels	Hammered (2005) Carnival (2006) Karen Memory (2015)

Short works	"Tideline" (2007) "Shoggoths in Bloom" (2008)

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