The Helsinki Science Fiction Society has awarded Cormac McCarthy’s
novel Tie (Road, 2006) the Tähtivaeltaja award for the best science
fiction book published in Finnish in 2008.

The jury appreciated the novel’s strong emotional experience that makes
the reader fear for the characters, the fragility of the characters,
and the desperate world view that has sense of wonder and haunts the
reader after finishing the book, as well as the compact style and
magnificent language. There are multiple levels and themes in the book:
it is a story of hope—albeit a very weak hope—but can also be read as a
metaphorical description of the Western culture and its inhumanity, as
well as a symbol of life that wanders through ashes to pass the torch
to the next generation.

The jury consisted of critic Hannu Blommila, editor Toni Jerrman,
critic Elli Leppä, and journalist Vesa Sisättö.

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