our own, given its intensive nuclear proliferation and the breaching of our world's taboo against the use of nuclear weapons during wartime. Reception Lev Grossman stated that My Real Children is a "quiet triumph", and compared it to the works of Alice Munro, and to Philip K. Dick's Man in the High Castle, while Robert Wiersema described it as having "achingly beautiful prose and carefully crafted characters". Cory Doctorow said that it was a "standout" even when compared to Walton's other works, and that it "literally kept [him] up all night, weeping uncontrollably with the most astounding mixture of joy and sorrow", while at NPR, Amal El-Mohtar said that to call the book "elegant" was not enough. The novel won the 2014 Tiptree Award, and was a finalist for the 2015 World Fantasy Award—Novel and the Aurora Award for Best Novel. References 2014 British novels 2014 science fiction novels 2014 LGBT-related literary works Novels by Jo Walton Tor Books books British alternative history novels Novels set in the 2010s Fiction set in 2015 2010s LGBT novels LGBT speculative fiction novels 2014 Canadian novels Canadian alternative history novels British LGBT novels Canadian LGBT novels Novels about the assassination of John F. Kennedy