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Wasn’t yesterday fun? The Clarke Award shortlist is announced on Tuesday to muted cries of disbelief: what, no By Light Alone? No Osama? No The Islanders? Sheri S Tepper? Are you serious? This is neither unusual nor unexpected. But then Christopher Priest comes crashing into the debate with a long and (mostly) well-argued rant that [...]
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Yesterday, the Arthur C Clarke Award shortlist was announced. And it goes like this: Greg Bear, Hull Zero Three (Gollancz) Drew Magary, The End Specialist (Harper Voyager) China Miéville, Embassytown (Macmillan) Jane Rogers, The Testament of Jessie Lamb (Sandstone Press) Charles Stross, Rule 34 (Orbit) Sheri S Tepper, The Waters Rising (Gollancz) Well, I didn’t [...]
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It’s that time of year again, when the books submitted for the Arthur C Clarke Award have been revealed – see here – and we get the opportunity to second-guess the judges. Sixty books were submitted, not all of which appear to be science fiction. Many are literary, rather than heartland sf. Some are even [...]
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An open letter from Tom Hunter, director of the Arthur C Clarke Award, has been posted on the Torque Control blog here. In the letter, Tom writes, “the Award is now faced with an immediate and pressing need to change, adapt and re-evaluate its role and function as it moves into 2012 and its next [...]
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Oh well. It doesn’t much resemble the shortlist I predicted in this post – I guessed The Quiet War and Anathem, but not the others. The shortlist goes like this: The Quiet War, Paul J McAuleyAnathem, Neal StephensonSong of Time, Ian R MacLeodHouse of Suns, Alastair ReynoldsThe Margarets, Sherri S TepperMartin Martin’s on the Other [...]
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