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  • Clarke Award Finalists 1987

    From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 3 09:34:22 2025
    The Arthur C. Clarke Award is a British award given for the best
    science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during
    the previous year. It is named after British author Arthur C. Clarke
    (himself named for the geostationary orbit), who gave a grant to
    establish the award in 1987.

    I didn't know about the grant. I wonder if that means the Clarke is
    immune to renaming, unlike the Campbell, the Campbell, and the Tiptree?

    Which 1987 Clarke Award Finalist Novels Have You Read?
    The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (winner)
    The Ragged Astronauts by Bob Shaw (winner)
    Eon by Greg Bear
    Escape Plans by Gwyneth Jones
    Green Eyes by Lucius Shepard
    Queen of the States by Josephine Saxton
    Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R. Delany
    The Memory of Whiteness by Kim Stanley Robinson

    The only two I have not read are the Jones and the Saxton.
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  • From Robert Woodward@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Mar 3 09:37:13 2025
    In article <vq4ele$61j$1@panix2.panix.com>,
    jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:

    The Arthur C. Clarke Award is a British award given for the best
    science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during
    the previous year. It is named after British author Arthur C. Clarke
    (himself named for the geostationary orbit), who gave a grant to
    establish the award in 1987.

    I didn't know about the grant. I wonder if that means the Clarke is
    immune to renaming, unlike the Campbell, the Campbell, and the Tiptree?

    Which 1987 Clarke Award Finalist Novels Have You Read?
    The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (winner)
    The Ragged Astronauts by Bob Shaw (winner)
    Eon by Greg Bear
    Escape Plans by Gwyneth Jones
    Green Eyes by Lucius Shepard
    Queen of the States by Josephine Saxton
    Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R. Delany
    The Memory of Whiteness by Kim Stanley Robinson

    The only two I have not read are the Jones and the Saxton.

    None

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  • From Jay Morris@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Mar 3 14:02:43 2025
    On 3/3/2025 8:34 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
    The Arthur C. Clarke Award is a British award given for the best
    science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during
    the previous year. It is named after British author Arthur C. Clarke
    (himself named for the geostationary orbit), who gave a grant to
    establish the award in 1987.

    I didn't know about the grant. I wonder if that means the Clarke is
    immune to renaming, unlike the Campbell, the Campbell, and the Tiptree?

    Which 1987 Clarke Award Finalist Novels Have You Read?

    Eon by Greg Bear
    Escape Plans by Gwyneth Jones
    Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R. Delany

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