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  • Re: Clarke Award Finalists 2001

    From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Jun 16 07:03:25 2025
    On 6/16/2025 6:59 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
    Which 2001 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
    Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
    Ash: A Secret History by Mary Gentle
    Cosmonaut Keep by Ken MacLeod
    Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
    Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
    Salt by Adam Roberts

    All but the Mieville.

    Revelation Space

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  • From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 16 09:59:55 2025
    Which 2001 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
    Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
    Ash: A Secret History by Mary Gentle
    Cosmonaut Keep by Ken MacLeod
    Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
    Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
    Salt by Adam Roberts

    All but the Mieville.
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  • From Bobbie Sellers@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Jun 16 07:31:55 2025
    On 6/16/25 06:59, James Nicoll wrote:
    Which 2001 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
    Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
    Ash: A Secret History by Mary Gentle
    Cosmonaut Keep by Ken MacLeod
    Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
    Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
    Salt by Adam Roberts

    All but the Mieville.

    Meiville, Gentle, Butler but the only one I remember kindly
    is the Butler. Butler died too soon.

    bliss



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  • From Titus G@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Tue Jun 17 17:46:33 2025
    On 17/06/25 01:59, James Nicoll wrote:
    Which 2001 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
    Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
    Ash: A Secret History by Mary Gentle
    Cosmonaut Keep by Ken MacLeod
    Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
    Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
    Salt by Adam Roberts

    All but the Mieville.

    Mieville's was the first steampunk I had ever read and also the first
    book that included vampires that wasn't thrown at the wall. Five stars.
    I have read, (and enjoyed), some but do not remember which, Ken
    MacLeods' and sometimes wonder if I love Reynolds' more than Banks'.
    Five stars for Revelation Space.
    I want to read Salt and will shift it higher up the TBR list. Jack Glass
    was five stars but others of his have just scraped in with twos. He has
    the ability to adapt or copy any writing style, several of which
    disappointed me.

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  • From Christian Weisgerber@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Tue Jun 17 18:15:17 2025
    On 2025-06-16, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

    Which 2001 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
    Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds

    This put Reynolds on my must-read list... Unfortunately, around
    this time I also ran out of time to read fiction.

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    Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de

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