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  • (Clarke) Which 2003 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?

    From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 30 14:49:04 2025
    2003: PM Blair embraces hilariously transparent lies to justify the
    invasion of Iraq, two million Britons reveal the power of public outrage
    when they protest the Iraq War to no effect, and the Coalition of the
    Billing (UK included) faces an occupation of Iraq that will no doubt
    be entirely without unforeseen challenges or consequences.

    Which 2003 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
    The Separation by Christopher Priest
    Kiln People by David Brin
    Light by M. John Harrison
    The Scar by China Mieville
    The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
    The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson

    A hit or miss year for me. I've only read the Brin, the Moon, and
    the Robinson. Oddly, the SFBC had me read the (mostly plotless)
    sequel to Light but not Light itself.
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  • From Thomas Koenig@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Jun 30 16:14:11 2025
    James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> schrieb:

    Which 2003 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?

    [...]

    Kiln People by David Brin

    Started it, didn't finish it. Not interesting.

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  • From Robert Woodward@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Jun 30 09:52:31 2025
    In article <103u84v$dl4$1@reader2.panix.com>,
    jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:

    2003: PM Blair embraces hilariously transparent lies to justify the
    invasion of Iraq, two million Britons reveal the power of public outrage
    when they protest the Iraq War to no effect, and the Coalition of the
    Billing (UK included) faces an occupation of Iraq that will no doubt
    be entirely without unforeseen challenges or consequences.

    Which 2003 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
    The Separation by Christopher Priest
    Kiln People by David Brin
    Light by M. John Harrison
    The Scar by China Mieville
    The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
    The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson

    A hit or miss year for me. I've only read the Brin, the Moon, and
    the Robinson. Oddly, the SFBC had me read the (mostly plotless)
    sequel to Light but not Light itself.

    I have read the Brin (IIRC, there is but one other Clarke nominee in the
    last 2 decades that I have read).

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    Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com

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