Arthur C. Clarke Award
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- This article describes the Arthur C. Clarke Award. For the awards that recognise British space achievement, see Sir Arthur Clarke Award.
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. The award was established with a grant from Arthur C. Clarke and the first prize was awarded in 1987. The book is chosen by a panel of judges from the British Science Fiction Association, the Science Fiction Foundation and the Science Museum of London.
The 2006 short list was announced on January 29, 2006; the winner will be announced on April 26, 2006. The 2006 short list is as follows:
- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Learning The World by Ken MacLeod
- Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds
- Air by Geoff Ryman
- Accelerando by Charles Stross
- Banner Of Souls by Liz Williams
The past winners are:
- 1987: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- 1988: Drowning Towers by George Turner
- 1989: Unquenchable Fire by Rachel Pollack
- 1990: The Child Garden by Geoff Ryman
- 1991: Take Back Plenty by Colin Greenland
- 1992: Synners by Pat Cadigan
- 1993: Body of Glass by Marge Piercy (published as He, She and It in the U.S.)
- 1994: Vurt by Jeff Noon
- 1995: Fools by Pat Cadigan
- 1996: Fairyland by Paul McAuley
- 1997: The Calcutta Chromosome by Amitav Ghosh
- 1998: The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
- 1999: Dreaming in Smoke by Tricia Sullivan
- 2000: Distraction by Bruce Sterling
- 2001: Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
- 2002: Bold As Love by Gwyneth Jones
- 2003: The Separation by Christopher Priest
- 2004: Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
- 2005: Iron Council by China Miéville
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