The other finalists for this year’s award included:
- “Nod” by Adrian Barnes
- “Angelmaker” by Nick Harkaway
- “The Dog Stars” by Peter Heller
- “Intrusion” by Ken MacLeod
- “2312” by Kim Stanley Robinson
For those of you unfamiliar with the Arthur C. Clarke Award, it is the most prestigious science fiction award in Britain. It is awarded annually to the best science fiction novel first published in Britain during the previous calendar year. The winner is selected by a jury composed of representatives of the British Science Fiction Association, the Science Fiction Foundation and SF-FI-LONDON.
Famed sci-fi writer, the late Arthur C. Clarke, established the award in 1986 to encourage and promote science fiction writing in Britain. The first winner was named in 1987. What follows is a complete list of the all-time winners.
1987 – “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood
1988 – “The Sea and Summer” 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
1994 – “Vurt” by Jeff Noon
1995 – “Fools” by Pat Cadigan
1996 – “Fairyland” by Paul J. 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 Mieville
2002 – “Bold As Love” by Gwyneth Jones
2003 – “The Separation” by Christopher Priest
2004 – “Quicksilver” by Neal Stephenson
2005 – “Iron Council” by China Mieville
2006 – “Air” by Geoff Ryman
2007 – “Nova Swing” by M. John Harrison
2008 – “Black Man” by Richard Morgan
2009 – “Song of Time” by Ian R. MacLeod
2010 – “The City and the City” by China Mieville
2011 – “Zoo City” by Lauren Beukes
2012 – “The Testament of Jessie Lamb” by Jane Rogers
2013 – “Dark Eden” by Chris Beckett
This year was special for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in that 82 individual novels were nominated for the award, the largest number of nominees ever. What follows is a complete list of the other novels nominated for this year’s award:
- The Children’s Hospital by Chris Adrian
- Crewel by Gennifer Albin
- vN by Madeline Ashby
- Zero Point by Neal Asher
- The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi
- Pure by Juliana Baggott
- Juggernaut by Adam Baker
- The Hydrogen Sonata by Iain M. Banks
- Turbulence by Samit Basu
- Iron Winter by Stephen Baxter
- The Teleportation Accident by Ned Beauman
- Exit Kingdom by Alden Bell
- The Troupe by Robert Jackson Bennett
- The Dream Killer of Paris by Fabrice Bourland
- Existence by David Brin
- alt.human by Keith Brooke
- Helix Wars by Eric Brown
- The Folly of the World by Jesse Bullington
- Empire State by Adam Christopher
- Celebrant by Michael Cisco
- The Lost Men by David A. Colón
- Caliban’s War by James SA Corey
- London Falling by Paul Cornell
- The Twelve by Justin Cronin
- Talulla Rising by Glen Duncan
- Earth Girl by Janet Edwards
- The Eternal Flame by Greg Egan
- The Woman Who Died a Lot by Jasper Fforde
- The Stranger’s Magic by Max Frei
- Blue Friday by Mike French
- The Thousand Emperors by Gary Gibson
- EVE: Templar One by Tony Gonzales
- Blackout by Mira Grant
- The Ward by S.L. Grey
- Champion of Mars by Guy Haley
- Empty Space by M. John Harrison
- Wool by Hugh Howey
- Worth Their Weight in Blood by Carole Jahme
- Insignia by S.J. Kincaid
- The Games by Ted Kosmatka
- The Company of the Dead by David J. Kowaski
- Age of Aztec by James Lovegrove
- The Killables by Gemma Malley
- The Flame Alphabet by Ben Marcus
- In the Mouth of the Whale by Paul McAuley
- Chimera by T.C. McCarthy
- Transmission by John Meaney
- The Glimpse by Claire Merle
- Railsea by China Miéville
- Kimberly’s Capital Punishment by Richard Milward
- Thy Kingdom Come by Simon Morden
- LiGa by Sanem Ozdural
- The Chosen Seed by Sarah Pinborough
- The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter
- Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
- The Fractal Prince by Hannu Rajaniemi
- Pulse by Tricia Rayburn
- The Demi-Monde: Spring by Rod Rees
- Blue Remembered Earth by Alastair Reynolds
- Jack Glass by Adam Roberts
- Triggers by Robert Sawyer
- Redshirts by John Scalzi
- The Fury by Alexander Gordon Smith
- The Explorer by James Smythe
- The Testimony by James Smythe
- Crandolin by Anna Tambour
- Deadfall Hotel by Steve Rasnic Tem
- Entanglement by Douglas Thompson
- Communion Town by Sam Thompson
- Bitter Seeds by Ian Tregillis
- Ecko Rising by Danie Ware
- The Outcast and the Little One by Andy West
- Alif the Unseen by G Willow Wilson
- Place of Dead Kings by Geoffrey Wilson
- The Method by Juli Zeh
- The Return Man by VM Zito
In the end, how many of these books have you had a chance to read? What did you think about them? Which did you like, dislike? Which would you recommend and why? Let us know in the comments section below.
For more information about the Arthur C. Clarke Award, visit www.clarkeaward.com.
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