The shortlist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2012 has just been announced. The Award is given for the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during the previous year. The award was established with a grant given by Sir Arthur C. Clarke and the first prize was awarded in 1987 to Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale.
The winner will be announced on Wednesday 2 May at an award ceremony held in partnership SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival. The winner receives a cheque for £2012.00 and the Award itself, a commemorative engraved bookend.
The 2012 shortlist
* Hull Zero Three by Greg Bear (Gollancz)
* The End Specialist by Drew Magary (Harper Voyager)
* Embassytown by China Mieville (Macmillan)
* The Testament of Jessie Lamb by Jane Rogers (Sandstone Press)
* Rule 34 by Charles Stross (Orbit)
* The Waters Rising by Sheri S. Tepper (Gollancz)
The judges
* Juliet E McKenna, British Science Fiction Association
* Martin Lewis, British Science Fiction Association
* Phil Nanson, Science Fiction Foundation
* Nikkianne Moody, Science Fiction Foundation
* Rob Grant, SCI-FI-LONDON film festival
* Andrew M. Butler, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, Chair of Judges
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