All Entries Tagged With: "Arthur C. Clarke Award"

John W. Campbell Memorial Award and Theodore Sturgeon Winners Announced

It seems there’s no stopping Cory Doctorow and Ian R. MacLeod as both tie in winning the 2008 John W. Campbell Memorial Award with their novels Little Brother (Tor) and Song of Time (PS Publishing) respectively. Locus Magazine noted that this is the third tie in the award’s history. It should also be noted that [...]

Alastair Reynolds Gets £1 Million Advance for Next Ten Novels

In an article from the Guardian this week it was reported that science fiction author Alastair Reynolds will receive an estimated £1 million for his next ten novels over a ten-year period from British publisher Gollancz. Reynolds is best known in science fiction circles for his blend of space opera and hard science fiction novels. [...]

Arthur C. Clarke Award Winner Announced

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If you haven’t heard the news already, the winner of the 2009 Arthur C. Clarke Award goes to Ian R. MacLeod for his novel ‘Song of Time‘. In addition to an honorarium of [...]

Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist Announced

When do you know it’s spring in the science fiction community? Just around the time award season comes about. Yesterday, Locus Online published the shortlist for this year’s Arthur C. Clarke Award. Now after the big three awards (them being the Hugos, the Nebulas, and the Philip K. Dick Award) the Arthur C. Clarke Award [...]

2009 Arthur C. Clarke Award Longlist Revealed

I personally love the Arthur C. Clarke Award both as a science fiction reader and as a Canadian. Indeed the first award given more than twenty years ago was to Maragret Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale‘, and since then there has been no shortage of Canadian authors making the list over the years. The Arthur C. [...]