Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Ann Leckie's 'Ancillary Justice' wins this year's Arthur C. Clarke Award

The winner of the 2014 Arthur C. Clarke Award was announced last Thursday during a special ceremony at the Royal Society in London as part of the SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival. This year’s winner was “Ancillary Justice” by Ann Leckie.

The other finalists for this year’s award included:

- “God’s War” by Kameron Hurley

- “The Disestablishment of Paradise” by Phillip Mann

- “Nexus” by Ramez Naam

- “The Adjacent” by Christopher Priest

- “The Machine” by James Smythe

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
2014 - “Ancillary Justice” by Ann Leckie

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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