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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. It is now administrated by the Serendip Foundation. The winner receives a prize consisting of a number of pounds sterling equal to the current year (£2007 for year 2007).
The 2007 short list was announced on January 20, 2007 and includes:
- End of the World Blues by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
- Nova Swing by M. John Harrison
- Oh Pure and Radiant Heart by Lydia Millet
- Hav by Jan Morris
- Gradisil by Adam Roberts
- Streaking by Brian Stableford
The award was given to Nova Swing on 2 May 2007 on the opening night of the SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival.
- 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 (published as He, She and It in the U.S.)
- 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 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
- 2006: Air by Geoff Ryman
- 2007: Nova Swing by M. John Harrison
The judges for the 2008 Award, for the best science fiction novel published in the UK in 2007, are Pat Cadigan and Francis Spufford for the Science Fiction Foundation, Niall Harrison and Claire Weaver for the British Science Fiction Association, and Pauline Morgan for SF Crowsnest.