{"id":7308,"date":"2017-05-05T11:43:38","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T10:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/?p=7308"},"modified":"2017-05-11T14:40:33","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T13:40:33","slug":"shortlist-announced-for-the-arthur-c-clarke-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/2017\/05\/05\/shortlist-announced-for-the-arthur-c-clarke-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortlist announced for the Arthur C Clarke award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The shortlist for the 2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarkeaward.com\/\">Arthur C. Clarke Award<\/a> for science fiction literature has now been announced. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/secl\/complit\/staff\/march-russell.html\">Dr Paul March-Russell<\/a>, Specialist Associate Lecturer in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/secl\/complit\/index.html\">Department of Comparative Literature<\/a> and editor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sf-foundation.org\/publications\/index.html\"><em><u>Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction<\/u><\/em><\/a> is on the panel of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/secl\/complit\/news\/index.html?view=6458\">judges for the award this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The six shortlisted books for the best science-fiction novel published in 2016 are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hodder.co.uk\/books\/detail.page?isbn=9781473621442\"><em>A Closed and Common Orbit<\/em><\/a> &#8211; Becky Chambers (Hodder &amp; Stoughton)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.solarisbooks.com\/post\/1106\"><em>Ninefox Gambit<\/em><\/a> &#8211; Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/318551\/after-atlas-by-emma-newman\/9780425282403\/\"><em>After Atlas<\/em><\/a> &#8211; Emma Newman (Roc)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gollancz.co.uk\/2015\/07\/cover-reveal-occupy-me\/\"><em>Occupy Me<\/em><\/a> &#8211; Tricia Sullian (Gollancz)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pspublishing.co.uk\/central-station-signed-hardcover-by-lavie-tidhar-sold-out-4162-p.asp\"><em>Central Station<\/em><\/a> &#8211; Lavie Tidhar (PS Publishing)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abebooks.co.uk\/book-search\/title\/underground-railroad\/author\/whitehead\/\"><em>The Underground Railroad<\/em><\/a> &#8211; Colson Whitehead (Fleet)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The six\u00a0titles were selected from a list of 86 individual eligible submissions.<\/p>\n<p>Chair of the judges, Dr Andrew M Butler commented: \u2018Every year our industrious judges sift through scores of novels to pick six to represent the state of the science fiction (sf)\u00a0field. They\u2019ve chosen a first timer and a previous winner, as well as writers in the process of building great reputations. Any of these could win &#8211; at this point I cannot begin to guess.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Dr Paul March-Russell added: \u2018There\u2019s no one dominant theme amongst the nominees, which I think is a reflection of the current state of sf. Instead, there\u2019s everything, from a Pulitzer Prize-winning alt-history about slavery to high-octane military sf, from posthuman cyber-thrillers to trans-dimensional angels. It\u2019s a remarkably diverse list &#8211;\u00a0in all senses &#8211; and it should bring many new readers to the genre.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The winner will be announced at a public award ceremony held in partnership with Foyles Bookshop, London, on Thursday 27 July 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Further details of the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the shortlist are available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarkeaward.com\/\">www.clarkeaward.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The shortlist for the 2017 Arthur C. 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