Who Wants To Be An Arthur C Clarke Award Judge?

[ninebelow]

So, the dust has settled on Who Wants To Be An Arthur C Clarke Award Judge?

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[swisstone]

Astonishing that the collected voices of Instant_fanzine should consider the Clarke jury right on The Handmaid's Tale, which is perhaps still in many quarters one of the most controversial Clarke decisions ever.

(Not saying they're wrong - I just find it very surprising.)

[ninebelow]

I'm not surprised because I don't see anything at all controversial about the award that year. Certainly not compared to, say, 2005 or 1993.

[coalescent]

Any other analysis would be welcome in the comments.

This post should contain links to the relevant polls. :p

[ninebelow]

They are called tags, you lazy bastard.

[coalescent]

On Light: it's interesting that The Separation took the BSFA Award that year as well, so it's not like the book had no popular support.

[truecatachresis]

Also: Light sucks.

[secritcrush]

*\o/*

[ninebelow]

Perhaps travesty was too strong; I don't think anyone would suggest Teh Seperation was an unworthy winner, it's just Light is a bit special. Probably Priest BSFA Harrison Clarke would have been the ideal situation.

[frogworth]

Pattern Recognition is sf, you silly.

[ninebelow]

Pah, she is "allergic" to brands, big woo.

[frogworth]

Nah, it's not about the content, it's about the style and the outlook. It reads like a science fiction of the present. It's just like his cyberpunk books, to the extent that to me it was pretty much irrelevant that it was set "now". It felt like the present had caught up enough that it didn't matter whether it was "near-future" or basically non-speculative, it was still effectively science fiction.

I know this isn't news to you ;)

SF is ded

[ninebelow]

I suddenly feel like I am talking to grahamsleight about slipstream...