Ian R. MacLeod‘s journey through 21st . century story , Song of Time , has gain the 2009 Arthur C. Clarke Award . And the nominations for the 2009Locus Awardshave been harbinger .
Song dynasty of Time concern an acclaimed concert violinist who , despite years of life - extend medications , pull in the inevitable approaches and she will soon pass . Waiting out her last days in her mansion on the coast of Cornwall , she one sidereal day let out a mankind lap ashore on the beach .
drag him back to her house , the old womanhood care for the mystic stranger , who has no idea who he is or how he got there . The woman , beaming of the company , passes the meter with her new acquaintanceship by tell him the taradiddle of her living , which provides MacLeod an exit to search his dense , complex vision of the twenty-first one C history in the context of the cleaning woman ’s own highly eventful life .
electric chair of judges Paul Billinger praise the high timber of all six of this year ’s shortlisted script , say it was one of the most difficult decision to make in the history of the award :
“ This was a very strong short list and it was a particularly intense and long short list meeting this year … .What swing it in the end [ for Song of Time ] was the emotion , the feeling from it – and the picture . ”
First presented in 1987 , the Arthur C. Clarke Award is chosen by a panel of judge drawn from the British Science Fiction Association , the Science Fiction Foundation and a circumvolve third organization , a spot presently entertain by SF Crowsnest . Previous winner include Margaret Atwood ’s The Handmaid ’s Tale and Neal Stephenson ’s Quicksilver .
Stephenson ’s Anathem , which explores religious orders of scientists and philosopher on the far - future planet Abre , was one of the other five nominees for this twelvemonth ’s Clarke Award . Other shortlisted book included The Quiet War by Paul McAuley , House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds , The Margarets by Sherri S. Tepper , and Martin Martin ’s On the Other Side by Mark Wernham .
Meanwhile , the nominations for the Locus Awards have been harbinger . Unlike the Nebula and Hugo Awards , the Locus Awards are regulate by online pate of science fiction reader . Once the most popular of these awarding ( now , not so much ) , Locus claim the heavy voting eubstance of any of thescience fabrication book awarding .
https://gizmodo.com/all-locus-awards-voters-are-not-created-equal-5023935
And their nominees for best skill fiction novel are :
Matter , Iain M. Banks ( Orbit UK )
City at the End of Time , Greg Bear ( Gollancz , Del Rey )
Marsbound , Joe Haldeman ( Ace )
Anathem , Neal Stephenson ( Atlantic UK , Morrow )
Saturn ’s Children , Charles Stross ( Orbit , Ace )
It ’s a fairly great tilt , but just slightly male - dominated .
you may check out a complete list of finalistshere .
[ The Guardian ]
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