Clarke awards for science fiction writing, awarded annually in the united kingdom. His best known works are the script he wrote with american film director stanley kubrick for 2001. The annual award is presented for the best science fiction novel of the year, and selected from a shortlist of novels whose uk first edition was published in the previous calendar year. Honoring the best science fiction novel of the year, the award is selected from a. Clarke award has gradually established itself as one of the worlds preeminent science fiction awards, joining the hugo, the nebula and the john w. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about. The winning book is chosen by a panel of judges currently invited. Clarke and the first prize was awarded in 1987 to margaret atwoods the handmaids tale.
He also wrote childhoods end and rendezvous with rama. The award was established with a grant from arthur c. Clarke, an english author born on december 1917 in minehead, england and who has produced works such as childnhoods end and the highly popular 2001. Arthur c clarke award science fiction awards database. In 1986, clarke provided a grant to fund the prize money initially. His fiction and nonfiction have sold more than one hundred million copies in print worldwide. Arthur c clarke books biography and list of works author. Clarke was born in the seaside town of minehead, somerset, england in december 16, 1917. Clarke has long been considered the greatest science fiction writer of all time.
Few names are as prominent within the science fiction genre as arthur c. Tom hunter is the current director of the arthur c clarke award, an annual award given for the best science fiction novel first published in the united kingdom during the previous year. It includes special guest contributions from stephen baxter, michael moorcock, ben bova, greg benford, fred ordway, robert sawyer, paul mcauley, sir patrick moore, british astronaut helen sharman and many others. Clarke award is a juried award, sponsored initially by arthur. During world war ii, as a raf officer, he was in charge. A glass 2006 clarke award, stating in white text the sir arthur clarke award. Jane rogers has won this years arthur c clarke award for the testament of jessie lamb, her. Other notable works include his rama series of novels and the hugo awardwinning short story the star. Wanting to acknowledge and support other science fiction writers clarke used grant funds from his foundation to begin the arthur c.
This is a book from within the fantasy tradition, which hopefully can also be a perfectly faithful crime book and a good book. Honoring the best science fiction novel of the year, the award is selected from a list of novels whose uk edition was published in the previous. Tom hunter, the director of the arthur c clarke award for science fiction books, discusses the 2019 prize shortlist. He was an international treasure in many other ways, including the fact that a 1945 article by him led to the invention of satellite technology. In 1936 he moved to london, where he joined the british interplanetary society. China mieville wins unprecedented arthur c clarke award. The book opens with arthur c clarkes early years on the family farm in somerset, as recounted by his brother fred. So i dont have to mike glyer from file 770 has posted the entire list on his site. Clarke award 2015 short list db 80678 the girl with all the gifts by m. Better known as the arthurs, the awards have been presented annually since 2005. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards.
Presented annually for the best science fiction novel published in the united kingdom during the previous year, the arthur c. The arthur c clarke foundation unleashing imagination to. A list of books written by, and awards won by arthur c. Clarke award is the uks premier prize for science fiction literature. Apr 28, 2010 this is a book from within the fantasy tradition, which hopefully can also be a perfectly faithful crime book and a good book. Tade thompsons gritty alien invasion tale wins arthur c clarke. A s the director of the annual arthur c clarke award, you are in a good place to say. Clarke award was established with a grant from sir arthur in 1986. Clarke award is the most prestigious award for science fiction in britain. The award was established with a generous grant given by sir arthur c clarke and the first prize was awarded in 1987 to margaret atwoods the handmaids tale. The award was established with a grant given by sir arthur c. A space odyssey which stanley kubrik adapted into a movie. Sir arthur charles clarke biography childhood, life. Carey db 80238 the book of strange new things by michel faber.
Presented here is a complete list of all the award winners by date. New titles, recently rated, and recently tagged by the library community. He invented the communication satellite in 1946, nearly two decades before the first such satellites launched. There he started to experiment with astronautic material in the bis, write the bis bulletin and science fiction. The award judges are a voluntary body with members nominated by the awards supporting organisations, currently the british science fiction association, the science fiction foundation and the scifilondon film festival. Clarke foundation was established to promote the use of technology to improve quality of life, particularly in developing countries, through educational grants and awards. Robert cargill dreams before the start of time gather the. Clarke award is a british literary prize honoring the best science fiction novel published in the uk during the preceding year. Clarke award for the best science fiction novel published in the united kingdom in the previous year. Previous winners of the arthur c clarke include margaret atwood. I want to make it clear that its not a longlist because heaven forfend the clarkes should release one of them.
Clarke award is a british award given for the best science fiction novel first published in the united kingdom during the previous year. Clarke, english science fiction author best known for his script for and novel of 2001. Book awards book club selections books by author books by series coming soon kids books new releases teens books this months. The uks premier prize for science fiction literature. Arthur c clarke award goes to adrian tchaikovskys novel of universal scale children of time, about humans who leave a dying earth for a terraformed planet where they meet a strange new species.
Jane rogers has won this years arthur c clarke award. A space odyssey, and clarke was an incredibly influential author in the genre of science fiction. It is becoming recognised as one of the most prestigious science fiction awards in the world, the equivalent of the booker prize. Sir arthur charles clarke was a british science fiction writer, inventor and futurist who had also served in the royal air force during the world war ii. Clarke award is administered by the serendip foundation, a nonprofit organisation with the mission to coordinate the yearly prize, positively promote. Arthur c clarke award, the uks most prestigious prize for science fiction novels, for rosewater, his alien invasion novel set in a future africa. Clarke award is administered by the serendip foundation, a nonprofit organisation with the mission to coordinate the yearly prize, positively promote science fiction and honour the memory of sir arthur c. If youre hoping to travel to a galaxy far, far away with your next book, these six excellent sci fi novels will help you on your way.
It is loosely inspired by clarkes short story the sentinel, but it became its own novel while he was collaborating on a screen play with stanley kubrick. Tom hunter, the director of the arthur c clarke award for science fiction books, discusses the 2019 prize shortlist interview by cal flyn. Arthur c clarke sir arthur charles clarke was a hugely successful british science fiction author, most famous for his space odyssey series. Clarke 19172008 wrote the novel and coauthored the screenplay for 2001. Honoring the best science fiction novel of the year, the award is selected from a list of novels whose uk edition was published. Clarke award was to be given to the best science fiction novel published in britain in the previous year. Clarke award has sought to champion and discover imaginative brilliance equal to its namesake. Clarke award is a british award given for the best science fiction novel first.
For the full list, see arthur c clarke bio note in resources section. Clarke 19172008 was one of the supreme science fiction writers of the century and achieved vast popularity with 2001. Clarke is best known for his 1968 science fiction novel 2001. Margaret atwood, amitav ghosh, china mieville, christopher priest, ann leckie, colson whitehead and now tade thompson have measured up to the awards impeccable standard. He has been knighted by queen elizabeth ii, and he is the only sciencefiction writer to be nominated for the nobel peace prize. Established in 1986, the arthur c clarke award is given annually for the best science fiction novel published in the uk the previous year. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. For the science fiction writing award, see arthur c. Clarke award is given for the best science fiction novel first published in the united kingdom during the previous year. Arthur was also an inventor and futurist and chairman of the british interplanetary society. It is awarded every year to the best science fiction novel which received its first british publication during the previous calendar year. Clarke, in full sir arthur charles clarke, born december 16, 1917, minehead, somerset, england died march 19, 2008, colombo, sri lanka, english writer, notable for both his science fiction and his nonfiction. The sir arthur clarke award is a british award given annually since 2005 in recognition of.
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