The nominations (shortlist) for the 2011 Arthur C Clarke awards have been announced:
- Zoo City
by Lauren Beukes (Angry Robot)
- The Dervish House
by Ian McDonald (Gollancz)
- Monsters of Men
by Patrick Ness (Walker Books)
- Generosity
by Richard Powers (Atlantic Books)
- Declare
by Tim Powers (Corvus)
- Lightborn
by Tricia Sullivan (Orbit)
The annual award was originally established by a generous grant from Sir Arthur C. Clarke with the aim of promoting science fiction in Britain, and is currently administered by the Serendip Foundation a voluntary organisation created to oversee the ongoing running and development of the Award. It is presented for the best science fiction novel of the year, and selected from a list of novels whose UK first edition was published in the previous calendar year. A prize of £2011 will be awarded to the winner along with a commemorative engraved bookend.
I don’t understand – Declare came out almost 10 years ago. I read it in 2003.
The important part is “It is presented for the best science fiction novel of the year, and selected from a list of novels whose UK first edition was published in the previous calendar year”.
It only matters when it was published in the UK.