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Arthur C. Clarke Award

Presented by: A panel of judges from the British Science Fiction Association, the Science Fiction Foundation and a third organization, currently SF Crowsnest

For: Best science fiction novel

Winner Annie Bot Sierra Greer
Nominee Service Model Adrian Tchaikovsky
Nominee Private Rites Julia Armfield
Nominee Extremophile Ian Green
Nominee The Ministry of Time Kaliane Bradley
Nominee Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock Maud Woolf

Winner In Ascension Martin MacInnes
Nominee Chain-Gang All-Stars Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Nominee The Ten Percent Thief Lavanya Lakshminarayan
Nominee The Mountain in the Sea Ray Nayler
Nominee Some Desperate Glory Emily Tesh
Nominee Corey Fah Does Social Mobility Isabel Waidner

Winner Venomous Lumpsucker Ned Beauman
Nominee Plutoshine Lucy Kissick
Nominee Metronome Tom Watson
Nominee The Red Scholar's Wake Aliette de Bodard
Nominee The Anomaly Hervé Le Tellier
Nominee The Coral Bones E. J. Swift

Winner Deep Wheel Orcadia Harry Josephine Giles
Nominee Wergen: The Alien Love War Mercurio D. Rivera
Nominee A Desolation Called Peace Arkady Martine
Nominee Klara and the Sun Kazuo Ishiguro
Nominee A River Called Time Courttia Newland
Nominee Skyward Inn Aliya Whiteley

Winner The Animals in That Country Laura Jean McKay
Nominee Edge of Heaven Rachael Kelly
Nominee The Infinite Patience Agbabi
Nominee The Vanished Birds Simon Jimenez
Nominee Vagabonds Hao Jingfang
Nominee Chilling Effect Valerie Valdes

Winner The Old Drift Namwali Serpell
Nominee The City in the Middle of the Night Charlie Jane Anders
Nominee The Light Brigade Kameron Hurley
Nominee A Memory Called Empire Arkady Martine
Nominee Cage of Souls Adrian Tchaikovsky
Nominee The Last Astronaut David Wellington

Winner Rosewater Tade Thompson
Nominee Semiosis Sue Burke
Nominee Revenant Gun Yoon Ha Lee
Nominee Frankenstein in Baghdad Ahmed Saadawi
Nominee The Loosening Skin Aliya Whiteley
Nominee The Electric State Simon Stålenhag

Winner Dreams Before the Start of Time Anne Charnock
Nominee Sea of Rust C. Robert Cargill
Nominee American War Omar El Akkad
Nominee Spaceman of Bohemia Jaroslav Kalfař
Nominee Gather the Daughters Jennie Melamed
Nominee Borne Jeff VanderMeer

Winner The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead
Nominee A Closed and Common Orbit Becky Chambers
Nominee Ninefox Gambit Yoon Ha Lee
Nominee After Atlas Emma Newman
Nominee Occupy Me Tricia Sullivan
Nominee Central Station Lavie Tidhar

Winner Children of Time Adrian Tchaikovsky
Nominee The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet Becky Chambers
Nominee Europe at Midnight Dave Hutchinson
Nominee The Book of Phoenix Nnedi Okorafor
Nominee Arcadia Iain Pears
Nominee Way Down Dark James Smythe

Winner Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel
Nominee The Girl with All the Gifts M. R. Carey
Nominee The Book of Strange New Things Michel Faber
Nominee Europe In Autumn Dave Hutchinson
Nominee Memory of Water Emmi Itäranta
Nominee The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August Claire North

Winner Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie
Nominee God's War Kameron Hurley
Nominee The Disestablishment of Paradise Phillip Mann
Nominee Nexus Ramez Naam
Nominee The Adjacent Christopher Priest
Nominee The Machine James Smythe

Winner Dark Eden Chris Beckett
Nominee 2312 Kim Stanley Robinson
Nominee Angelmaker Nick Harkaway
Nominee The Dog Stars Peter Heller
Nominee Intrusion Ken MacLeod
Nominee NOD Adrian Barnes

Winner The Testament of Jessie Lamb Jane Rogers
Nominee Hull Zero Three Greg Bear
Nominee The Postmortal Drew Magary
Nominee Embassytown China Miéville
Nominee Rule 34 Charles Stross
Nominee The Waters Rising Sheri S. Tepper

Winner Zoo City Lauren Beukes
Nominee The Dervish House Ian McDonald
Nominee Monsters of Men Patrick Ness
Nominee Generosity: An Enhancement Richard Powers (I)
Nominee Declare Tim Powers
Nominee Lightborn Tricia Sullivan

Winner The City & The City China Miéville
Nominee Far North: A Novel Marcel Theroux
Nominee Galileo's Dream Kim Stanley Robinson
Nominee Retribution Falls Chris Wooding
Nominee Spirit Gwyneth Jones
Nominee Yellow Blue Tibia Adam Roberts

Winner Song of Time Ian R. MacLeod
Nominee Anathem Neal Stephenson
Nominee House of Suns Alastair Reynolds
Nominee The Margarets Sheri S. Tepper
Nominee Martin Martin's on the Other Side Mark Wernham
Nominee The Quiet War Paul J. McAuley

Winner Black Man Richard Morgan
Nominee The Red Men Matthew De Abaitua
Nominee The H-Bomb Girl Stephen Baxter
Nominee The Carhullan Army Sarah Hall
Nominee The Raw Shark Texts Steven Hall
Nominee The Execution Channel Ken MacLeod

Winner Nova Swing M. John Harrison
Nominee End of the World Blues Jon Courtenay Grimwood
Nominee Gradisil Adam Roberts
Nominee Hav Jan Morris
Nominee Oh Pure and Radiant Heart Lydia Millet
Nominee Streaking Brian Stableford

Winner Air Geoff Ryman
Nominee Accelerando Charles Stross
Nominee Banner of Souls Liz Williams
Nominee Learning the World Ken MacLeod
Nominee Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro
Nominee Pushing Ice Alastair Reynolds

Winner untitled Paul Kincaid

Winner Iron Council China Miéville
Nominee Cloud Atlas David Mitchell
Nominee Market Forces Richard Morgan
Nominee River of Gods Ian McDonald
Nominee The System of the World Neal Stephenson
Nominee The Time Traveler's Wife Audrey Niffenegger

Winner Quicksilver Neal Stephenson
Nominee Coalescent Stephen Baxter
Nominee Darwin’s Children Greg Bear
Nominee Maul Tricia Sullivan
Nominee Midnight Lamp Gwyneth Jones
Nominee Pattern Recognition William Gibson

Winner The Separation Christopher Priest
Nominee Kil'n People David Brin
Nominee Light M. John Harrison
Nominee The Scar China Miéville
Nominee The Speed of Dark Elizabeth Moon
Nominee The Years of Rice and Salt Kim Stanley Robinson

Winner Bold As Love Gwyneth Jones
Nominee Pashazade Jon Courtenay Grimwood
Nominee Fallen Dragon Peter F. Hamilton
Nominee The Secret of Life Paul J. McAuley
Nominee Mappa Mundi Justina Robson
Nominee Passage Connie Willis

Winner Perdido Street Station China Miéville
Nominee Parable of the Talents Octavia E. Butler
Nominee Ash: A Secret History Mary Gentle
Nominee Cosmonaut Keep Ken MacLeod
Nominee Revelation Space Alastair Reynolds
Nominee Salt Adam Roberts

Winner Distraction Bruce Sterling
Nominee Time: Manifold 1 Stephen Baxter
Nominee The Bones of Time Kathleen Ann Goonan
Nominee Silver Screen Justina Robson
Nominee Cryptonomicon Neal Stephenson
Nominee A Deepness in the Sky Vernor Vinge

Winner Dreaming in Smoke Tricia Sullivan
Nominee The Cassini Division Ken MacLeod
Nominee The Extremes Christopher Priest
Nominee Earth Made of Glass John Barnes
Nominee Time on My Hands: A Novel with Photographs Peter Delacorte
Nominee Cavalcade Alison Sinclair

Winner The Sparrow Mary Doria Russell
Nominee Titan Stephen Baxter
Nominee Glimmering Elizabeth Hand
Nominee Days James Lovegrove
Nominee Nymphomation Jeff Noon
Nominee The Family Tree Sheri S. Tepper

Winner The Calcutta Chromosome Amitav Ghosh
Nominee Voyage Stephen Baxter
Nominee The Engines of God Jack McDevitt
Nominee Blue Mars Kim Stanley Robinson
Nominee Gibbon's Decline and Fall Sheri S. Tepper
Nominee Looking for the Mahdi N. Lee Wood

Winner Fairyland Paul J. McAuley
Runner-up The Star Fraction Ken MacLeod
Nominee Happy Policeman Patricia Anthony
Nominee The Time Ships Stephen Baxter
Nominee The Prestige Christopher Priest
Nominee The Diamond Age Neal Stephenson

Winner Fools Pat Cadigan
Nominee Mother of Storms John Barnes
Nominee North Wind Gwyneth Jones
Nominee Pasquale's Angel Paul J. McAuley
Nominee Towing Jehovah James Morrow
Nominee Alien Influences Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Winner Vurt Jeff Noon
Nominee A Million Open Doors John Barnes
Nominee Ammonite Nicola Griffith
Nominee Snow Crash Neal Stephenson
Nominee The Iron Dragon's Daughter Michael Swanwick
Nominee The Broken God David Zindell

Winner Body of Glass Marge Piercy
Runner-up Red Mars Kim Stanley Robinson
Nominee Hearts, Hands and Voices Ian McDonald
Nominee Correspondence Sue Thomas
Nominee Destroying Angel Richard Paul Russo
Nominee Stations of the Tide Michael Swanwick
Nominee Lost Futures Lisa Tuttle
Nominee Doomsday Book Connie Willis

Winner Synners Pat Cadigan
Runner-up Eternal Light Paul J. McAuley
Nominee The Fall of Hyperion Dan Simmons
Nominee Hyperion Dan Simmons
Nominee Raft Stephen Baxter
Nominee White Queen Gwyneth Jones
Nominee Subterranean Gallery Richard Paul Russo

Winner Take Back Plenty Colin Greenland
Runner-up Rats and Gargoyles Mary Gentle
Nominee The City, Not Long After Pat Murphy
Nominee Use of Weapons Iain M. Banks
Nominee Farewell Horizontal K. W. Jeter
Nominee Red Spider, White Web Mischa

Winner The Child Garden Geoff Ryman
Runner-up A Child Across the Sky Jonathan Carroll
Finalist A Mask for the General Lisa Goldstein
Finalist Desolation Road Ian McDonald
Nominee Soldiers of Paradise Paul Park
Nominee Ivory: A Legend of Past and Future Mike Resnick
Nominee Neverness David Zindell

Winner Unquenchable Fire Rachel Pollack
Runner-up The Empire of Fear Brian Stableford
Finalist Rumours of Spring Richard Grant
Nominee The Secret Ascension^Philip K. Dick Is Dead, Alas Michael Bishop
Nominee Kairos Gwyneth Jones
Nominee Life During Wartime Lucius Shepard
Nominee The Whores of Babylon Ian Watson

Winner The Sea and the Summer George Turner
Runner-up Fiasco Stanislaw Lem
Nominee Ancient of Days Michael Bishop
Nominee Ægypt John Crowley
Nominee Replay Ken Grimwood
Nominee Grainne Keith Roberts
Nominee Memoirs of an Invisible Man H. F. Saint

Winner The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood
Runner-up The Ragged Astronauts Bob Shaw
Nominee Eon Greg Bear
Nominee Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand Samuel R. Delany
Nominee Escape Plans Gwyneth Jones
Nominee The Memory of Whiteness Kim Stanley Robinson
Nominee Queen of the States Josephine Saxton
Nominee Green Eyes Lucius Shepard