Clarke!
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Also kind of old news, and adding to the persistent sense of unreality I’ve been experiencing lately–the Clarke Award shortlist. Ancillary Justice is on it. And look, it’s my Golden Tentacle buddy Ramez Naam on there, too! And Kameron Hurley, with previous Golden Tentacle winner God’s War! (Which was only this year released in the UK, which is what counts for the Clarkes.) It’s like a Golden Tentacle Reunion! And there other fabulous, non-tentacled books! In fact, below this paragraph please find convenient links through which you can purchase any of the books on this year’s shortlist:
God’s War by Kameron Hurley
UK Book UK Kindle US Book US Kindle
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
The Disestablishment of Paradise by Phillip Mann
UK Book UK Kindle US Book US Kindle
Nexus by Ramez Naam
UK Book UK Kindle US Book US Kindle
The Adjacent by Christopher Priest
UK Book UK Kindle US Book US Kindle
The Machine by James Smythe
UK Book UK Kindle US Book US Kindle
The Guardian ran a story on the shortlist in which Ramez, Kameron, and myself were referred to as “international debutantes” which sounds funny, but I guess “debutante” doesn’t have quite the same connotations over there, huh. Still, I was amused.
First, congratulations. I really enjoyed AJ and I’m looking forward to what you write next.
Second, the Guardian; they have a reputation and getting debutantes wrong is par for the course. OTOH language changes over time, so the meaning might come to be what the writer for the Guardian thinks it should mean. Still, could be worse, they might be calling you middle-aged etc.