Arthur C Clarke Award 2013 Shortlist Announced

And the six shortlisted books vying for the and the title of best science fiction novel of the year are...

The judging panel has sifted through a recor🍎d-breaking from 32 different publishing houses, and now only six novels remain to fight it out for 2013's aw👍ard.

The shortlisted books are:

by Adrian Barnes (Bluemoose)

by Chris Beckett (Corvus)

by Nick Harkaway (William Heinemann)

by Peter Heller (Headline)

by Ken MacLeod (Orbit)

by Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit)

? We'll find out when the winner is presented with t♍he prize and a cheque for £2013 on Wedn🐟esday 1 May, at a ceremony hosted by the Royal Society in London as part of the film festival.

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