The full submission list is revealed for the prestigious science fiction prize
The organisers of the have revealed the line-up of books submitted for consideration to win the 2014 award. A total of 121🐻 eligible books were put forward by 42 separate publishing imprints, th𝄹e most ever received by the award and smashing the previous high record set only last year of 82 books received from 32 publishing imprints.
This is not a long list in the traditional sense, rather a list of every eligible title submitted for consideration by the award&rs𒀰quo;s judges. The figures show that Gollancz submitted the most books (14), followed by Orbit and Titan (both publishers submitting 11 books). The information offers a snapshot of the current state of science fiction publishing, and helps readers everywhere to breakdown, analyse and enjoy the full range of submitted titles in as many creative ways as possible before the official short list of six is announced on Tuesday ♉18 March.
To what does Hunter attribute this rapid rise? “I think we can identify several key reasons," he continues. "The first is simply t🐈hat the award is becoming increasingly well known, and more publishers outside of the SF genre core are getting in touch to put work forward. Likewise those same publishers are also going through changes of their own, and we’ve seen a real positive switch towards genre prizes from mainstream publishers - it’s definitely a case of them calling us to put books forward, not us chasing around trying to get specific titles sent in for consideration. I also suspect these changes reflect a broader popular cultural shift, and I’m not surprised that the publishing industry is increasingly recognising the commercial potential of science fiction and fantasy, or the advantage of publishing towards a readership that is both highly engaged and highly communal, especially online where long term word of mouth can have an amazingly positive and powerful effect for authors. An effect we’ve started to think o📖f unofficially as the power of the Geek Pound.”
The judgin💞g panel for the A🦂rthur C Clarke Award 2014 are:
Duncan Lawie,
Ian Whates, British Science Fiction Association
Sarah Brown,
Lesley Hall, Science Fiction Foundation
Georgie Knight,
Andrew M Butler re🦄presents the Arthur C Clarke Award in a 🅘non-voting role as the Chair of the Judges.
The 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 on-going running and development of the award.
This year's winner - to be revealed at the Royal Society on Thursday 1 May as part of 🐎the SCI-FI-LONDON festival - will be presented with a cheque for £2014.00 and the award itself, a commemorative engraved bookend. Click through to see the full line-u♔p...
Books submitted for the Arthur C Clarke Award 2014
Here's ꦛthe full list of 121 books that will be judged𒀰 ahead of the March shortlist...
by Brian W Aldiss (The Friday Project)
by Madeline Ashby (Angry Robot)
by Neal Asher (Tor)
by Margaret Atwood (Bloomsbury)
by Alan Averill (Titan)
by Rachel Bach (Orbit)
by Alan K Baker (Snowbooks)
by Tony Ballantyne (Solaris)
by David Barnett (Snowbooks)
by Max Berry (Mulholland Books)
by Stephen Baxter (Gollancz)
by AK Benedict (Orion)
by Mitch Benn (Gollancz)
by Lauren Beukes (HarperCollins)
by John Birmingham (Titan)
by James P Blaylock (Titan)
by Ionna 🔯Bourazopoulou (Black & White Publishing)
by James Brogden (Snowbooks)
by Christopher Brookmyre (Orbit)
by Eric Brown (Solaris)
by Tobias S Buckell (Del Rey)
by Jack Campbell (Titan)
by Robert C Cargill (Gollancz)
by Alexia Casale (Faber & Faber)
by Wesley Chu (Angry Robot)
by Cassandra Rose Clarke (Angry Robot)
by John Connolly and Jennifer Ridyard (Headline)
by James A Corey (Orbit)
by Andrew Crumey (Dedalus)
by Cory Doctorow (Titan)
by Cory Doctorow (Titan)
by Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross (Titan)
by Greg Egan (Gollancz)
by Dave Eggers (Hamish Hamilton)
by Laure Eve (Hot Key Books)
by Al Ewing (Solaris)
by Jaine Fenn (Gollancz)
by Naomi Foyle (Jo Fletcher Books)
by Max Frei (Gollancz)
by Mike French (Elsewhen Press)
by Neil Gaiman (Headline)
by Gary Gibson (Tor)
by Pippa Goldschmidt (Freight)
by Martin Goodman (Barbican Press)
by Mira Grant (Orbit)
by Susan Greenfield (Head of Zeus)
by David Gullen (Clarion)
by Matt Haig (Canongate)
by Guy Haley (Solaris)
by Monica Hesse (Hot Key Books)
by Peter Higgins (Gollancz)
by Matt Hill (Sandstone Press)
by Mark Hodder (Del Rey)
by Adrian Hon (Skyhook)
by Jason M. Hough (Titan)
by Hugh Howey (Century)
by Tanya Huff (Titan)
by Charlie Human (Century)
by Kameron Hurley (Del Rey)
Benjamin Jeapes (Solaris)
by Lisa Jensen (Snowbooks)
Stephen L. Kent (Titan)
by Stephen Kiernan (John Murray Press)
by Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton)
by Andrey Kurkov (Harvill Secker)
by Kim Lakin-Smith (Snowbooks)
by Ann Leckie (Orbit)
by Robert J Lennon (Serpent's Tail)
by Peter Liney (Jo Fletcher Books)
by Karen Lord (Jo Fletcher Books)
by James Lovegrove (Solaris)
by Philip Mann (Gollancz)
by Zoe Marriott (Walker Books)
by Michael Marshall (Orion)
by Paul McAuley (Gollancz)
by Jack McDevitt (Headline)
by Ian McDonald (Jo Fletcher Books)
by Will McIntosh (Orbit)
by John Meaney (Gollancz)
by Claire Merle (Faber & Faber)
by Libby McGugan (Solaris)
by Wu Ming-Yi (Harvill Secker)
by Katie Moran (Walker Books)
by Simon Morden (Orbit)
by Ramez Naam (Angry Robot)
by Patrick Ness (Walker Books)
by Christopher Nuttall (Elsewhen Press)
by Ruth Ozeki (Canongate)
by Seth Patrick (Macmillan)
by Benjamin Percy (Hodder & Stoughton)
by Gareth L Powell (Solaris)
by Terry Pratchett and Stephen 🌠Baxter (Doubleday)
by Cherie Priest (Tor)
by Christopher Priest (Gollancz)
by Tricia Rayburn (Faber & Faber)
by Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz)
by Jess Richards (Sceptre)
by Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit)
by Stephanie Saulter (Jo Fletcher Books)
by Franz Schätzing (Jo Fletcher Books)
by Samantha Shannon (Bloomsbury)
by Jack C Skillingstead (Solaris)
by Robin Sloan (Atlantic Books)
by Gavin G Smith (Gollancz)
by James Smythe (Blue Door)
by James Starling (Elsewhen Press)
by Peter Stenson (William Heinemann)
by Charles Stross (Orbit)
by M Suddain (Jonathan Cape)
by Manil Suri (Bloomsbury)
by EJ Swift (Del Rey)
by Steve Tasane (Walker Books)
by Marcel Theroux (Faber & Faber)
by Lavie Tidhar (Hodder & Stoughton)
by David Towsey (Jo Fletcher Books)
by Ian Tregillis (Orbit)
by Ian Tregillis (Orbit)
by Antti Tuomainen (Harvill Secker)
by Danie Ware (Titan)
by Tony White (The Science Museum)
by Chris Wooding (Gollancz)
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