30 ROCKS!

The shortlist for the Clarke Award once again offers a snapshot of the best in literary SF

The shortlist for the 30th Arthur C Clarke Award has been announced. As ever, it’s an eclectic list that covers the full gamut of speculative fiction, from a story of intergalactic travel that was initially self-published, through to a literary work about the power of stories that was also released as an app. “When it’s your award’s 30th anniversary you secretly hope for something that little bit extra special in your shortlist, and I think the judges have delivered on that promise and more this year,” says Clarke Award director Tom Hunter. Perhaps the best backstory to any of the novels belongs to Becky Chambers’ The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet. Finding her freelance work drying up, Chambers turned to Kickstarter for funds and put the book out…

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SFX (Digital) - 1 Issue, Summer 2016

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