Comments on: FINALISTS: 2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award

By: Lawrence Person

Lawrence Person — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 19:27:53 +0000

The ISBN edition of that is identical to the HarperTorch paperback edition published in the U.S. in 2002 (which in the Powers bibliography is 11Ae):

http://www.amazon.com/Declare-Tim-Powers/dp/0380798360

That would suggest Amazon UK was selling the American edition. rather than a seperate UK edition.

By: Andy W

Andy W — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 08:04:57 +0000

this was the version I found on Amazon.co.uk

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Declare-Tim-Powers/dp/0380798360/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1299312213&sr=8-4

furter investigation of Amazon also shows a paperback version published in July 2010....

By: Lawrence Person

Lawrence Person — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:05:11 +0000

Andy,

I'm looking in John Berlayne's bibliography, Powers:Secret Histories, which was published in 2009, and there's no mention of a UK edition of Declare in its coverage of that book on pages 94-96. Can you tell us the UK publisher and ISBN?

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:05:43 +0000

I pity those poor Brits who've read the fantastic Declare and now are looking forward to Three Days to Never.

By: John D.

John D. — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:28:39 +0000

According to the Clarke Award site, it's "awarded to the author who, in the opinion of the judges, has written the best, eligible full-length science fiction novel in English [...] provided that the novel is published for the first time in the United Kingdom between 1 January and 31 December of the year before the prize is awarded. Although the novel's first UK publication must fall within these dates, it's still eligible if it was previously published elsewhere or is translated into English for the first time in the judging year."

By: Andrew Liptak

Andrew Liptak — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:37:31 +0000

Rooting for The Dervish House here. Fantastic book.

By: Andy W

Andy W — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:18:52 +0000

Nope Decalre was published here in the UK in 2008 in paperback.

By: tam

tam — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:08:35 +0000

Good to see the hard sf of the year is being recognized.

By: Paul C

Paul C — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:46:58 +0000

Why is Declare eligible for this? ISFDB shows it as first published in 2000. Was this its first publication in the UK?

By: Andy W

Andy W — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:17:36 +0000

The only one of these titles that I have read so far is Zoo City, and whilst I definetly enjoyed it and will keep my eye out for Lauren's next novel (have already read her firest Moxyland) I don't think this novel is worthy of winning such a prestigious prize .