2019 Arthur C Clarke Award Shortlist For Science Fiction Book Of The Year Announced

The shortlist the 33rd Arthur C Clarke Award has been announced.

The Arthur C Clarke Award is the UK’s most prestigious prize for literary science fiction published the previous year.

The award judges are a voluntary body with members nominated by the award's supporting organisations, currently the British Science Fiction Association, the Science Fiction Foundation and the Sci-Fi-London film festival.

The 2019 Shortlist

• 'SEMIOSIS' by Sue Burke (Harper Voyager)
• 'REVENANT GUN' by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris)
• 'FRANKENSTEIN IN BAGHDAD' by Ahmed Saadawi (Oneworld)
• 'THE ELECTRIC STATE' by Simon Stâlenhag (Simon & Schuster)
• 'ROSEWATER' by Tade Thompson (Orbit)
• 'THE LOOSENING SKIN' by Aliya Whiteley (Unsung Stories