Science Fiction Awards Watch

The short list for this year’s Arthur C Clarke Award is as follows:

• The Red Men, Matthew de Abaitua, Snow Books
• The H-Bomb Girl, Stephen Baxter, Faber & Faber
• The Carhullan Army, Sarah Hall, Faber & Faber
• The Raw Shark Texts, Steven Hall, Canongate
• The Execution Channel, Ken MacLeod, Orbit
• Black Man (Thirteen), Richard Morgan, Gollancz

The winner will be announced at a ceremony at the Sci-Fi London film festival on April 30th.

Update: For this year’s reactions (outraged and otherwise) see Torque Control.

Update 2: The announcement made The Guardian.