The Qwillery

The Finalists for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best science fiction novel have been announced.

• Semiosis by Sue Burke (Tor Books)
• A Spy in Time by Imraan Coovadia (Rare Bird Books)
• The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor Books)
• Time Was by Ian McDonald (Tor.com)
• Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller (Ecco)
• Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (ECW Press)
• Theory of Bastards by Audrey Schulman (Europa Editions)
• Unholy Land by Lavie Tidhar (Tachyon Publications)
• Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente (Gallery / Saga Press)
• The Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts (Tachyon Watts)
• The Loosening Skin by Aliya Whiteley (Unsung Stories)

The awards will be presented during the Campbell Conference Award Banquet on Friday, June 28, 2019.

The six shortlisted books for the 31st Arthur C. Clarke Award for best science fiction novel of the year published in 2016 have been announced:

• A Closed and Common Orbit – Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton)
• Ninefox Gambit – Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris)
• After Atlas – Emma Newman (Roc)
• Occupy Me – Tricia Sullivan (Gollancz)
• Central Station – Lavie Tidhar (PS Publishing)
• The Underground Railroad – Colson Whitehead (Fleet)

The winner will be announced at a public award ceremony held in partnership with Foyles Bookshop, Charing Cross Road, on Thursday 27th July 2017.