Checking out the ACC award longlist and shortlist (as well as the award itself, of course) is a great way to get yourself provisioned with interesting reading material.
From Award Director, Tom Hunter:
“It’s important to remember that prizes like the Clarke Award are first and foremost celebrations. We celebrate new books and new writers, but most of all we celebrate alongside all the readers and lovers of stories who are given a unique invitation to encounter something new, something strange and something wonderful whenever a new shortlist is announced. The love of books and the sharing of stories is the true legacy we should aim to create.”
2015 Winner Station Eleven, also a National Book Award Finalist. This was a great read, and I’m delighted to see it getting the recognition it deserves.
2015 Shortlist. Man, The Girl With All The Gifts made it onto the shortlist. If you haven’t read this yet, check it out. Possibly my favorite SF book of 2014.
2015 Longlist. No guarantee that everything on this list will kick ass, but there are some really fine titles and authors represented here.