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Arthur C. Clarke Award 2023

The 2023 Arthur C. Clarke Award went to Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman. 6 books made the shortlist.

Winner

  1. Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beaumansource (opens in a new tab)

Shortlist

  1. Metronome by Tom Watsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Plutoshine by Lucy Kissicksource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Anomaly by Hervé Le Tellier, translated by Adriana Huntersource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Coral Bones by E. J. Swiftsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Red Scholar's Wake by Aliette de Bodardsource (opens in a new tab)

About the Arthur C. Clarke Award

Shortlist and winner, six books a year. clarkeaward.com keeps no per-year archive, so rows cite sfadb.com (Locus Science Fiction Foundation). Legacy ISBNs that failed the checksum were dropped and re-derived from Open Library.

Organization: Serendip Foundation. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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