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From: William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Clarke Award Finalists 2006
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 18:03:33 -0400
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Michael F. Stemper wrote:
> On 21/07/2025 08.04, James Nicoll wrote:
>> 2006: J. Richard Gott III's methodology suggests 80-year-old Queen
>> Elizabeth will live until somewhere between 2032 and 2066, a European
>> heatwave sets a record that will surely stand in perpetuity, and
>> Profumo's demise at an advanced age reminds Britons of the dire
>> consequences for politicians of scandal... nil.
>>
>> Which 2006 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
>> Air by Geoff Ryman
>> Accelerando by Charles Stross
>> Banner of Souls by Liz Williams
>> Learning the World by Ken MacLeod
>> Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
>> Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds
> 
> The Stross and the Reynolds. I've read the Stross multiple times.
> I was amused to see Keith cited in it.
> 
> Reynolds is always a slog for me, so I've never reread anything
> of his.
> 
It's the only Stross I've not been able to finish.  I've stayed up to 
dawn to finish many of his other books.

I didn't finish my first Reynolds, either.  Now I devour them.


William Hyde