Liz (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} despotliz) wrote,@ 2008-04-16 11:19:00 |
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| Entry tags: | books, clarke awards, good or bad, poll |
Clarke Poll!
I like polls! Here is one about the Clarke Awards.
Poll #1171955 The Clarke Awards
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All
What should win?
The Red Men, Matthew de Abaitua
0 (0.0%)
The H-Bomb Girl, Stephen Baxter 6 (23.1%)
The Carhullan Army, Sarah Hall 3 (11.5%)
The Raw Shark Texts, Steven Hall 0 (0.0%)
The Execution Channel, Ken MacLeod 10 (38.5%)
Black Man, Richard Morgan 7 (26.9%)
What will win?
The Red Men, Matthew de Abaitua 0 (0.0%)
The H-Bomb Girl, Stephen Baxter 7 (25.9%)
The Carhullan Army, Sarah Hall 7 (25.9%)
The Raw Shark Texts, Steven Hall 4 (14.8%)
The Execution Channel, Ken MacLeod 3 (11.1%)
Black Man, Richard Morgan 6 (22.2%)
The shortlist?
PIck your shortlist (six books from the books submitted)
The Red Men, Matthew de Abaitua 0 (0.0%)
Harm, Brian Aldiss 0 (0.0%)
Metal Swarm, Kevin J Anderson 0 (0.0%)
Hilldiggers, Neal Asher 0 (0.0%)
Prador Moon, Neal Asher 0 (0.0%)
Lint, Steve Aylett 1 (3.6%)
Divergence, Tony Ballantyne 1 (3.6%)
Sharp Teeth, Toby Barlow 1 (3.6%)
Conqueror, Stephen Baxter 1 (3.6%)
The H Bomb Girl, Stephen Baxter 12 (42.9%)
Navigator, Stephen Baxter 0 (0.0%)
The Wanderer’s Tale, David Bilsborough 0 (0.0%)
Helix, Eric Brown 0 (0.0%)
The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, Michael Chabon 16 (57.1%)
I Remember Pallahaxi, Michael Coney 1 (3.6%)
The Pesthouse, Jim Crace 2 (7.1%)
God is Dead, Ron Currie, Jr. 0 (0.0%)
Ink, Hal Duncan 6 (21.4%)
Stealing Light, Gary Gibson 0 (0.0%)
Spook Country, William Gibson 4 (14.3%)
Death’s Head, David Gunn 1 (3.6%)
The Dreaming Void, Peter F Hamilton 1 (3.6%)
The Carhullan Army, Sarah Hall 14 (50.0%)
The Raw Shark Texts, Steven Hall 2 (7.1%)
The President's Last Love, Andrey Kurkov 0 (0.0%)
The Day Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko 3 (10.7%)
The Twilight Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko 0 (0.0%)
The Execution Channel, Ken Macleod 14 (50.0%)
Hunter’s Run, George RR Martin, Gardner Dozois, and Daniel Abraham 1 (3.6%)
Cowboy Angels, Paul McAuley 7 (25.0%)
Acorna's Children, Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Anne Scarborough 0 (0.0%)
Brasyl, Ian McDonald 24 (85.7%)
Bone Song, John Meaney 0 (0.0%)
Ascent, Jed Mercurio 1 (3.6%)
Black Man, Richard Morgan 14 (50.0%)
Dark Space, Marianne de Pierres 0 (0.0%)
The Prefect, Alastair Reynolds 6 (21.4%)
Land of the Headless, Adam Roberts 1 (3.6%)
Splinter, Adam Roberts 0 (0.0%)
Sixty Days and Counting, Kim Stanley Robinson 5 (17.9%)
Selling Out, Justina Robson 1 (3.6%)
Bad Monkeys, Matt Ruff 0 (0.0%)
Everfree, Nick Sagan 0 (0.0%)
Old Man’s War, John Scalzi 3 (10.7%)
Resistance, Owen Sheers 4 (14.3%)
The Liberty Gun, Martin Sketchley 0 (0.0%)
The Electric Church, Jeff Somers 0 (0.0%)
Spindrift, Allen Steele 0 (0.0%)
Glasshouse, Charlie Stross 3 (10.7%)
Sound Mind, Tricia Sullivan 0 (0.0%)
The End of Mr Y, Scarlett Thomas 1 (3.6%)
Rainbows End, Vernor Vinge 2 (7.1%)
Bloodmind, Liz Williams 3 (10.7%)
Saturn Returns, Sean Williams 0 (0.0%)
The Fade, Chris Wooding 0 (0.0%)
Feel free to use the comments to justify your choices, complain about books not on the lists, moan about the lack of GOOD or BAD, ask what on earth the Clarke awards are, start entertaining slapfights, demand clarification of poll uncertainties, etc.
