Clarke Award Finalists 1988

[james_davis_nicoll]

1988: As Thatcher becomes the UK's longest-serving PM, the SDP and Liberals unite to become the unstoppable behemoth that was the Social and Liberal Democratic Party, Iain Banks publishes The Player of Games and Irish Paramilitaries set an example Canadians would do well to consider should we find ourselves hosting US forces.

Poll #32799 Clark Award Finalists 1988

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Which 1988 Clarke Award Finalist Novels Have You Read?

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Drowning Towers (variant of The Sea and Summer) by George Turner
8 (26.7%)

Fiasko by Stanisław Lem
6 (20.0%)

Ancient of Days by Michael Bishop
4 (13.3%)

Gráinne by Keith Roberts
1 (3.3%)

Memoirs of an Invisible Man by H. F. Saint
5 (16.7%)

Replay by Ken Grimwood
18 (60.0%)

Ægypt by John Crowley
12 (40.0%)

Bold for have read, italic for intend to read,, underline for never heard of it.

Which 1988 Clarke Award Finalist Novels Have You Read?
Drowning Towers (variant of The Sea and Summer) by George Turner
Fiasko by Stanisław Lem
Ancient of Days by Michael Bishop
Gráinne by Keith Roberts
Memoirs of an Invisible Man by H. F. Saint
Replay by Ken Grimwood
Ægypt by John Crowley

Comments

[patrick_morris_miller]

Seeing the movie doesn't count, does it?

[petrea_mitchell]

I sure didn't expect that Lem book to turn up on an awards list.

[jsburbidge]

Walpole has Mrs Thatcher beat by a decade or so as far as longevity goes.

[jhetley]

You need to include "cats" in your options. They are always short-listed for any award.

[mikeda]

None of them.

[mikeda]

Which one had a movie adaptation?

[james_davis_nicoll]

The Saint. I think the lead was Chevy Chase.

[(Anonymous)]

My 1988-era cat felt that reading was a waste of time.

He always placed himself between me and whatever book I was trying to read in an effort to get some snuggling and petting in.

I became pretty good at holding a book with one hand and petting with the other.

[kate_schaefer]

I had to revise my vote, because I had forgotten that not only did I read Memoirs of an Invisible Man, I bought it, and it's still on my shelves today.

[ffutures]

If I recall correctly, Replay was pushed quite hard by British book dealer / fan Rog Peyton - a lot of British fans bought it, and I suspect that may have had something to do with the nomination.

[petrea_mitchell]

Or, as I come back to check the results, for any participants other than me to have read it.

(I mean, it's a well-written book, but it's one big long downer, and one of Lem's lesser-known works.)

[mmcirvin]

I have tried my best to read every Lem book that is available in English. And that's one of my favorites, actually, though or perhaps because it is so extremely dark.

[fred_mouse]

I surprise myself, having read three -- I possibly still own all three. Mind you, one of them I read many years later because I friend recommended it, and I vaguely recall writing a rather scathing review of it.

[dormouse1953]

I read the Roberts. I'm a Roberts fan and it was published by a fannish press, many of those involved I know personally.