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

[petrea_mitchell]

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

[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.