Clarke Award Finalists 2000

[james_davis_nicoll]

2000: The theft of an Enigma Machine comes too late to play a significant role in World War Two, Sellafield highlight British dedication to nuclear saafety, and the Conservatives, informed polling has them 2% ahead of Labour, discover that they are actually trailing by 13%.

Poll #33234 Clarke Award Finalists 2000

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Which 2000 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?

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Distraction by Bruce Sterling
12 (21.8%)

A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
40 (72.7%)

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
43 (78.2%)

Silver Screen by Justina Robson
9 (16.4%)

The Bones of Time by Kathleen Ann Goonan
5 (9.1%)

Time by Stephen Baxter
11 (20.0%)

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

Which 2000 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Distraction by Bruce Sterling
A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Silver Screen by Justina Robson
The Bones of Time by Kathleen Ann Goonan
Time by Stephen Baxter

Comments

[jbwoodford]

Anathem was when Stephenson fell off my reading list; Cryptonomicon had enough good bits scattered here and there to make reading it worth my time, though.

[patrick_morris_miller]

For me it was REAMDE with its "just because right wing militias want to kill you doesn't mean they're not good people" text that couldn't even be bothered to be sub.