Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist

The shortlist for the Arthur C. Clarke award is out.

River of Gods - Ian McDonald
Iron Council - China Miéville
Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
Market Forces - Richard Morgan
The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
The System of the World - Neal Stephenson

The Award is chosen by jury and is awarded every year to the best science fiction novel which received its first British publication during the previous calendar year.

This years judges are...

BSFA: Carol Ann Kerry Green, Mark Greener
SFF: Mark Bould, Justina Robson
Science Museum: Dave Palmer
Chair: Paul Kincaid

As usual I haven't read any of them (except the superb River of Gods which I'm a third through)