Arthur C. Clarke Award 2009 Shortlist

The shortlist for the 2009 Arthur C. Clarke Award has been released, it is:

Song of Time: Ian R. MacLeod - PS Publishing
The Quiet War: Paul McAuley – Gollancz
House of Suns: Alastair Reynolds – Gollancz
Anathem: Neal Stephenson – Atlantic
The Margarets: Sheri S. Tepper – Gollancz
Martin Martin’s on the Other Side: Mark Wernham – Jonathan Cape

I’ve only read Anathem, The Quite War is on my shelf waiting and House Of Suns is one that I fancy but haven’t got around to yet. I have heard lots of good things about Ian R. MacLeod’s novels but haven’t read any, know of Sheri S. Tepper from Grass and have never heard of Mark Wernham.

As others have stated, it is predictably a fairly typical unpredictable Clarke Award list.