What is Arthur C. Clarke Award?
The '''Arthur C. Clarke Award''' is a prize for excellent science fiction writing. It is a British award for a [[science fiction]] [[novel]] from the year before. To win, a the novel must be published first in the [[United Kingdom]]. The winner gets money as a prize. The prize amount increases each year. It is a number of [[pound sterling|pounds sterling]] equal to the year of the prize (£1987 for the first prize in 1987, and £2011 for the most recent prize). The science fiction author [[Arthur C. Clarke]] gave money to start the prize. The first prize was given in 1987. A group of judges choose the winning book. Judges come from the [[British Science Fiction Association]], the [[Science Fiction Foundation]] and a third group. Now, that third group [[SF Crowsnest]]. The [[Serendip Foundation]] manages the prize. Recently, the award has been presented on the first night of the [[SCI-FI-LONDON]] film festival. ==List of winners== * 1987: ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' by [[Margaret Atwood]] * 1988: ''[[The Sea and Summer]]'' by [[George Turner (writer)|George Turner]] * 1989: ''[[Unquenchable Fire]]'' by [[Rachel Pollack]] * 1990: ''[[The Child Garden]]'' by Geoff Ryman * 1991: ''[[Take Back Plenty]]'' by [[Colin Greenland]] * 1992: ''[[Synners]]'' by [[Pat Cadigan]] * 1993: ''[[Body of Glass]]'' by [[Marge Piercy]] (published as ''He, She and It'' in the U.S.) * 1994: ''[[Vurt]]'' by [[Jeff Noon]] * 1995: ''[[Fools (novel)|Fools]]'' by Pat Cadigan * 1996: ''[[Fairyland (novel)|Fairyland]]'' by [[Paul J. McAuley]] * 1997: ''[[The Calcutta Chromosome]]'' by [[Amitav Ghosh]] * 1998: ''[[The Sparrow (novel)|The Sparrow]]'' by [[Mary Doria Russell]] * 1999: ''[[Dreaming in Smoke]]'' by [[Tricia Sullivan]] * 2000: ''[[Distraction (novel)|Distraction]]'' by [[Bruce Sterling]] * 2001: ''[[Perdido Street Station]]'' by [[China Miéville]] * 2002: ''[[Bold As Love (novel)|Bold As Love]]'' by [[Gwyneth Jones (novelist)|Gwyneth Jones]] * 2003: ''[[The Separation]]'' by [[Christopher Priest (science fiction write