1997: The UK wins Eurovision, the BBC foolishly embraces that passing
fad known as the internet, and Tony Blair wins a razor-thin 179 seat
majority.

Which 1997 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
The Calcutta Chromosome by Amitav Ghosh
Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Gibbon's Decline and Fall by Sheri S. Tepper
Looking for the Mahdi by N. Lee Wood
The Engines of God by Jack McDevitt
Voyage by Stephen Baxter

Just the Robinson, the Wood, the McDevitt, and the Baxter. The Baxter
might be his best book.
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On 2025-05-19, James Nicoll <[email protected]> wrote:

Which 1997 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
The Calcutta Chromosome by Amitav Ghosh
Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson

The only thing I remember about _The Calcutta Chromosome_ is that
it did not feel like SF at all.

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On 2025-05-19, Christian Weisgerber <[email protected]> wrote:

On 2025-05-19, James Nicoll <[email protected]> wrote:

Which 1997 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
The Calcutta Chromosome by Amitav Ghosh
Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson

The only thing I remember about _The Calcutta Chromosome_ is that
it did not feel like SF at all.

I think that's pretty SOP for the Clarke, though.

Also, as here, the least SFnal one often wins.

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