To the winners

Somewhat serendipitously given my last post, Christopher Priest has let loose on a group of hopeful winners of this year's Arthur C Clarke Award. The full post is here and it's convinced me that sometimes it's actually good not to be shortlisted. Here are a few of Mr Priest's choicest comments:

On Charles Stross for Rule 43 - 'It is indefensible that a novel like Charles Stross's Rule 34 (Orbit) should be given apparent credibility by an appearance in the Clarke shortlist. Stross writes like...