Comments on: Clarke Award tonight http://www.adamroberts.com/2010/04/28/clarke-awards-tonight/ The latest news from author Adam Roberts Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:03:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tweets that mention Clarke Award tonight | www.AdamRoberts.com -- Topsy.com http://www.adamroberts.com/2010/04/28/clarke-awards-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-1739 Tweets that mention Clarke Award tonight | www.AdamRoberts.com -- Topsy.com Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:50:06 +0000 http://www.adamroberts.com/?p=500#comment-1739 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Gollancz, Next Read, Jason Baki, Adam Roberts, The Clarke Award and others. The Clarke Award said: RT @Gollancz: http://bit.ly/b3NiL7 @arrroberts on being shortlisted for the Clarke oh and musing on reviews as well. (via @nextread) [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Gollancz, Next Read, Jason Baki, Adam Roberts, The Clarke Award and others. The Clarke Award said: RT @Gollancz: http://bit.ly/b3NiL7 @arrroberts on being shortlisted for the Clarke oh and musing on reviews as well. (via @nextread) [...]

]]> By: Tweets that mention Clarke Award tonight | www.AdamRoberts.com -- Topsy.com http://www.adamroberts.com/2010/04/28/clarke-awards-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-1735 Tweets that mention Clarke Award tonight | www.AdamRoberts.com -- Topsy.com Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:43:15 +0000 http://www.adamroberts.com/?p=500#comment-1735 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Gollancz, Next Read, Jason Baki, The Clarke Award, Night Shade Books and others. Night Shade Books said: Adam Roberts: Clarke Award tonight: Very exciting. For the record, I predict a win for either Miéville or Jones, w... http://bit.ly/chfYA0 [...]

]]> By: Adam Roberts http://www.adamroberts.com/2010/04/28/clarke-awards-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-1734 Adam Roberts Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:30:04 +0000 http://www.adamroberts.com/?p=500#comment-1734 Dan: absolutely. Having read both halves of your piece now I think I understand, and completely respect, your position. I think I'll edit out that last paragraph. I really do get sucked down a pernickerty-pedantic whirlpool, there. Let the record show that this post originally etc etc. Dan: absolutely. Having read both halves of your piece now I think I understand, and completely respect, your position.

I think I'll edit out that last paragraph. I really do get sucked down a pernickerty-pedantic whirlpool, there. Let the record show that this post originally etc etc.

]]> By: Dan Hartland http://www.adamroberts.com/2010/04/28/clarke-awards-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-1733 Dan Hartland Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:18:19 +0000 http://www.adamroberts.com/?p=500#comment-1733 Fair cop, guv. In interrogating Valente's position (and, after all, I'm basically saying that even <i>had</i> Skvorecky done what he in fact did not, it wouldn't have been an issue for me), I did, well, take her word for it. D'oh. While we're nit-picking, though, I'd emphasise that I don't dislike the novel - far, far from it. (In the piece, I write, "it is undoubtedly one of the finest novels written within the field, and probably outside of it, last year." Which is fairly unambiguous.) It's simply that, reading the novel in context with the others, and therefore in the spirit of comparative competition which an award encourages, some stuff occurred to me. Anyway, regardless: the best of luck tonight, sir. Fair cop, guv. In interrogating Valente's position (and, after all, I'm basically saying that even had Skvorecky done what he in fact did not, it wouldn't have been an issue for me), I did, well, take her word for it. D'oh.

While we're nit-picking, though, I'd emphasise that I don't dislike the novel - far, far from it. (In the piece, I write, "it is undoubtedly one of the finest novels written within the field, and probably outside of it, last year." Which is fairly unambiguous.) It's simply that, reading the novel in context with the others, and therefore in the spirit of comparative competition which an award encourages, some stuff occurred to me.

Anyway, regardless: the best of luck tonight, sir.

]]> By: Notes on a Shortlist « Torque Control http://www.adamroberts.com/2010/04/28/clarke-awards-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-1732 Notes on a Shortlist « Torque Control Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:01:53 +0000 http://www.adamroberts.com/?p=500#comment-1732 [...] of “painfully inept cultural appropriation” (on which Roberts lightly comments here). That is: it is hamfisted as a depiction of Russian-ness. To me, the novel seems much more about [...] [...] of “painfully inept cultural appropriation” (on which Roberts lightly comments here). That is: it is hamfisted as a depiction of Russian-ness. To me, the novel seems much more about [...]

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