Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist

Better late than never, here's the shortlist for the 20th Arthur C. Clarke Award (2006):

Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro (Faber)
Learning The World – Ken MacLeod (Orbit)
Pushing Ice – Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz)
Air – Geoff Ryman (Gollancz)
Accelerando – Charles Stross (Orbit)
Banner Of Souls – Liz Williams (Tor)

If you count Geoff Ryman as British (he was born in Canada but been living in the UK for most of his life) then this is the first all-British shortlist in the history of the Award.

This award tends to throw up some different books from the BSFA award, including more mainstream novels (or marketed as mainstream anyway), and this year it's Never Let Me Go.

As usual I've only read one of the books! (Accelerando). I must read Air though, that's going to the top of my list.