Re: Clarke Award Finalists 1998

On 27/05/25 01:28, James Nicoll wrote:

1998! The Good Friday Agreement gives Tories something new to undermine,
Former Conservative Cabinet Minister Enoch Powell makes his greatest
contribution to Britain by dying, and Andrew Wakefield's fraudulent paper
puts him in the running with Thomas Midgley Jr. for single individual
who did the most to undermine public health.
 
Which 1998 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?

I have read
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Nymphomation by Jeff Noon

I have only read the Russell, which was Xtian tosh, and the Baxter, which
was much worse. Would not be surprised if I read the worst two of that
set.

I thought that the Sparrow was absolutely brilliant as a horror story
which basically addressed the Xtian question of whether great suffering
was necessary to produce great art. There were further complications to
result in a great read. Five stars.

Nymphomation was enjoyable but I didn't think it was award winning
stuff. I had already read five star VURT so Nymphomation lacked the high
novelty value of first reading Noon.