Awards Season

Many sf awards were presented at this year’s Worldcon (MidAmeriCon II in Kansas City, 17-21 August), and a few days later came the Arthur C Clarke Award ceremony (London, 24 August) at which the 2016 winner was revealed. Here is a quick listing of the last week’s genre awards for novels; to see all the results for the Hugo and other multi-category awards, click through to the award entry.

• Arthur C Clarke Award: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time
• Hugo: N K Jemisin, The Fifth Season
• John W Campbell Memorial Award: Eleanor Lerman, Radiomen
• Retro Hugo for 1940 work: A E van Vogt, Slan (September-December 1940 Astounding)
• Sidewise: Julie Mayhew, The Big Lie