From: jdnicoll@panix.com

2014: Creationism is banned in British schools, the first same sex
marriages in the UK are conducted, and Canadian Mark Carney helps
the UK navigate challenging times. What ever happened to Carney,
anyway?


Which 2014 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
God's War by Kameron Hurley
Nexus by Ramez Naam
The Adjacent by Christopher Priest
The Disestablishment of Paradise by Phillip Mann
The Machine by James Smythe

I have only read the first two.
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From: wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu

In article <10a9d6v$l5v$1@reader1.panix.com>,
James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

Which 2014 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
God's War by Kameron Hurley
Nexus by Ramez Naam
The Adjacent by Christopher Priest
The Disestablishment of Paradise by Phillip Mann
The Machine by James Smythe

I have only read the first two.

Well, I *own* the first book (I think on your recommendation,
actually) but haven't read it. I've at least heard of Hurley, Naam,
and Priest (although not those specific books).

-GAWollman

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From: noone@nowhere.com

On 16/09/25 04:00, James Nicoll wrote:

2014: Creationism is banned in British schools, the first same sex
marriages in the UK are conducted, and Canadian Mark Carney helps
the UK navigate challenging times. What ever happened to Carney,
anyway?

Which 2014 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
God's War by Kameron Hurley
Nexus by Ramez Naam
The Adjacent by Christopher Priest
The Disestablishment of Paradise by Phillip Mann
The Machine by James Smythe

I have only read the first two.

So have I.
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie. 5 stars. Brilliant action and suspense. Brilliant science fiction - eg, group minds.
God's War by Kameron Hurley. 3 stars.
Magicians control insects/wasps etc. Males all born to serve at the
front. Nyx, female personification of night and daughter of chaos leads
her band of bounty hunters on a mission for the Q to find an alien
thought to have the power to resolve the everlasting war. I enjoyed The
Light Brigade more. 4 stars. Begins as a standard “shape the new
recruit” exposition of dystopic social background, technology and
attitudes. Corporate wars, time shifting.

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From: noone@nowhere.com

On 16/09/25 06:09, Garrett Wollman wrote:

In article <10a9d6v$l5v$1@reader1.panix.com>,
James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

Which 2014 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
God's War by Kameron Hurley
Nexus by Ramez Naam
The Adjacent by Christopher Priest
The Disestablishment of Paradise by Phillip Mann
The Machine by James Smythe

I have only read the first two.

Well, I *own* the first book (I think on your recommendation,
actually) but haven't read it.

My advice is to buy the second and the third of the trilogy immediately,
not tomorrow, before you start the first because once you start.......

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From: grschmidt@acm.org

On 16/9/25 15:25, Titus G wrote:

On 16/09/25 06:09, Garrett Wollman wrote:

In article <10a9d6v$l5v$1@reader1.panix.com>,
James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

Which 2014 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
God's War by Kameron Hurley
Nexus by Ramez Naam
The Adjacent by Christopher Priest
The Disestablishment of Paradise by Phillip Mann
The Machine by James Smythe

I have only read the first two.

Well, I *own* the first book (I think on your recommendation,
actually) but haven't read it.

My advice is to buy the second and the third of the trilogy immediately,
not tomorrow, before you start the first because once you start.......

What he said!

Cheers,
Gary B-)

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From: lcraver@home.ca

On Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:00:31 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
Nicoll) wrote:

2014: Creationism is banned in British schools, the first same sex
marriages in the UK are conducted, and Canadian Mark Carney helps
the UK navigate challenging times. What ever happened to Carney,
anyway?

I'm assuming this is an alt-history scenario since the facts
concerning both your comment about Carney in the UK and your last
sentence are undoubtedly known to you <giggle>

(I heard a Youtube video featuring someone well known in UK
Conservative party circles saying terrible things about his time with
the Bank of England and was surprised Canadians chose him based on
that)

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