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Ian R MacLeod’s Song of Time takes home the Clarke Award!
Posted by Paul Raven on April 30th, 2009 at 13:03
Yes indeed – it was my great privilege to be at the Apollo Cinema by Piccadilly Circus last night for the 2009 Arthur C Clarke Award ceremony, and my great thrill to hear the winner announced as Ian R MacLeod for Song of Time.
And if it was a thrill for me, you can believe it was even more so for others – Ian himself seemed genuinely shocked and humbled to have won, and gave one of the briefest and most heartfelt acceptance speeches I think I’ve ever witnessed, while Pete spent the rest of the evening wandering around with the dazed but happy look of a man who isn’t sure whether or not he’s dreaming, but who has no wish to wake if he is.
So, on behalf of PS Publishing, I’d like to once again extend our congratulations to Ian, as well as to all the other authors and publishers nominated for the award – as was pointed out at the ceremony, the Arthur C Clarke Awards are primarily about celebrating great science fiction, and in that respect everyone was a winner, regardless of the name in the envelope.
Once Pete returns to PS HQ tomorrow, he should have some congratulatory words to share; so please consider this a placeholder sent ahead of a more erudite and qualified spokesman! But I know I’m safe in saying that Pete and all of the PS Publishing crew are about as proud as we could be right now. :)