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Originally Posted by tompe
Well, I think the Clark-award also have this kind of popular recognition. From my perspective the Clarke-award seems to choose better books and are more well known than the Nebula award.
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That's a good point. The SFWA has expanded to include authors outside the US, and has a European Regional Director, but it's still a largely North American organization, and is probably better known over here. The Clarke Award may well have better recognition elsewhere.
The Nebulas are peer awards, chosen by the membership, and will represent what the folks in SFWA think is good.
A bigger question is whether readers buy books on the basis of a Clarke Award. The Hugo
does increase sales somewhat. I have no real data on the others.
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Dennis