View Single Post
Old 03-29-2016, 06:41 PM   #8
tompe
Grand Sorcerer
tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 7,452
Karma: 7185064
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Linköpng, Sweden
Device: Kindle Voyage, Nexus 5, Kindle PW
Quote:
Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
I hadn't heard of this award before, so I did a little research. It appears to be an award for the "best original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2015 in the U.S.A.", in the opinion of five judges whose names certainly don't ring any bells for me. Anyone know who these five people actually are, and what criteria are used to make the decision? Are they people in the SF publishing industry? People picked randomly off the street? Something else?

See: http://www.philipkdickaward.org/
I have always assumed you could compare it to the Clarke award with respect of the selection of judges.

Lisa Mason is an SF author.
tompe is offline   Reply With Quote