Good books

One good way to improve your writing is ..reading. Shocking, I know. :)

Here are some books to check out if you haven't already, the 6 novels on the
Arthur C. Clarke Award short list:

• The Red Men by Matthew de Abaitua - Snow Books
  
• The H-Bomb Girl by Stephen Baxter - Faber & Faber
  
• The Carhullan Army by Sarah Hall - Faber & Faber
  
• The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall - Canongate
  
• The Execution Channel by Ken MacLeod - Orbit
  
• Black Man by Richard Morgan - Gollancz

The Arthur C. Clarke Award is a juried award that presented annually for the best science fiction novel of the previous year. The winner will receive a cash prize of 2008 Pounds ($4,058 US) along with a commemorative engraved bookend.

The winner will be announced on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at an award ceremony held on the opening night of the Sci-Fi-London Film Festival.

Congrats to all the nominees!