Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi has been shortlisted for the 33rd Arthur C. Clarke Award for science fiction.
The annual award is presented for the best science fiction novel of the year and the winner will be announced on 17th July. They will receive a cheque for £2019.00 and the award itself, a commemorative engraved bookend.
The shortlist reads as follows:
Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi
Semiosis by Sue Burke
Revenant Gun by Yoon Ha Lee
The Electric State by Simon Stålenhag
Rosewater by Tade Thompson
The Loosening Skin by Aliya Whiteley
Find out more about the Arthur C. Clarke Award here.
