From: jdnicoll@panix.com   
      
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   Paul S Person   wrote:   
   >On Mon, 10 Nov 2025 09:26:21 -0500 (EST), jdnicoll@panix.com (James   
   >Nicoll) wrote:   
   >   
   >>2021: Conservationists are aghast that influenza B/Yamagata lineage   
   >>may face extinction, the selection of Alan Turing's image for new   
   >>50 pound notes raises the question of whether other state torture   
   >>victims will be so honoured, and the Johnson government proves beyond   
   >>a shadow of a doubt that herd immunity does exist-- but only to shame,   
   >>and only amongst Tories.   
   >   
   >So, were the awards suspended that year?   
      
   I am beginning to see the failure mode in doing this first thing   
   Mondays...   
      
   Which 2021 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?   
   The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay   
   Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes   
   Edge of Heaven by Rachael Kelly   
   The Infinite by Patience Agbabi   
   The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez   
   Vagabonds (translation of by Hao Jingfang   
      
   I've only read the Valdes and the Jingfang. The Jimenaz has been   
   on my to read pile since it came out but it keeps getting bumped   
   down by very slightly more urgent titles....   
      
   (for example, the McKay looks right up my alley so I now own it)   
      
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