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			<title><![CDATA[Shockingly, Science Fiction Book Wins SF Book Award]]></title>
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				When the UK's Clarke Award announced its nominees, there was <a href="http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2263996,00.html">some</a> <a href="http://vectoreditors.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/further-clarke-reactions/">comment </a>about the number of quasi-literary novels on the short list, including Matthew de Abaitua's <em><a href="http://io9.com/331745/posthuman-assholes-rule-cyber+town">Red Men</a></em>, Steven Hall's <em>Raw Shark Texts </em>and Sarah Hall's <em><a href="http://io9.com/368329/post+apocalyptic-hell-can-be-beautiful">Carhullan Army</a></em>. In the end, though, a fairly straightforward science fiction novel, Richard Morgan's future crime thriller <em>Black Man</em> (published in the U.S. as <em>Thirteen</em>), won this year's award. 				<a href="http://io9.com/386233/shockingly-science-fiction-book-wins-sf-book-award" title="Click here to read more about Shockingly, Science Fiction Book Wins SF Book Award">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 01 May 2008 11:07:00 PDT]]></pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Jane Anders]]></dc:creator>
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