Slow Train To Arcturus has been nominated as for best sf/f novel in the
Preditors & Editors reader's poll. So go vote here:

http://www.critters.org/predpoll/novelsf.shtml

They require an email you can click from to validate to stop people doing
nefarious stuff like voting lots of times from the one email address.

Dave said that being in the middle of a move from one nation to another this type of award could be the difference in pushing him over the top in the minds of the paper pushers.