The SFWA has announced this years Nebula Award Nominees. The novel nominees are:
- Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor)
- Embassytown, China Miéville (Macmillan UK; Del Rey; Subterranean Press)
- Firebird, Jack McDevitt (Ace Books)
- God’s War, Kameron Hurley (Night Shade Books)
- Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti, Genevieve Valentine (Prime Books)
- The Kingdom of Gods, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Click through to see the other nominees.
Locus announced the winner of the 2012 William L. Crawford Fantasy Award which “is designated for an exceptionally promising writer whose first fantasy book was published the preceding year”. The winner is Genevieve Valentine for her novel Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti. I haven’t read the book, it does sound interesting.
Congratulations to Connie Willis:
The author of fifteen novels and over fifty short stories and novellas, Ms. Willis’s first novel, Water Witch, co-written with Cynthia Felice, was released in 1982. In 1992, Bantam Spectra released Willis’s Doomsday Book, which went on to win the Hugo, the Nebula and the Locus Awards for Best Novel. As of 2012, Ms. Willis has seven Nebula Awards, eleven Hugo Awards and four Locus Awards, among many others.
Ms. Willis is known to fans and colleagues for her generosity and humor, and her stories and anecdotes are frequently quoted long after their debut. She exemplifies the best this genre has to offer, and we are proud to welcome her to the rank of Grand Master.
Locus has announced the 2011 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees.
- The Company Man, Robert Jackson Bennett (Orbit)
- Deadline, Mira Grant (Orbit)
- The Other, Matthew Hughes (Underland)
- A Soldier’s Duty, Jean Johnson (Ace)
- The Postmortal, Drew Magary (Penguin)
- After the Apocalypse, Maureen F. McHugh (Small Beer)
- The Samuel Petrovich Trilogy, Simon Morden (Orbit)
I haven’t read any of these, so I’m curious about which ones I should try first.
The 2011 Hugo Award Winners have been announced:
NPR has counted all the votes and listed out the Top 100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Books. My issues with the list:
American Gods
Princess Bride
Kingkiller Chronicles
Xanth
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NPR has compiled a list of their Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy books. Go and vote now:
My choices:
The Baroque Cycle
A Clockwork Orange
The Dune Chronicles
The Foundation Trilogy
The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
I, Robot
Lord of the Rings
The Man in the High Castle
Watchmen
1984
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The John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalists have been announced:
Jon Armstrong Yarn (review)
Night Shade Books Greg Bear Hull Zero Three (review)
Orbit William Gibson Zero History Putnam Tom McCarthy C Knopf Ian McDonald The Dervish House Gollancz / Pyr Books Adam Roberts New Model Army Gollancz Hannu Rajaniemi The Quantum Thief Gollancz / Tor Books Gavin Smith Veteran Gollancz Sheri S. Tepper The Waters Rising Eos Jean-Christophe Valtat Aurorarama Melville House E. O. Wilson Anthill W.W. Norton & Company Connie Willis Blackout (review)/ All Clear
Charles Yu How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (review)
Pantheon
The 2011 Arthur C Clarke Award Winner is:
Zoo City
by Lauren Beukes has been declared the best science fiction novel of the year and the 25th winner of the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award.
Over at his blog, John Scalzi has released the 2011 Hugo Nominees:
Best Novel:
Blackout
Cryoburnby Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
The Dervish Houseby Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Pyr)
Feedby Mira Grant (Orbit)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdomsby N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
