2007 Locus Award - Finalists
April 22nd 2007 07:54
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The finalists have been announced and the winners will be announced in June, in Seattle.
The following list has been taken from their website and their link is provided at the end which can take you to reviews of those books you are particularly interested in.
BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL
* Blindsight, Peter Watts (Tor) [See SF Signal review]
* Carnival, Elizabeth Bear (Bantam Spectra)
* Farthing, Jo Walton (Tor)
* Glasshouse, Charles Stross (Orbit; Ace)
* Rainbows End, Vernor Vinge (Tor) [See SF Signal review]
BEST FANTASY NOVEL
* The Jennifer Morgue, Charles Stross (Golden Gryphon Press; Ace)
* The Last Witchfinder, James Morrow (Morrow)
* The Privilege of the Sword, Ellen Kushner (Bantam Spectra)
* Soldier of Sidon, Gene Wolfe (Tor)
* Three Days to Never, Tim Powers (Subterranean Press; Morrow) [See SF Signal review]
BEST FIRST NOVEL
* Crystal Rain, Tobias S. Buckell (Tor) [See SF Signal review]
* The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters, Gordon Dahlquist (Bantam; Viking UK)
* The Green Glass Sea, Ellen Klages (Viking)
* The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra)
* Temeraire: His Majesty's Dragon/Throne of Jade/Black Powder, Naomi Novik (Del Rey; Voyager); as Temeraire: In the Service of the King (SFBC) [See SF Signal review of His Majesty's Dragon]
BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK
* The Keys to the Kingdom: Sir Thursday, Garth Nix (Allen & Unwin; The Chicken House)
* Magic Lessons, Justine Larbalestier (Penguin/Razorbill)
* Spirits That Walk in Shadow, Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Viking)
* Voices, Ursula K. Le Guin (Orion Children's; Harcourt)
* Wintersmith, Terry Pratchett (Doubleday UK; HarperTempest)
BEST NOVELLA
* "Botch Town", Jeffrey Ford (The Empire of Ice Cream)
* "Lord Weary's Empire", Michael Swanwick (Asimov's 12/06)
* "Map of Dreams", M. Rickert (Map of Dreams)
* "The Mars Girl", Joe Haldeman (Escape from Earth) [See SF Signal review]
* "Missile Gap", Charles Stross (One Million A.D.) [See SF Signal review]
BEST NOVELETTE
* "I, Row-Boat", Cory Doctorow (Flurb 1, Fall '06)
* "The Night Whiskey", Jeffrey Ford (Salon Fantastique)
* "Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy)", Geoff Ryman (F&SF 10-11/06)
* "The Singularity Needs Women!", Paul Di Filippo (Forbidden Planets [Crowther])
* "When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth", Cory Doctorow (Baen's Universe 8/06)
BEST SHORT STORY
* "How to Talk to Girls at Parties", Neil Gaiman (Fragile Things)
* "In the Abyss of Time", Stephen Baxter (Asimov's 8/06)
* "Nano Comes to Clifford Falls", Nancy Kress (Asimov's 7/06)
* "Sob in the Silence", Gene Wolfe (Strange Birds)
* "Tin Marsh", Michael Swanwick (Asimov's 8/06)
BEST ANTHOLOGY
* One Million A.D., Gardner Dozois, ed. (SFBC) [See SF Signal review]
* Salon Fantastique, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, eds. (Thunder's Mouth Press)
* The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Nineteenth Annual Collection, Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link & Gavin Grant, eds. (St. Martin's)
* The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection, Gardner Dozois, ed. (St. Martin's) [See SF Signal review]
* Year's Best SF 11, David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, eds. (Eos) [See SF Signal review]
BEST COLLECTION
* The Best of Philip José Farmer, Philip José Farmer (Subterranean Press)
* The Empire of Ice Cream, Jeffrey Ford (Golden Gryphon Press)
* Fragile Things, Neil Gaiman (Morrow; Headline Review)
* Galactic North, Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz)
* The Ladies of Grace Adieu and other stories, Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury)
BEST EDITOR
* Jim Baen
* Ellen Datlow
* Gardner Dozois
* David G. Hartwell
* Gordon Van Gelder
BEST ARTIST
* Bob Eggleton
* Donato Giancola
* John Picacio
* Charles Vess
* Michael Whelan
BEST NON-FICTION
* About Writing, Samuel R. Delany (Wesleyan University Press)
* Blood & Thunder: The Life & Art of Robert E. Howard, Mark Finn (MonkeyBrain Books)
* The Darkening Garden: A Short Lexicon of Horror, John Clute (Payseur & Schmidt)
* James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon, Julie Phillips (St. Martin's) [See SF Signal review]
* Myths for the Modern Age: Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton Universe, Win Scott Eckert (MonkeyBrain Books)
BEST ART BOOK
* Cathy & Arnie Fenner, eds. Spectrum 13: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art (Underwood)
* Edward Gorey, Amphigorey Again (Harcourt)
* John Jude Palencar, Origins (Underwood Books)
* John Picacio, Cover Story (MonkeyBrain Books) [See SF Signal review]
* Boris Vallejo & Julie Bell, The Fabulous Women of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell (HarperCollins/Collins Design
This is a very comprehensive list and the link to the website is here
It all looks very interesting to me.
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I thought you'd polish all those off in a week, there must be a few favourites, at least.
I've just had a pleasurable nice read, not at all taxing "Rose Cottage" chosen for its name only.
It was delightful, I don't read much of that sort of stuff but if I get the right mix, at the right time I find it a pleasurable experience.
Nice to see your cheeky face.
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Comment by Ash
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I also choose books just by their title sometimes... at the moment I have 'Shiver' on my bedside table which was chosen just because of the title... it`s turning into quite a good read for a happy, non-thinking read.
I haven`t heard of 'Rose Cottage' - but the name sounds good.
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