2012 John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalists
The Center for the Study of Science Fiction has announced the John W. Campbell Memorial Award finalists for 2012.
- Ready Player One – Ernest Cline (Crown/Random House)
- This Shared Dream – Kathleen Ann Goonan (Tor Books)
- Soft Apocalypse – Will McIntosh (Night Shade Books)
- Embassytown – China Miéville (Ballantine Books/Del Rey)
- The Islanders – Christopher Priest (Gollancz)
- The Highest Frontier – Joan Slonczewski (Tor Books)
- Dancing with Bears – Michael Swanwick (Night Shade Books)
- Osama – Lavie Tidhar(PS Publishing)
- Robopocalypse – Daniel H. Wilson (Simon & Schuster)
- Home Fires – Gene Wolfe (Tor Books)
- Seed – Rob Ziegler (Night Shade Books)
The winner will be announced during the Campbell Conference, July 5-8, 2012.
Congratulations to all the nominees! What do you think of this list? Any surprises? With this nod, Embassytown, has garnered it’s 6th award nomination!


















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2 Comments
Great to see a Gene Wolfe!!! It’s on my list to read asap.
I still have so many of these to read, but I like seeing so many of the newer writers on this list. I thought that was the point of this award, but clearly not with Wolfe and Mieville on there!
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