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It’s that time again. Time to vote for the top 2012 WWEnd Grand Master Reading Challenge reviews for April! Here are the seven featured reviews from the blog:

• I, Robot by Isaac Asimov – (valashain)
• Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke – (Scott Laz)
• Non-Stop by Brian Aldiss – (Mattastrophic)
• The Brothel in Rosenstrasse by Michael Moorcock – (RhondaK101)
• To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer – (Allie)
• Bellwether by Connie Willis – (Allie)
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury – (Scott Laz)

Be sure to cast your vote for and remember, you don’t have to be a GMRC participant to vote. The poll is open until May 15th so you have plenty of time to read all the reviews.

Rhondak101 has provided the updated GMRC stats:

Authors with the most books read:

• Isaac Asimov (24)
• Robert A. Heinlein (21)
• Arthur C. Clarke (21)

Authors with the most different titles read:

• Isaac Asimov (11)
• Robert A. Heinlein (11)
• Arthur C. Clarke (8)

Authors without any books read yet:

• Hal Clement

Books most frequently read:

• Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (9)
• Alfred Bester, The Stars My Destination (8)
• Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed (8)
• Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 (7)
• Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End (7)
• Alfred Bester, The Demolished Man (6)

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Locus has announced the nominees for the 2012 Locus Awards. The winners will be announced at the Science Fiction Awards Weekend in Seattle, Washington with Master of Ceremonies, Connie Willis. The finalists in the novel categories are:

Science Fiction Novel

• Leviathan Wakes, James S. A. Corey (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• 11/22/63, Stephen King (Scribner; Hodder & Stoughton as 11.22.63)
• Embassytown, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan)
• Rule 34, Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit UK)
• The Children of the Sky, Vernor Vinge (Tor)

Fantasy Novel

• A Dance with Dragons, George R.R. Martin (Bantam; Harper Voyager UK)
• Snuff, Terry Pratchett (Harper; Doubleday UK)
• The Wise Man’s Fear, Patrick Rothfuss (DAW; Gollancz)
• Deathless, Catherynne M. Valente (Tor)
• Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor)

First Novel

• Ready Player One, Ernest Cline (Crown; Century)
• God’s War, Kameron Hurley (Night Shade)
• Soft Apocalypse, Will McIntosh (Night Shade)
• The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern (Doubleday)
• Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti, Genevieve Valentine (Prime)

Young Adult Book

• Planesrunner, Ian McDonald (Pyr)
• Akata Witch, Nnedi Okorafor (Viking)
• Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs (Quirk)
• The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, Catherynne M. Valente (Feiwel and Friends)
• Goliath, Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse; Simon & Schuster UK)

Visit Locus Online for the official press release and the complete list of finalists in all categories. Congrats to all the finalists and best of luck in June!

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