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2015
2015 John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalists Announced
The finalists for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best science-fiction novel have been announced by the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction. The awards will be presented on Friday, June 12, as part of the Campbell Conference held annually at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.
The finalists for the best SF novel of 2014 are:
- The Race – Nina Allan (Newcon)
- A Darkling Sea – James L. Cambias (Tor)
- The Peripheral – William Gibson (Putnam)
- Afterparty – Daryl Gregory (Tor)
- Europe in Autumn – Dave Hutchinson (Solaris)
- Wolves – Simon Ings (Gollancz)
- The Three-Body Problem – Cixin Liu (Tor)
- Station Eleven – Emily St. John Mandel (Knopf)
- Defenders – Will McIntosh (Orbit)
- The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August – Claire North (Redhook)
- The Bees – Laline Paull (Ecco)
- Bête – Adam Roberts (Gollancz)
- Lock In – John Scalzi (Tor)
- The Martian – Andy Weir (Broadway)
- Annihilation – Jeff VanderMeer (FSG Originals)
- Echopraxia – Peter Watts (Tor)
Our congrats to all the finalists for being part of such an impressive list! How do you pick from so many great books? What do you think of this lineup?
4 Comments
That looks like a good list. Of the ones I’ve read, I’d put Annihilation as number 1. I did not like The Race. I’d like to know what other people think of that one.
I think I’ll be bumping The Martian, Europe in Autumn and The Peripheral up on my TBR pile.
A shortlist of 16 is not a shortlist. About the only book of note they haven’t got is Ancillary Sword, oh, and the kitchen sink.
With all the unread books that were written decades ago, when does one find the time to read all the new books? On my very much shorter list (having read only two of these) The Martian beats out The Three-body Problem.
Not a shortlist, but finalists.
think this is an awesome collection. I’ve read or are busy reading almost all of them, and most are exceptional books. I do miss Ancillary Sword, though. The only book that is new to me is The Race.
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