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2021 BSFA Award Winner
The British Science Fiction Association has announced the winners of the BSFA Awards for works published in 2020.
In the Best Novel category the winner is Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor). Our congrats to Adrian Tchaikovsky and all the nominees:
- A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine (Tor)
- The Green Man’s Challenge by Juliet E. McKenna (Wizard’s Tower)
- Purgatory Mount by Adam Roberts (Gollancz)
- Skyward Inn by Aliya Whiteley (Solaris)
- Blackthorn Winter by Liz Williams (NewCon)
See the winners for all categories over on Locus. What do you think of this result?
2022 Philip K. Dick Award Winner
The winner of the 2022 Philip K. Dick Award for distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2021 in the U.S.A. is:
Dead Space by Kali Wallace (Berkley)
Special Citation was awarded to The Escapement by Lavie Tidhar (Tachyon)
The PKD Award was presented Norwescon on April 15, 2022. Our congrats to the winners and all the nominees.
- Defekt by Nino Cipri (Tordotcom)
- Plague Birds by Jason Sanford (Apex)
- Bug by Giacomo Sartori, translated by Frederika Randall (Restless)
- Far from the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson (Orbit US)
2022 Prometheus Award Finalists
The Libertarian Futurist Society has announced the finalists for the 2022 Prometheus Award, honoring pro-freedom works published in 2021.
- Between Home and Ruin by Karl K. Gallagher (Kelt Haven) self-published
- Seize What’s Held Dear by Karl K. Gallagher (Kelt Haven) self-published
- Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (Knopf; Faber & Faber)
- Rich Man’s Sky by Wil McCarthy (Baen)
- Should We Stay or Should We Go by Lionel Shriver (Harper Perennial)
Our congrats to all the nominees. What looks good to you on this list?
2022 Aurora Awards Finalists
The 2022 Aurora Awards finalists have been announced, celebrating the “best works and activities done by Canadians in 2021.” The nominees in the Best Novel category are:
- RED X by David Demchuk (Strange Light; Penguin Random House)
- The Quantum War by Derek Künsken (Solaris)
- Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee (Orbit US)
- A Broken Darkness by Premee Mohamed (Solaris)
- Soulstar by C.L. Polk (Tordotcom)
The Aurora site has the list of finalists in all categories.
Our congrats to all the nominees. What do you think of this list? Anything there look good to you?
2021 Aurealis Awards Finalists
The finalists for the 2021 Aurealis Awards have been announced. The nominees in the SF, Fantasy, and Horror novel categories are:
- Waking Romeo by Kathryn Barker (Allen & Unwin)
- The 22 Murders of Madison May by Max Barry (Hachette Australia)
- Stealing Time by Rebecca Bowyer (self-published)
- Papa Lucy & The Boneman by Jason Fischer (Outland Entertainment)
- Aurora’s End by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Allen & Unwin)
- Deepwater King by Claire McKenna (HarperCollins Publishers)
- Supermums – And So It Begins by Meg Grace (self-published)
- The Rose Daughter by Maria Lewis (Piatkus / Hachette / Little Brown)
- A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske (Tor)
- Dark Rise by C S Pacat (Allen & Unwin)
- She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan (Mantle)
- All the Murmuring Bones by Angela Slatter (Titan Books)
- The Bridge by J S Breukelaar (Meerkat Press)
- Midnight in the Chapel of Love by Matthew R. Davis (JournalStone Publishing)
- Papa Lucy & The Boneman by Jason Fischer (Outland Entertainment)
- The Airways by Jennifer Mills (Picador Australia)
- Holly and the Nobodies by Ben Pienaar (HellBound Books)
See the official press release for the all the nominees in all categories.
Winners will be announced at the Aurealis Awards ceremony in Melbourne or perhaps online.
2022 Hugo Award Finalists
The 2022 Hugo Award finalists have been announced. The noms in the Best Novel category are:
- Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (Tor; St. Martin’s)
- The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton; Harper Voyager US)
- A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom; Orbit UK)
- A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine (Tor; Tor UK)
- She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan (Tor; Mantle)
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (Ballantine; Del Rey)
See the full list of noms in all categories on the Locus website.
Our congrats to all the finalists. What do you think of this crop of books? Any favorites in the list?
