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The winner of the John W. Campbell Award for 2018 was presented during the Campbell Conference held June 22-24, 2018 at the University of Kansas Student Union in Lawrence KS.

WINNER:

• The Genius Plague by David Walton (Pyr)

FINALISTS:

• The Rift by Nina Allan (Titan)
• Tropic of Kansas by Christopher Brown (HarperCollins)
• Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich (Harper)
• The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley (Saga)
• The Moon and the Other by John Kessel (Saga)
• The Stargazer’s Embassy by Eleanor Lerman (Mayapple)
• Austral by Paul McAuley (Gollancz)
• Autonomous by Annalee Newitz (Tor)
• After the Flare by Deji Bryce Olukotun (Unnamed)
• New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit)
• The People’s Police by Norman Spinrad (Tor)
• Borne by Jeff VanderMeer (MCD)

Our congrats to David Walton and all the finalists. What do you think of this result?

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The finalists for the 2018 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 June 22-24, 2018, as part of the Campbell Conference held annually at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.

The finalists are:

• The Rift by Nina Allan (Titan)
• Tropic of Kansas by Christopher Brown (HarperCollins)
• Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich (Harper)
• The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley (Saga)
• The Moon and the Other by John Kessel (Saga)
• The Stargazer’s Embassy by Eleanor Lerman (Mayapple)
• Austral by Paul McAuley (Gollancz)
• Autonomous by Annalee Newitz (Tor)
• After the Flare by Deji Bryce Olukotun (Unnamed)
• New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit)
• The People’s Police by Norman Spinrad (Tor)
• Borne by Jeff VanderMeer (MCD)
• The Genius Plague by David Walton (Pyr)

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Note: This announcement was made the day after I left on my vacation and I’ve only just now realized that I missed updating the award.  Thanks to WWEnder madirondack for the heads-up.

The winner of the John W. Campbell Award for 2017 The awards were presented during the Campbell Conference held June 16-18, 2017 at the University of Kansas Student Union in Lawrence KS.

WINNER:

• Central Station by Lavie Tidhar

FINALISTS:

• The Medusa Chronicles by Alastair Reynolds and Stephen Baxter
• Zero K by Don DeLillo
• The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson
• Into Everywhere by Paul J. McAuley
• Everfair by Nisi Shawl
• Occupy Me by Tricia Sullivan
• Rosewater by Tade Thompson
• The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
• The Arrival of Missives by Aliya Whiteley
• Alien Morning by Rick Wilber
• Underground Airlines by Ben Winters
• Azanian Bridges by John Nicholas Wood

Our belated congrats to Lavie Tidhar and all the finalists. What do you think of this result?

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The finalists for the 2017 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 16, as part of the Campbell Conference held annually at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.

The finalists are:

• The Medusa Chronicles by Alastair Reynolds and Stephen Baxter
• Zero K by Don DeLillo
• The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson
• Into Everywhere by Paul J. McAuley
• Everfair by Nisi Shawl
• Occupy Me by Tricia Sullivan
• Rosewater by Tade Thompson
• Central Station by Lavie Tidhar
• The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
• The Arrival of Missives by Aliya Whiteley
• Alien Morning by Rick Wilber
• Underground Airlines by Ben Winters
• Azanian Bridges by John Nicholas Wood

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The winner of the John W. Campbell Award for 2016 was announced at MidAmeriCon II on August 18.

WINNER:

• Radiomen by Eleanor Lerman (The Permanent Press)

FINALISTS:

• The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi (Orbit/Knopf)
• Europe at Midnight by Dave Hutchinson (Rebellion)
• Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald (Gollancz/Tor)
• Galapagos Regained by James Morrow (St. Martin’s)
• Going Dark by Linda Nagata (Mythic Island/Saga)
• The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor (DAW)
• Where by Kit Reed (Tor)
• The Thing Itself by Adam Roberts (Gollancz)
• Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit)
• Seveneves by Neal Stephenson (William Morrow/Harper Collins)

Our congrats to Eleanor and all the finalists. With this award win Lerman has been added to our ever-growing list of Award Winning Books by Women Authors.

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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 Thursday, August 18, as part of the Campbell Conference held annually at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.

The finalists are:

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The winner of the John W. Campbell Award for 2015 was announced at the Campbell Conference Awards Banquet and Conference held June 11-14, at the University of Kansas.  The winner is The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North.  Our congrats to Claire and all the nominees.

• 2nd Place: A Darkling Sea – James L. Cambias (Tor)
• 3rd Place: The Three-Body Problem – Cixin Liu (Tor)
• The Race – Nina Allan (Newcon)
• The Peripheral – William Gibson (Putnam)
• Afterparty – Daryl Gregory (Tor)
• Europe in Autumn – Dave Hutchinson (Solaris)
• Wolves – Simon Ings (Gollancz)
• Station Eleven – Emily St. John Mandel (Knopf)
• Defenders – Will McIntosh (Orbit)
• 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)

What say you to this result?  Harry August has a very nice 4.285 out of 5 from 14 ratings on WWEnd and 4 reviews so far.  I suspect we’ll be seeing some more reads and ratings now that it’s won the Campbell.

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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:

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The winner of the John W. Campbell Award for 2014 was announced at the Campbell Conference Awards Banquet, held June 13-15, at the University of Kansas.  The winner is Strange Bodies by Marcel Theroux.  Our congrats to the winner and all the nominees.  This is quite an achievement for Mr. Theroux who beat out some of the biggest names in the business.  It was an impressive short list to say the least.

• Lexicon by Max Barry (Penguin)
• Proxima by Stephen Baxter (Gollancz)
• The Circle by Dave Eggers (Knopf)
• We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler (Marian Wood / Putnam)
• Hild by Nicola Griffith (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux)
• The Cusanus Game by Wolfgang Jeschke (Tor, 1st English edition)
• Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Orbit)
• The Disestablishment of Paradise by Phillip Mann (Gollancz)
• Evening’s Empires by Paul McAuley (Gollancz)
• The Red: First Light by Linda Nagata (Mythic Island Press)
• The Adjacent by Christopher Priest (Gollancz)
• On the Steel Breeze by Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz)
• Shaman by Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit)
• Neptune’s Brood by Charles Stross (Ace)

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The finalists for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, for best SF novel, have been announced:

• Lexicon by Max Barry (Penguin)
• Proxima by Stephen Baxter (Gollancz)
• The Circle by Dave Eggers (Knopf)
• We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler (Marian Wood / Putnam)
• Hild by Nicola Griffith (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux)
• The Cusanus Game by Wolfgang Jeschke (Tor, 1st English edition)
• Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Orbit)
• The Disestablishment of Paradise by Phillip Mann (Gollancz)
• Evening’s Empires by Paul McAuley (Gollancz)
• The Red: First Light by Linda Nagata (Mythic Island Press)
• The Adjacent by Christopher Priest (Gollancz)
• On the Steel Breeze by Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz)
• Shaman by Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit)
• Neptune’s Brood by Charles Stross (Ace)
• Strange Bodies by Marcel Theroux (Faber & Faber / Farrar, Straus, and Giroux)

The award will be presented during the Campbell Conference, to be held June 13-15, 2014 at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS.

This makes the 6th major award nomination for Ancillary Justice which just took home the 2013 Nebula.  What do you make of this list? Any personal favorites in there? Of the 15 books on the list 4 are by women which is an improvement over last year’s list that was only 1 out of 13.

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