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The finalists for the 2010 Locus Awards have been announced. Winners will be presented during the Science Fiction Awards Weekend in Seattle WA, June 25-27, 2010.

Science Fiction Novel:

• The Empress of Mars, Kage Baker (Subterranean; Tor)
• Steal Across the Sky, Nancy Kress (Tor)
• Boneshaker, Cherie Priest (Tor)
• Galileo’s Dream, Kim Stanley Robinson (HarperVoyager; Ballantine Spectra)
• Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America, Robert Charles Wilson (Tor)

Fantasy Novel:

• The City & The City, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK)
• Unseen Academicals, Terry Pratchett (Harper; Doubleday UK)
• Drood, Dan Simmons (Little, Brown)
• Palimpsest, Catherynne M. Valente (Bantam Spectra)
• Finch, Jeff VanderMeer (Underland)

Congrats to all the nominees!  See the full news release from Locus for the details on the other categories.

So what do you think of this lineup?  Which ones have you read or want to read? The City & the City and Boneshaker are showing up on a lot of short lists this season.

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This 2009 Locus Award winners have been announced.

Anathem, Neal Stephenson (Atlantic UK, Morrow) – Best SF Novel
Lavinia, Ursula K. Le Guin (Harcourt) – Best Fantasy Novel

The complete list of winners for all categories can be found on the Locus web site.

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The finalists for the 2009 Locus Science Fiction Award have been announced:

Matter by Iain M. Banks (Orbit)
City at the End of Time by Greg Bear (Gollancz, Del Rey)
Marsbound by Joe Haldeman (Ace)
Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Atlantic UK, Morrow)
Saturn’s Children by Charles Stross (Orbit, Ace)

Check ’em out on the Locus page.

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The finalists for the 2009 Locus Fantasy Award have been announced:

The Shadow Years by Jeffrey Ford (Morrow)
Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin (Harcourt)
The Bell at Sealey Head by Patricia A. McKillip (Ace)
The Dragons of Babel by Michael Swanwick (Tor)
An Evil Guest by Gene Wolfe (Tor)

Check ’em out on the Locus page.

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