Xatafi-Cyberdark Nominations

Nominees for the Xatafi-Cyberdark Awards have been announced. The Spanish language awards will be presented at the Getafe Negro Convention in Madrid the weekend of October 18.

Spanish Language Book

• El fondo del cielo, by Rodrigo Fresán (The Bottom of the Sky)
• Fin, by David Monteagudo (End)
• De mecánica y alquimia, by Jacinto Muñoz Rengel (On Mechanics and Alchemy)
• Mobymelville, by Daniel Pérez Navarro
• La ultima noche de Hipatia, by Eduardo Vaquerizo (Hipatia’s Last Night)
• Alarido de Dios, by José Miguel Vilar-Bou (God’s Howl)

Transated Book

• Titán, by Ben Bova
• Diáspora, by Greg Egan
• El corcel, by Carol Emshwiller (The Mount)
• El nombre del viento, by Patrick Rothfuss (The Name of the Wind)
• El reparador de biblias, by Tim Powers (The Bible Repairman)
• Visión ciega, by Peter Watts (Blindsight)

Spanish Language Story

• “El faro de las islas de Os Baixos,” by Juan Jacinto Muñoz Rengel (“The Lighthouse of Os Baixos”)
• “Lapis philosophorum,” by Juan Jacinto Muñoz Rengel
• “La maldición de los Zweiss,” by Juan Jacinto Muñoz Rengel (“The Curse of the Zweiss”)

Translated Story

• “Un alma embotellada,” by Tim Powers (“A Soul in a Bottle”)
• “El camino de bajada,” by Tim Powers (“The Low Road”)
• “Dondequiera que se oculten,” by Tim Powers (“Wherever It Hides”)
• “El reparador de biblias,” by Tim Powers (“The Bible Repairman”)

Best publisher initiative

• Editorial La Biblioteca del Laberinto, for publishing Aguistín de Foxá
• Editorial Impedimenta, for the translation of Stanislaw Lem’s work into Spanish
• Editorial Mondadori, for its career and contribution to the genre
• Editorial Salto de Pagina, for its career and its investment in the fantastic in Spanish

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