Locus has announced the short list for the Locus Awards. Each category lists the items which received the top five votes. The winners will be announced during the Locus Weekend in Seattle, WA on June 24-26, 2011.
Science Fiction Novel
- Surface Detail, by Iain M. Banks
- Cryoburn, by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Zero History, by William Gibson
- The Dervish House, by Ian McDonald
- Blackout/All Clear, by Connie Willis
Fantasy Novel
- Under Heaven, by Guy Gavriel Kay
- Kraken, by China Miéville
- Who Fears Death, by Nnedi Okorafor
- The Fuller Memorandum, by Charles Stross
- The Sorcerer’s House, by Gene Wolfe
First Novel
- The Loving Dead, by Amelia Beamer
- The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, by N.K. Jemisin
- Shades of Milk and Honey, by Mary Robinette Kowal
- The Quantum Thief, by Hannu Rajaniemi
- How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, by Charles Yu
Young Adult Book
- Ship Breaker, by Paolo Bacigalupi
- Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins
- Enchanted Glass, by Diana Wynne Jones
- I Shall Wear Midnight, by Terry Pratchett
- Behemoth, by Scott Westerfeld
Novella
- Bone and Jewel Creatures, by Elizabeth Bear
- The Lifecycle of Software Objects, by Ted Chiang
- “The Mystery Knight,” by George R.R. Martin
- “Troika,” by Alastair Reynolds
- “The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window,” by Rachel Swirsky
Novelette
- “The Fool Jobs,” by Joe Abercrombie
- “The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains,” by Neil Gaiman
- “The Mad Scientist’s Daughter,” by Theodora Goss
- “Plus or Minus,” by James Patrick Kelly
- “Marya and the Pirate,” by Geoffrey A. Landis
Short Story
- “Booth’s Ghost,” by Karen Joy Fowler
- “The Thing About Cassandra,” by Neil Gaiman
- “Names for Water,” by Kij Johnson
- “Thirteen Ways of Looking at Space/Time,” by Catherynne M. Valente
- “The Things,” by Peter Watts
Magazine
- Analog
- Asimov’s
- F&SF
- Subterranean
- Tor.com
Publisher
- Baen
- Night Shade Books
- Orbit
- Subterranean Press
- Tor
Anthology
- Zombies vs. Unicorns, edited by Holly Black & Justine Larbalestier
- The Beastly Bride, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
- The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois
- Warriors, edited by George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois
- Swords & Dark Magic, edited by Jonathan Strahan & Lou Anders
Collection
- Mirror Kingdoms, by Peter S. Beagle
- What I Didn’t See and Other Stories, by Karen Joy Fowler
- Fritz Leiber: Selected Stories, by Fritz Leiber
- The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson, by Kim Stanley Robinson
- The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny: Volume Five: Nine Black Doves, by Roger Zelazny
Editor
- Ellen Datlow
- Gardner Dozois
- Gordon Van Gelder
- David G. Hartwell
- Jonathan Strahan
Artist
- Bob Eggleton
- Donato Giancola
- John Picacio
- Shaun Tan
- Michael Whelan
Non-fiction
- 80! Memories & Reflections on Ursula K. Le Guin, edited by Karen Joy Fowler & Debbie Notkin
- Conversations with Octavia Butler, by Conseula Francis
- Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century: Volume 1: 1907-1948: Learning Curve, by William H. Patterson, Jr.
- CM Kornbluth: The Life and Works of a Science Fiction Visionary, by Mark Rich
- Bearings: Reviews 1997-2001, by Gary K. Wolfe
Art Books
- Dragon’s Domain, by Bob Eggleton
- Spectrum 17, edited by Cathy & Arnie Fenner, eds.
- Middle-Earth: Visions of a Modern Myth, by Donato Giancola
- The Bird King and Other Sketches, by Shaun Tan
- Instructions, by Charles Vess & Neil Gaiman
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“Harry Potter: The Exhibition” opens this weekend at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle Center. On the other side of Seattle Center, the exhibit “Battlestar Galactica” opens at the Science Fiction Museum. The Harry Potter exhibit, which debuted at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, is touring and making its fourth stop, its first on the West Coast. The Battlestar Galactica props, which include three spaceships, fifteen costumes, and more, are now part of the SFM collection and will be sent on tour in about 18 months.
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The nominees for the first Steamcon Airship Awards have been announced. The Steamcon Airship Awards will be presented at Steamcon II: Weird Weird West, to be held in Seattle, Washington from November 19-21. Any pre-registered member of the con may vote for the winners in five categories.
Written
- Boneshaker, by Cherie Priest
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, by Alan Moore
- Mainspring, by Jay Lake
- Soulless, by Gail Carriger
Visual
- Paul Guinan
- Richard Nagy
- Haruo Suekichi
- Jake von Slatt
Aural
- Abney Park
- The Clockwork Dolls
- Extraordinary Contraptions
- The Men that Will Not Be Blamed for Nothing
Community Contributor
- Captain Robert Brown of Abney Park
- GD Falksen
- Mike Perschon
- Jake Von Slatt
Potpourri
- Deadlands Role Playing Game
- Girl Genius
- The League of STEAM
- The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
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For information about Steamcon…
Seattle has won the bid to host Westercon in 2012. The convention, which will be called ConClusion and run from July 5-8, 2012, will be chaired by Bobby DuFault and run by the Seattle Westercon Organizing Committee (SWOC). Guests of Honor include author Robin Hobb, artists Frank and Brianna Spacekat Wu, scientist Art Bozlee, and fan Chaz Baden Boston.
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The winners of this year’s Locus Awards were announced at the Science Fiction Awards Weekend in Seattle on June 26. The Locus Awards are decided based on a vote of Locus readers.
- Science Fiction Novel: Boneshaker, by Cherie Priest
- Fantasy Novel: The City & The City, by China Miéville
- First Novel: The Windup Girl, by Paolo Bacigalupi
- Young Adult Novel: Leviathan, by Scott Westerfeld
- Novella: The Women of Nell Gwynne’s, by Kage Baker
- Novelette: “By Moonlight,” by Peter S. Beagle
- Short Story: “An Invocation of Incuriosity,” by Neil Gaiman
- Magazine: F&SF
- Publisher: Tor
- Anthology: The New Space Opera 2, edited by Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan
- Collection: The Best of Gene Wolfe, by Gene Wolfe
- Editor: Ellen Datlow
- Artist: Michael Whelan
- Non-Fiction/Art Book: Cheek by Jowl, by Ursula K. Le Guin
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The Science Fiction Museum in Seattle has announced that it will host an exhibit on Battlestar Galactica in cooperation with Universal Cable Productions and Syfy. The display will open on October 23 and will include props from the recently aired show, including three full sized spaceships and costumes. The exhibit will run through March 4, 2012.
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Seattle fan Wrai Ballard (b.1924) died on July 24. Ballard was an active contributor to FAPA and official editor and contributor to SAPS. Lee Jacobs created a series of pulp-style adventures in SAPS entitled “The Ballard Chronicles,” starring a fictionalized version of Ballard. In the early 1950s, Ballard refused to publish Jacobs’s essay “The Influence of Science Fiction on Modern American Filk Music,” which inadvertantly coined the term filk because of fear that its bawdy nature could get SAPS in trouble with post office censors. Ballard thereafter promoted the typo. Ballard has been suffering from cancer.
Filed in Art, Authors, Awards, Magazines | Steven H Silver, April 4, 2009 4:27 am | Comments (0)
Tags: Connie Willis, Edward L. Ferman, Frank R. Paul, Hall of Fame, Michael Whelan, Science Fiction Museum, Seattle
The Science Fiction Museum has announced the inductees for the class of 2009. This year’s class will be inducted the weekend of June 26 at the Seattle museum. This year’s inductees include Connie Willis, Michael Whelan, Frank R. Paul, and Edward L. Ferman.
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Christina Orr-Cahall has been named the new CEO and Director of the Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum in Seattle, Washington. Orr-Cahall replaces interim CEO Josi Callan. Orr-Cahall comes to the museum from the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, FL, where she held a similar position. When Orr-Cahall took over the Norton Museum nineteen years ago, it had 16 employees and is now considered a major regional museum. She is expected to begin at the EMP/SFM on July 1.
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