BSFA Award Nominations
January 25th, 2005The 2004 British Science Fiction Association Awards shortlist has been announced.
Best Novel
- Century Rain – Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz SF)
- Forty Signs of Rain – Kim Stanley Robinson (HarperCollins)
- Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell – Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury)
- Newton’s Wake – Ken MacLeod (Orbit)
- River of Gods – Ian McDonald (Simon and Schuster)
- Stamping Butterflies – Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Gollancz SF)
The only book in this list that I have read is Susanna Clarke’s. I have to admit the others don’t look too interesting to me, though I like Kim Stanley Robinson.
Best Short Fiction
- ‘Delhi’ – Vandana Singh (in So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Visions of the Future, ed. Nalo Hopkinson and Uppinder Mehan)
- ‘Mayflower II’ – Stephen Baxter (PS Publishing)
- ‘Point of No Return’ – Jon Courtenay Grimwood (New Scientist, Christmas/New Year)
- ‘The Faery Handbag’ – Kelly Link (The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling)
- ‘The Wolf-Man of Alcatraz‘ – Howard Waldrop (Scifiction, 22 September)
I haven’t read a single one of these. Howard Waldrop’s story is probably fun, and Kelly Link is a good writer.
January 25th, 2005 at 7:52 pm
I’m exactly the same. I figure the Link story will be in her new collection. And you’re right, Waldrop is usually fun; I had been reading the Sci Fiction stories early last year but got behind.
January 25th, 2005 at 8:37 pm
Usually I stay from any story with “faerie” in the title, but in Kelly Link’s case I’d make an exception. :)