' Blackout and All Clear, novels of time traveling historians sent to World War II era London, won the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) Nebula Award for Best Novel. Willis is also shortlisted for the 2011 Hugo Award for Blackout/All Clear.
A complete list of winners and nominees in all categories may be found on the SFWA website.
Categories: Awards, SciFi & Fantasy
The ballot for the 2011 Hugo Awards has been released and there are some familiar names on the list; both ' Blackout/All Clear and 's The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms were nominated for the Nebula Award, and Ian McDonald's Dervish House was nominated for the British Science Fiction Association Award.
Nominees in the Best Novel Category:
- Blackout/All Clear by
- Cryoburn by
- The Dervish House by
- Feed by
- The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by
The nominees for the John W. Campbell Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer are:
The winners will be announced Saturday, August 20th, 2011, at the 69th World Science Fiction Convention (Renovation) in Reno, Nevada.
A complete list of nominees in all categories:
Categories: Awards, SciFi & Fantasy
, author of the Chrestomanci series and Howl's Moving Castle has passed away.
What if, in a world where mathematics could be magic, the thing you desired most was also trying to kill you?
Saskatoon author , a three-time Prix Aurora Award nominee, was kind enough to answer some questions about writing and his novel Napier's Bones.
Categories: Interview, SciFi & Fantasy, Saskatoon, New Releases
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (DAW Books)
On my night table at the moment is The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss. It's the first installment of The Kingkiller Chronicles, with the second book of the fantasy trilogy due out in August. The protagonist is Kvothe (pronounced "Quothe"), and we first meet him as the owner of a middle-of-nowhere tavern. He is, it transpires, a legend, trying to live out his days quietly. Tracked down by a historian, he reluctantly agrees to tell his story, and the bulk of the novel then consists of his narration, beginning with his childhood as part of family of travelling players, and moving to his life at University, now a student Arcanist of precocious talent.
My bare-bones synopsis here cannot possibly do justice to the richness of Rothfuss' novel. His world-building is meticulous, with every detail in place, from the monetary system to the names of the days of the ten-day week, and he unveils this bustling, living, breathing world so naturally to the reader that one's first encounter with it feels like a journey home. His prose, meanwhile, is elegant and literate without being pretentious, and his storytelling moving and grave without forgetting to be funny. The book is a triumph, and the wait for the next two volumes is going to be a long one.
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