's The City and the City, already proud co-winner of a Hugo Award and nominee for many others, came out on top after the World Fantasy Convention in Columbus, Ohio.
A complete list of winners in all categories may be found here:
Categories: Awards, SciFi & Fantasy
"Reverend" Asher Rook is a Hexslinger, a man who can shatter nature's laws with magic. The Civil War bled the faith out of him until he ended up swinging from a rope and partnered with fierce killer Chess Pargeter. Pinkerton Ed Morrow has infiltrated Rook's gang trying to map the extent of Rook's power and find a way to detect Hexslingers before they manifest. But the goddess Ixchel, mother of all hanged men, wants Rook and Pargeter for her own purposes and outlaws and lawmen both will have to ride through Hell to stop her.
Categories: Reviews, Staff Pick, SciFi & Fantasy, Horror
The Sunburst Awards, celebrating Canadian literature of the fantastic, have released the winners in both adult and young adult categories. Congratulations to , whose debut novel Indigo Springs, won the adult award and , whose Half World took the young adult award.
On Indigo Springs the jurors had this to say:
"Original, passionate, lyrical and powerful, entertaining and terrifying at once, Dellamonica's debut novel examines how both good intentions and good people can be overthrown by the temptations of power."
On Half World:
"Goto's style is gruesome rather than gory; neither horror nor dark fantasy but entirely original and unclassifiable. Richly imagined phantasmagoric scenes decorate every iridescent page. Goto's stylish incendiary prose lifts Half World above the YA category; this novel crosses age boundaries and could just as easily be categorized as a book for adults."
The jurors for the 2010 award were , , , and . In 2011 the jurors will be , , , and .
Dellamonica was interviewed by McNally Robinson upon Indigo Springs' release. You can read a review of her award winning novel here.
Categories: Awards, SciFi & Fantasy
The judges of the World Fantasy Awards have released the shortlists for the 2010 awards. This year's nominees for best novel include:
- Blood of Ambrose by
- The City & the City by
- Finch by
- In Great Waters by
- The Red Tree by
A complete list of nominees in all categories may be found here.
Categories: Awards, SciFi & Fantasy, Horror
For only the third time, the Hugo Award for Best Novel was awarded to two books: 's The City & The City and 's The Windup Girl. Both books have been dominating science fiction and fantasy awards lists all year. This year's winners join good company, 1993's shared best novel went to 's A Fire Upon the Deep and 's Doomsday Book and in 1966, 's Dune and 's ... And Call Me Conrad also deadlocked the voters.
The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer went to , author of Rosemary and Rue.
A complete list of this year's winners in all categories may be found here.
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