by Chadwick Ginther - Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:24am
The John Campbell Award, one of the three biggest science fiction prizes, has released its list of finalists for best novel. Among them are Canadian 's young adult novel, Little Brother (reviewed here), and honorary Canadian (at least according to his many friends here in Winnipeg) 's absurdist romp Valley of Day-Glo (reviewed here). Nick's first novel, A Small and Remarkable Life, was previously shortlisted for the Campbell Award.
The award will be presented at the Campbell Conference in Kansas July 9-12.
Categories: Awards, SciFi & Fantasyby Chadwick Ginther - Wednesday, Jun 03, 2009 at 10:06am
, best known for his enduringly popular fantasy series The Belgariad, The Mallorean, The Elenium and Tamuli, passed away June 2nd at the age of 77. The author was predeceased by his wife and co-author Leigh in 2007.
Categories: Authors, SciFi & Fantasyby Chadwick Ginther - Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 9:09am
Regina author 's latest novel, Terra Insegura is the sequel to his Aurora Award nominated Marseguro. He will be reading and signing at McNally Robinson's Saskatoon store on Wednesday, June 3rd. Ed was kind enough to answer my questions via email.
Categories: Interview, Authors, SciFi & Fantasyby Chadwick Ginther - Monday, May 11, 2009 at 9:05pm
Monster is a novel about a man named Monster, who...err...hunts monsters. Okay, "hunts monsters" isn't quite politically correct -- what he actually does is offer Cryptobiological Containment and Rescue Services -- but when there's a yeti eating all of your ice cream, who has time to be picky?
Categories: Reviews, Staff Pick, SciFi & Fantasyby Chadwick Ginther - Sunday, May 17, 2009 at 2:06pm
's novel Song of Time won the 2009 Arthur C. Clarke Award for best science fiction novel published in the United Kingdom.
received a Gold Medal in the Young Adult category at the California Book Awards for her novel White Sands, Red Menace.
The Sidewise Awards have released their shorlists for Best Long and Short Form Alternate History.
The Scribe Awards, celebrating Media Tie-In Writing have released their shortlists in all categories. Special congratulations to McNally Robinson Don Mills bookseller , his novel The Doom of Kings, was nominated in the Original Gaming category.
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