Die Locus Awards 2011

Ges­tern wur­den sie im Rah­men des SF-Award-Weekends in Seat­tle ver­lie­hen, die 2011er Aus­zeich­nun­gen des Locus-Maga­zins. Wie­der und nicht ganz uner­war­tet fin­det man Chna Mié­ville unter den Preis­trä­gern, der den Preis für KRAKEN als bes­ter Fan­ta­sy­ro­man erhielt. Den Preis in der Spar­te »Roma­ne für Her­an­wach­sen­de« ging an Pao­lo Baci­g­alu­pi für SHIP BREAKER. Die Aus­zeich­nung für das bes­te Erst­lings­werk ging an N.K. Jemi­sins THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS.

Best Sci­ence Fic­tion Novel

Gewin­ne­rin:

• Black­out/All Clear, Con­nie Wil­lis (Spec­tra)

eben­falls nominiert:

• Sur­face Detail, Iain M. Banks (Orbit UK; Orbit US)
• Cryob­urn, Lois McMas­ter Bujold (Baen)
• Zero Histo­ry, Wil­liam Gib­son (Put­nam; Viking UK)
• The Der­vish House, Ian McDo­nald (Pyr; Gollancz)

Best Fan­ta­sy Novel

Gewin­ner:

• Kra­ken, Chi­na Mié­ville (Macmil­lan UK; Del Rey)

eben­falls nominiert:

• Under Hea­ven, Guy Gavri­el Kay (Pen­gu­in Cana­da; Roc)
• Who Fears Death, Nne­di Oko­ra­for (DAW)
• The Ful­ler Memo­ran­dum, Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit UK)
• The Sorcerer’s House, Gene Wol­fe (Tor)

Alle Nomi­nier­ten und Preis­trä­ger nach einem Klick auf »mehr lesen«.

Gelis­tet sind alle Nomi­nier­ten, die Erst­ge­nann­ten sind die Preisträger.

Best First Novel

• The Hundred Thousand King­doms, N.K. Jemi­sin (Orbit UK; Orbit US)

• The Loving Dead, Ame­lia Bea­mer (Night Shade)
• Shades of Milk and Honey, Mary Robi­net­te Kowal (Tor)
• The Quan­tum Thief, Han­nu Raja­nie­mi (Gol­lan­cz; Tor)
• How to Live Safe­ly in a Sci­ence Fic­tion­al Uni­ver­se, Charles Yu (Pan­the­on)

Best Young Adult Book

• Ship Brea­k­er, Pao­lo Baci­g­alu­pi (Litt­le, Brown)

• Mocking­jay, Suzan­ne Coll­ins (Scho­la­s­tic)
• Enchan­ted Glass, Dia­na Wyn­ne Jones (Har­per­Coll­ins UK; Greenwillow)
• I Shall Wear Mid­night, Ter­ry Prat­chett (Gol­lan­cz; HarperCollins)
• Behe­mo­th, Scott Wes­ter­feld (Simon Pul­se; Simon & Schus­ter UK)

Best Novel­la

• The Life­cy­cle of Soft­ware Objects, Ted Chiang (Sub­ter­ra­ne­an)

• Bone and Jewel Crea­tures, Eliza­beth Bear (Sub­ter­ra­ne­an)
• »The Mys­tery Knight«, Geor­ge R.R. Mar­tin (War­ri­ors)
• »Troi­ka«, Alas­ta­ir Rey­nolds (God­li­ke Machines)
• »The Lady Who Plu­cked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Win­dow«, Rachel Swirs­ky (Sub­ter­ra­ne­an Sum­mer ’10)

Best Nove­let­te

• »The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Moun­ta­ins«, Neil Gai­man (Sto­ries)

• »The Fool Jobs«, Joe Aber­crom­bie (Swords & Dark Magic)
• »The Mad Scientist’s Daugh­ter«, Theodo­ra Goss (Stran­ge Hori­zons 1/18–1/25/10)
• »Plus or Minus«, James Patrick Kel­ly (Asimov’s 12/10)
• »Marya and the Pira­te«, Geoffrey A. Lan­dis (Asimov’s 1/10)

Best Short Story

• »The Thing About Cas­san­dra«, Neil Gai­man (Songs of Love and Death)

• »Booth’s Ghost«, Karen Joy Fow­ler (What I Didn’t See and Other Stories)
• »Names for Water«, Kij John­son (Asimov’s 10–11/10)
• »Thir­teen Ways of Loo­king at Space/Time«, Catheryn­ne M. Valen­te (Clar­kes­world 8/10)
• »The Things«, Peter Watts (Clar­kes­world 1/10)

Best Maga­zi­ne

• Asimov’s

• Ana­log
• F&SF
• Sub­ter­ra­ne­an
• Tor.com

Best Book Publisher

• Tor

• Baen
• Night Sha­de Books
• Orbit
• Sub­ter­ra­ne­an Press

Best Antho­lo­gy

• War­ri­ors, Geor­ge R.R. Mar­tin & Gard­ner Dozois, eds. (Tor)

• Zom­bies vs. Uni­corns, Hol­ly Black & Jus­ti­ne Lar­bal­es­tier, eds. (McEl­der­ry)
• The Beast­ly Bri­de, Ellen Dat­low & Ter­ri Wind­ling, eds. (Viking)
• The Year’s Best Sci­ence Fic­tion: Twen­ty-Seventh Annu­al Coll­ec­tion, Gard­ner Dozois, ed. (St. Martin’s)
• Swords & Dark Magic, Jona­than Stra­han & Lou Anders, eds. (Har­per­Coll­ins)

Best Coll­ec­tion

• Fritz Lei­ber: Sel­ec­ted Sto­ries, Fritz Lei­ber (Night Shade)

• Mir­ror King­doms, Peter S. Bea­gle (Sub­ter­ra­ne­an)
• What I Didn’t See and Other Sto­ries, Karen Joy Fow­ler (Small Beer)
• The Best of Kim Stan­ley Robin­son, Kim Stan­ley Robin­son (Night Shade)
• The Coll­ec­ted Sto­ries of Roger Zelaz­ny: Volu­me Five: Nine Black Doves, Roger Zelaz­ny (NESFA)

Best Edi­tor

• Ellen Dat­low

• Gard­ner Dozois
• Gor­don Van Gelder
• David G. Hartwell
• Jona­than Strahan

Best Artist

• Shaun Tan

• Bob Eggle­ton
• Dona­to Giancola
• John Pica­cio
• Micha­el Whelan

Best Non-Fic­tion Book

• Robert A. Hein­lein: In Dia­lo­gue with His Cen­tu­ry: Volu­me 1: 1907–1948: Lear­ning Cur­ve, Wil­liam H. Pat­ter­son, Jr., (Tor)

• 80! Memo­ries & Reflec­tions on Ursu­la K. Le Guin, Karen Joy Fow­ler & Debbie Not­kin, eds. (Aque­duct)
• Con­ver­sa­ti­ons with Octa­via But­ler, Con­s­eu­la Fran­cis (Uni­ver­si­ty Press of Mississippi)
• CM Korn­bluth: The Life and Works of a Sci­ence Fic­tion Visio­na­ry, Mark Rich (McFar­land)
• Bea­rings: Reviews 1997–2001, Gary K. Wol­fe (Bec­con)

Best Art Book

• Spec­trum 17, Cathy & Arnie Fen­ner, eds. (Under­wood)

• Bob Eggle­ton, Dragon’s Domain (Impact)
• Dona­to Gian­co­la, Midd­le-Earth: Visi­ons of a Modern Myth (Under­wood)
• Shaun Tan, The Bird King and Other Sket­ches (Win­dy Hollow)
• Charles Vess & Neil Gai­man, Ins­truc­tions (Har­per)

Quel­le: Locus, Cover KRAKEN Copy­right 2010 Tor Books