Verliehen: Die Locus-Awards 2013

Am Wochen­en­de wur­den im Rah­men eines Ban­ketts in Seat­tle die Locus-Awards ver­ge­ben. Der Preis wird seit 1971 all­jähr­lich vom US-Fach­ma­ga­zin LOCUS für Ver­öf­fent­li­chun­gen im Bereich Sci­ence Fic­tion und Fan­ta­sy ver­lie­hen. In die Wer­tung gehen Wer­ke ein, die jeweils im Vor­jahr erschie­nen sind.

Der Preis für den bes­ten SF-Roman ging an John Scal­zi für sei­ne SF-Par­odie REDSHIRTS (der bezieht sich auf die fast schon legen­dä­ren Rot­hem­den der Sicher­heits­leu­te bei STAR TREK, die durch eine gerin­ge Lebens­er­war­tung auf­fie­len). Als bes­ter Fan­ta­sy­ro­man konn­te Charles Stross´ THE APOCALYPSE CODEX einen Locus Award ein­heim­sen. Die Aus­zeich­nung für den bes­ten Erst­ling erhielt Sala­din Ahmed für den bei DAW und Gol­lan­cz erschie­ne­nen Roman THRONE OF THE CRESCENT MOON.

Nach­fol­gend die kom­plet­te Gewin­ner­lis­te, gelis­tet sind die jeweils fünf Best­plat­zier­ten, der Gewin­ner wird in fett her­vor­ge­ho­ben. Wer nach neu­em SF- und Fan­ta­sy-Lese­stoff sucht, könn­te die Lis­te als Ein­kaufs­zet­tel ver­wen­den … ;o)

SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

Reds­hirts, John Scal­zi (Tor; Gollancz)

The Hydro­gen Sona­ta, Iain M. Banks (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Cap­tain Vorpatril’s Alli­an­ce, Lois McMas­ter Bujold (Baen)
Caliban’s War, James S.A. Corey (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
2312, Kim Stan­ley Robin­son (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

FANTASY NOVEL

The Apo­ca­lyp­se Codex, Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit UK)

The Kil­ling Moon, N.K. Jemi­sin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
The Drow­ning Girl, Cait­lín R. Kier­nan (Roc)
Gla­mour in Glass, Mary Robi­net­te Kow­al (Tor)
Hide Me Among the Gra­ves, Tim Powers (Mor­row; Corvus)

FIRST NOVEL

Thro­ne of the Cre­scent Moon, Sala­din Ahmed (DAW; Gollancz)

vN, Made­li­ne Ash­by (Angry Robot US; Angry Robot UK)
Sera­phi­na, Rachel Hart­man (Ran­dom House; Dou­ble­day UK)
The Games, Ted Kos­mat­ka (Del Rey; Titan)
Alif the Unse­en, G. Wil­low Wil­son (Gro­ve; Corvus)

YOUNG ADULT BOOK

Rail­sea, Chi­na Mié­vil­le (Del Rey; Macmillan)

The Drow­ned Cities, Pao­lo Baci­g­alu­pi (Litt­le, Brown; Atom)
Pira­te Cine­ma, Cory Doc­to­row (Tor Teen)
Dod­ger, Ter­ry Prat­chett (Har­per; Dou­ble­day UK)
The Girl Who Fell Bene­ath Fai­ry­land and Led the Revels The­re, Cathe­ryn­ne M. Valen­te (Fei­wel and Friends; Much-in-Little)

NOVELLA

After the Fall, Befo­re the Fall, During the Fall, Nan­cy Kress (Tach­yon)

“In the House of Arya­man, a Lonely Signal Burns”, Eliza­beth Bear (Asimov’s 1/12)
On a Red Sta­ti­on, Drif­ting, Ali­et­te de Bodard (Immer­si­on)
“The Stars Do Not Lie”, Jay Lake (Asimov’s 10–11/12)
The Boolean Gate, Wal­ter Jon Wil­liams (Sub­ter­ra­ne­an)

NOVELETTE

“The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi”, Pat Cadi­gan (Edge of Infinity)

“Fas­ter Gun”, Eliza­beth Bear (Tor.com 8/12)
“Clo­se Encoun­ters”, Andy Dun­can (The Pot­ta­w­a­to­mie Giant & Other Stories)
“Fake Plastic Trees”, Cait­lín R. Kier­nan (After)
“The Lady Astro­naut of Mars”, Mary Robi­net­te Kow­al (Rip-Off!)

SHORT STORY

“Immer­si­on”, Ali­et­te de Bodard (Clar­kes­world 6/12)

“The Deeps of the Sky”, Eliza­beth Bear (Edge of Infinity)
“Man­tis Wives”, Kij John­son (Clar­kes­world 8/12)
“Ele­men­tals”, Ursu­la K. Le Guin (Tin House Fall ’12)
“Mono No Awa­re”, Ken Liu (The Future Is Japanese)

ANTHOLOGY

Edge of Infi­ni­ty, Jona­than Stra­han, ed. (Sola­ris US; Sola­ris UK)

After, Ellen Dat­low & Ter­ri Wind­ling, eds. (Hype­ri­on)
The Year’s Best Sci­ence Fic­tion: Twen­ty-ninth Annu­al Collec­tion, Gard­ner Dozois, ed. (St. Martin’s Grif­fin; Robin­son as The Mam­mo­th Book of Best New SF 25)
The Future Is Japa­ne­se, Nick Mama­tas & Masu­mi Washing­ton, eds. (Hai­ka­soru)
The Best Sci­ence Fic­tion and Fan­ta­sy of the Year: Volu­me Six, Jona­than Stra­han, ed. (Night Shade)

COLLECTION

Shog­go­ths in Bloom, Eliza­beth Bear (Prime)

The Best of Kage Baker, Kage Baker (Sub­ter­ra­ne­an)
At the Mouth of the River of Bees, Kij John­son (Small Beer)
The Unre­al and the Real: Selec­ted Sto­ries Volu­me One: Whe­re on Earth and Volu­me Two: Outer Space, Inner Lands, Ursu­la K. Le Guin (Small Beer)
The Dra­gon Gri­au­le, Luci­us She­pard (Sub­ter­ra­ne­an)

NON-FICTION

Distrust That Par­ti­cu­lar Fla­vor, Wil­liam Gib­son (Put­nam)

An Exi­le on Pla­net Earth, Bri­an Aldiss (Bod­lei­an Library)
Sci­ence Fic­tion: The 101 Best Novels 1985–2010, Dami­en Bro­de­rick & Paul Di Filip­po, eds. (Non­Stop)
The Cam­bridge Com­pa­n­ion to Fan­ta­sy Lite­ra­tu­re, Edward James & Farah Mend­le­sohn, eds. (Cam­bridge Uni­ver­si­ty Press)
Some Remarks, Neal Ste­phen­son (Mor­row)

ART BOOK

Spec­trum 19: The Best in Con­tem­pora­ry Fan­tastic Art, Cathy Fen­ner & Arnie Fen­ner, eds. (Under­wood)

Trolls, Bri­an Froud & Wen­dy Froud (Abrams)
Tar­zan: The Cen­ten­ni­al Cele­bra­ti­on, Scott Tra­cy Grif­fin (Titan)
J.R.R. Tol­ki­en: The Art of The Hob­bit by J.R.R. Tol­ki­en, Way­ne G. Ham­mond & Chris­ti­na Scull, eds. (Houghton Miff­lin Harcourt)
Steam­punk: An Illus­tra­ted Histo­ry, Bri­an J. Robb (Aurum)

ARTIST

Micha­el Whelan

Dona­to Giancola
Ste­phan Martiniere
John Picacio
Shaun Tan

EDITOR

Ellen Dat­low

John Joseph Adams
Gard­ner Dozois
Jona­than Strahan
Ann & Jeff VanderMeer

MAGAZINE

Asimov’s

Clar­kes­world
F&SF
Subterranean
Tor.com

PUBLISHER

Tor

Angry Robot
Baen
Orbit
Sub­ter­ra­ne­an Press

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