Locus Award-Gewinner 2019

Ges­tern wur­den im Rah­men des »Locus Awards Wee­kends« in Seat­tle die Preis­trä­ger der dies­jäh­ri­gen Locus Awards bekannt gege­ben. Dabei han­delt es sich um einen Publi­kums­preis, die Abstim­mung fin­det online statt.

Mal abge­se­hen von den Gewin­nern, die in der fol­gen­den Lis­te jeweils an ers­ter Stel­le ste­hen, kann man das im Prin­zip als Ein­kaufs­lis­te verwenden.

Man beach­ten den Anteil an Preis­trä­ge­rin­nen. Dar­über könn­ten gewis­se Preis­ver­lei­her hier­zu­lan­de mal einen Moment nach­den­ken, eben­so wie gewis­se Wikipedia-Verwalter.

SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

• WINNER: The Cal­cu­la­ting Stars, Mary Robi­net­te Kow­al (Tor)

• Record of a Space­born Few, Becky Cham­bers (Har­per Voya­ger US; Hod­der & Stoughton)
• If Tomor­row Comes, Nan­cy Kress (Tor)
• Revenant Gun, Yoon Ha Lee (Sola­ris US; Sola­ris UK)
• Black­fi­sh City, Sam J. Mil­ler (Ecco; Orbit UK)
• Embers of War, Gareth L. Powell (Titan US; Titan UK)
• Ely­si­um Fire, Alas­ta­ir Rey­nolds (Gol­lan­cz; Orbit US)
• Red Moon, Kim Stan­ley Robin­son (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• Unho­ly Land, Lavie Tid­har (Tach­yon)
• Space Ope­ra, Cathe­ryn­ne M. Valen­te (Saga)

FANTASY NOVEL

• WINNER: Spin­ning Sil­ver, Nao­mi Novik (Del Rey; Macmillan)

• Lies Slee­ping, Ben Aaro­no­vitch (DAW; Gollancz)
• Found­ry­si­de, Robert Jack­son Ben­nett (Crown; Jo Fletcher)
• The Mons­ter Baru Cormo­rant, Seth Dick­in­son (Tor)
• Deep Roots, Rut­han­na Emrys (Tor.com Publishing)
• Ahab’s Return, Jef­frey Ford (Mor­row)
• Euro­pean Tra­vel for the Mons­trous Gent­le­wo­man, Theo­do­ra Goss (Saga)
• The Mere Wife, Maria Dah­va­na Head­ley (MCD)
• The Won­der Engi­ne, T. King­fi­sher (Argyll Productions)
• Crea­tures of Want and Ruin, Mol­ly Tan­zer (John Joseph Adams)

HORROR NOVEL

• WINNER: The Cabin at the End of the World, Paul Trem­blay (Mor­row; Titan UK)

• In the Night Wood, Dale Bai­ley (John Joseph Adams)
• Unlan­guage, Micha­el Cis­co (Era­ser­head)
• We Sold Our Souls, Gra­dy Hen­drix (Quirk)
• Coyo­te Songs, Gabi­no Igle­si­as (Bro­ken River)
• The Hun­ger, Alma Katsu (Put­nam; Ban­tam Press UK)
• The Out­si­der, Ste­phen King (Scrib­ner; Hod­der & Stoughton)
• The Lis­tener, Robert McCam­mon (Ceme­tery Dance)
• Cross Her Heart, Sarah Pin­bo­rough (Har­per­Col­lins UK/Morrow)
• Tide of Stone, Kaa­ron War­ren (Omni­um Gatherum)

YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

• WINNER: Dread Nati­on, Jus­ti­na Ire­land (Bal­zer + Bray)

• The Gone Away Place, Chris­to­pher Bar­zak (Knopf)
• The Cru­el Prince, Hol­ly Black (Litt­le, Brown; Hot Key)
• The Bel­les, Dho­niel­le Clay­ton (Free­form; Gollancz)
• Tess of the Road, Rachel Hart­man (Ran­dom House)
• Cross Fire, Fon­da Lee (Scho­lastic)
• The Ago­ny House, Che­rie Priest & Tara O’Connor (Levi­ne)
• Half-Witch, John Schoff­stall (Big Mouth House)
• Impostors, Scott Wes­ter­feld (Scho­lastic US; Scho­lastic UK)
• Map­ping the Bones, Jane Yolen (Phi­lomel)

FIRST NOVEL

• WINNER: Trail of Light­ning, Rebec­ca Roan­hor­se (Saga)

• Child­ren of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adey­e­mi (Hen­ry Holt; Macmillan)
• Semio­sis, Sue Bur­ke (Tor)
• Armed in Her Fashion, Kate Heart­field (Chi­Zi­ne)
• The Pop­py War, R.F. Kuang (Har­per Voya­ger US; Har­per Voya­ger UK)
• The Quan­tum Magi­ci­an, Derek Küns­ken (Sola­ris US; Sola­ris UK)
• Annex, Rich Lar­son (Orbit US)
• Sever­an­ce, Ling Ma (Farrar, Straus, Giroux)
• Witch­mark, C.L. Polk (Tor.com Publishing)
• Empi­re of Sand, Tasha Suri (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

NOVELLA

• WINNER: Arti­fi­cial Con­di­ti­on, Mar­tha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)

• The Black God’s Drums, P. Djè­lí Clark (Tor.com Publishing)
• The Tea Mas­ter and the Detec­ti­ve, Ali­et­te de Bodard (Sub­ter­ra­ne­an)
• “Umber­night“, Caro­lyn Ives Gil­man (Clar­kes­world 2/18)
• Black Heli­co­p­ters, Cait­lín R. Kier­nan (Tor.com Publishing)
• Time Was, Ian McDo­nald (Tor.com Publishing)
• Gods, Mons­ters, and the Lucky Peach, Kel­ly Rob­son (Tor.com Publishing)
• The Free­ze-Frame Revo­lu­ti­on, Peter Watts (Tach­yon)
• Rogue Pro­to­col, Mar­tha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)
• The Descent of Mons­ters, JY Yang (Tor.com Publishing)

NOVELETTE

• WINNER: The Only Harm­less Gre­at Thing, Broo­ke Bolan­der (Tor.com Publishing)

• “The Don­ner Par­ty”, Dale Bai­ley (F&SF 1–2/18)
• “Okay, Glo­ry”, Eliza­beth Bear (Twel­ve Tomor­rows)
• “No Flight Without the Shat­ter“, Broo­ke Bolan­der (Tor.com 8/15/18)
• “The Last Ban­quet of Tem­po­ral Con­fec­tions“, Tina Con­nol­ly (Tor.com 7/11/18)
• “An Agent of Uto­pia”, Andy Dun­can (An Agent of Uto­pia)
• “Queen Lily“, Theo­do­ra Goss (Lightspeed 11/18)
• “Nine Last Days on Pla­net Earth“, Daryl Gre­go­ry (Tor.com 9/19/18)
• “Qua­li­ty Time”, Ken Liu (Robots vs Fai­ries)
• “How to Swal­low the Moon“, Isa­bel Yap (Uncan­ny 11–12/18)

SHORT STORY

• WINNER: “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of Geor­ge Washing­ton“, Phen­der­son Djè­lí Clark (Fire­si­de 2/18)

• “The Book­ca­se Expe­di­ti­on”, Jef­frey Ford (Robots vs Fai­ries)
• “STET“, Sarah Gai­ley (Fire­si­de 10/18)
• “A Witch’s Gui­de to Escape: A Prac­ti­cal Com­pen­di­um of Por­tal Fan­ta­sies“, Alix E. Har­row (Apex 2/6/18)
• “Cui­sine des Mémoi­res”, N.K. Jemi­sin (How Long ’til Black Future Mon­th?)
• “The Storyteller’s Repla­ce­ment”, N.K. Jemi­sin (How Long ’til Black Future Mon­th?)
• “Fire­light“, Ursu­la K. Le Guin (Paris Review Sum­mer ’18; The Books of Earth­sea: The Com­ple­te Illus­tra­ted Edi­ti­on)
• “The Star­s­hip and the Temp­le Cat“, Yoon Ha Lee (Bene­ath Cea­seless Ski­es 2/1/18)
• “Mother of Inven­ti­on“, Nne­di Oko­ra­for (Future Ten­se)
• “The Court Magi­ci­an“, Sarah Pins­ker (Lightspeed 1/18)

ANTHOLOGY

• WINNER: The Book of Magic, Gard­ner Dozois, ed. (Ban­tam; Har­per Voya­ger UK)

• The Best Hor­ror of the Year Volu­me Ten, Ellen Dat­low, ed. (Night Shade)
• The Year’s Best Sci­ence Fic­tion: Thir­ty-fifth Annu­al Collec­tion, Gard­ner Dozois, ed. (St. Martin’s Griffin)
• Worlds Seen in Pas­sing, Ire­ne Gal­lo, ed. (Tor.com Publishing)
• The Best Ame­ri­can Sci­ence Fic­tion and Fan­ta­sy 2018, N.K. Jemi­sin & John Joseph Adams, eds. (Mari­ner)
• Robots vs Fai­ries, Domi­nik Pari­si­en & Navah Wol­fe, eds. (Saga)
• The Best Sci­ence Fic­tion & Fan­ta­sy of the Year, Volu­me Twel­ve, Jona­than Stra­han, ed. (Sola­ris US; Sola­ris UK)
• Infinity’s End, Jona­than Stra­han, ed. (Sola­ris US; Sola­ris UK)
• The Under­wa­ter Ball­room Socie­ty, Tif­fa­ny Trent & Ste­pha­nie Bur­gis, eds. (Five Fathoms)
• The Future Is Fema­le!, Lisa Yaszek, ed. (Libra­ry of America)

COLLECTION

• WINNER: How Long ’til Black Future Mon­th?, N.K. Jemi­sin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

• The Tan­gled Lands, Pao­lo Baci­g­alu­pi & Tobi­as S. Buckell (Saga)
• Brief Cases, Jim But­cher (Ace; Orbit UK)
• An Agent of Uto­pia, Andy Dun­can (Small Beer)
• The Dino­saur Tou­rist, Cait­lín R. Kier­nan (Sub­ter­ra­ne­an)
• Fire & Blood, Geor­ge R.R. Mar­tin (Ban­tam; Har­per Voya­ger UK)
• All the Fabu­lous Beasts, Pri­ya Shar­ma (Under­tow)
• The Future Is Blue, Cathe­ryn­ne M. Valen­te (Sub­ter­ra­ne­an)
• Star­lings, Jo Walton (Tach­yon)
• How to Frac­tu­re a Fai­ry Tale, Jane Yolen (Tach­yon)

MAGAZINE

• WINNER: Tor.com

• Ana­log
• Asimov’s
• Bene­ath Cea­seless Skies
• Clar­kes­world
• F&SF
• Fire­si­de
• Lightspeed
• Stran­ge Horizons
• Uncan­ny

PUBLISHER

• WINNER: Tor

• Angry Robot
• Baen
• DAW
• Gol­lan­cz
• Orbit
• Saga
• Small Beer
• Sub­ter­ra­ne­an
• Tach­yon

EDITOR

• WINNER: Gard­ner Dozois

• John Joseph Adams
• Neil Clar­ke
• Ellen Dat­low
• C.C. Fin­lay
• Jona­than Strahan
• Lyn­ne M. Tho­mas & Micha­el Dami­an Thomas
• Ann & Jeff VanderMeer
• Shei­la Williams
• Navah Wol­fe

ARTIST

• WINNER: Charles Vess

• Kinu­ko Y. Craft
• Galen Dara
• Julie Dil­lon
• Leo & Dia­ne Dillon
• Bob Eggle­ton
• Vic­to Ngai
• John Picacio
• Shaun Tan
• Micha­el Whelan

NON-FICTION

• WINNER: Ursu­la K. Le Guin: Con­ver­sa­ti­ons on Wri­ting, Ursu­la K. Le Guin & David Nai­mon (Tin House)

• Space Odys­sey: Stan­ley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clar­ke, and the Making of a Mas­ter­pie­ce, Micha­el Ben­son (Simon & Schuster)
• Sen­se of Won­der: Short Fic­tion Reviews (2009–2017), Gard­ner Dozois (ReAni­mus)
• Stran­ge Stars, Jason Hel­ler (Mel­vil­le House)
• Dreams Must Exp­lain Them­sel­ves: The Selec­ted Non-Fic­tion of Ursu­la K. Le Guin, Ursu­la K. Le Guin (Gol­lan­cz)
• Old Futures: Spe­cu­la­ti­ve Fic­tion and Queer Pos­si­bi­li­ty, Alexis Lothi­an (NYU Press)
• Tol­ki­en: Maker of Midd­le-earth, Cathe­ri­ne McIl­wai­ne, ed. (Bod­lei­an Library)
• Asto­un­ding: John W. Camp­bell, Isaac Asi­mov, Robert A. Hein­lein, L. Ron Hub­bard, and the Gol­den Age of Sci­ence Fic­tion, Alec Neva­la-Lee (Dey Street)
• None of This Is Nor­mal: The Fic­tion of Jeff Van­der­Meer, Ben­ja­min J. Robert­son (Uni­ver­si­ty of Min­ne­so­ta Press)
• An Infor­mal Histo­ry of the Hugos: A Per­so­nal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953–2000, Jo Walton (Tor)

ART BOOK

• WINNER: Charles Vess, The Books of Earth­sea: The Com­ple­te Illus­tra­ted Edi­ti­on, Ursu­la K. Le Guin (Saga)

• Yoshitaka Ama­no, Yoshitaka Ama­no: The Illus­tra­ted Bio­gra­phy – Bey­ond the Fan­ta­sy, Flo­rent Gor­ges (Les Édi­ti­ons Pix’n Love 2015; Dark Horse)
• Spec­trum 25: The Best in Con­tem­pora­ry Fan­tastic Art, John Fles­kes, ed. (Flesk)
• John Howe, A Midd­le-earth Tra­ve­ler: Sket­ches from Bag End to Mordor (Houghton Miff­lin Har­court; Har­per­Col­lins UK)
• Jef­frey Alan Love, The Thousand Demon Tree (Flesk)
• Simon Stå­len­hag, The Electric Sta­te (Fria Ligan ’17; Skybound)
• Shaun Tan, Cica­da (Lothi­an; Levi­ne ’19)
• Micha­el Whel­an, Bey­ond Sci­ence Fic­tion: The Alter­na­ti­ve Rea­lism of Micha­el Whel­an (Baby Tattoo)
• Dun­ge­ons & Dra­gons Art and Arca­na: A Visu­al Histo­ry, Micha­el Wit­wer, Kyle New­man, Jon Peter­son & Sam Wit­wer (Ten Speed)
• Lis­beth Zwer­ger, The Tales of Beed­le the Bard, J.K. Row­ling (Levi­ne)

SPECIAL AWARD 2019: COMMUNITY OUTREACH & DEVELOPMENT

• WINNER: Mary Anne Mohanraj

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