British Fantasy Society Award nominees 2007

[Hobbit]

From the British Fantasy Society Website:


Alphabetical List of top five nominees in all categories:
(Note: Where the list has more than 5 nominations, this is due to voting ties for one or more runner-up places)

Novel: The August Derleth Award
Chaz Brenchley, BRIDE OF DREAMS, Ace Books
Mike Carey, THE DEVIL YOU KNOW, Orbit Books
Mark Chadbourn, JACK OF RAVENS: KINGDOM OF THE SERPENT BOOK 1, Gollancz
M. John Harrison, NOVA SWING, Gollancz
Tim Lebbon, DUSK, Spectra
Scott Lynch, THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA, Gollancz
Sarah Pinborough, BREEDING GROUND, Leisure Books
Mark Samuels, THE FACE OF TWILIGHT, PS Publishing
Conrad Williams, THE UNBLEMISHED, Earthling Publications

Novella
Eric Brown, THE MEMORY OF JOY, Choices, Pendragon Press
Simon Clark, SHE LOVES MONSTERS, Necessary Evil Press
Paul Finch, KID, Choices, Pendragon Press
Ian McDonald, THE DJINN’S WIFE, Asimov’s Science Fiction, July 2006
Gary McMahon, ROUGH CUT, Rough Cut, Pendragon Press

Short Fiction
Marion Arnott, THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY, Extended Play: The Elastic Book of Music, Elastic Press
Mark Chadbourn, WHISPER LANE, BFS: A Celebration, British Fantasy Society
Steve Lockley & Paul Lewis, PUCA MUC, Shrouded By Darkness, Telos Publishing
Sarah Singleton, THE DISAPPEARED, Time Pieces, NewCon Press
Stephen Volk, 31/10, Dark Corners, Gray Friar Press
Conrad Williams, THE VETERAN, Postscripts #6, PS Publishing

Collection
Neil Gaiman, FRAGILE THINGS, Headline
Joel Lane, THE LOST DISTRICT AND OTHER STORIES, Night Shade Books
Kim Newman, THE MAN FROM THE DIOGENES CLUB, Monkeybrain
Mike O’Driscoll, UNBECOMING AND OTHER TALES OF HORROR, Elastic Press
Neil Williamson, THE EPHEMERA, Elastic Press

Anthology
Gary Couzens, EXTENDED PLAY: THE ELASTIC BOOK OF MUSIC, Elastic Press
Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant, THE YEAR’S BEST FANTASY & HORROR: 19TH ANNUAL COLLECTION, St. Martin’s Press
Alison L. R. Davies, SHROUDED BY DARKNESS: TALES OF TERROR, Telos Publishing
Stephen Jones, THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST NEW HORROR 17, Robinson Publishing
Christopher Teague, CHOICES, Pendragon Press

Small Press
Andy Cox, TTA PRESS,
Peter Crowther, PS PUBLISHING,
Andrew Hook, ELASTIC PRESS,
David J. Howe & Stephen James Walker, TELOS PUBLISHING,
Christopher Teague, PENDRAGON PRESS,

Artist
Vincent Chong
Les Edwards
Dean Harkness
Edward Miller
John Picacio

Non-Fiction
Allen Ashley, THE DAYS OF THE DODO, Dodo Press
Paul Kane, THE HELLRAISER FILMS AND THEIR LEGACY, Macfarland & Co.
Mark Morris, CINEMA MACABRE, PS Publishing
Andy Murray, INTO THE UNKNOWN: THE FANTASTIC LIFE OF NIGEL KNEALE, Headpress
Julie Phillips, JAMES TIPTREE JR: THE DOUBLE LIFE OF ALICE B. SHELDON, St. Martin’s Press

In addition to the categories above, which are by a ballot of the Society and Fantasycon memberships, there will be the announcement of the Karl Edward Wagner Special Award (selected by the BFS committee), presented to someone who has made an outstanding contribution to the genre, and the Sydney J. Bounds Best Newcomer Award, selected by a panel of judges. This latter is a new category this year.

The nominations and the overall winner in each category will be announced at the Sunday banquet of this year’s British Fantasy Convention, Fantasycon 2007 on the 23rd September 2007.
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Any thoughts? Predictions?

Hobbit

 

[SteveF]

Thanks for that, my Amazon wishlist just got a lot longer!

 

[Phellim]

I've only read two of the books listed!

I really have some catching up to do it seems. I probably have a couple of them somewhere around the house, though. And I assume you'll post the winners, so I'll buy them too. Assuming Scott Lynch doesn't win, cause I've read that.

 

[s271]

I'd tried Dusk by Tim Lebbon, but dropped it. Somehow neither settings, nor protagonists had not touched me.

 

[AuntiePam]

I didn't care for Dusk either, but I didn't really give it a fair shot (five or six pages, maybe). I've read some of Lebbon's novellas though, and liked them very much. Totally different from Dusk.

I thought the Lynch book was a bit light, but that's my problem, preferring darker stuff.

Congratulations to everyone!

 

[Susan Boulton]

I notice Gollancz has three in the short list again, just like they did at the BSFA awards this Easter. They got a 1-2 there. Jon Courtney Grimwood for End of the World Blues, and M. John Harrision for Nova Swing. ( I wanted the Last Witchfinder by James Morrow to win, lol)

Sad that Joe Abercrombie's The Blade Itself, and Winterbirth by Brian Ruckley didn't make it. Least Chaz Brenchley is there. (One out of my three choices made it lol It was so hard only being able to vote for three, there were some super books on the list ) Though I suspect Scott Lynch will win, he is riding the creast of the wave at present, with both Lies and Red Skies doing well.