Locus Awards 2014: Os finalistas

Foi ontem revelada pela Locus Science Fiction Foundation a lista de finalistas aos Locus Awards 2014, os prémios anuais com os quais os leitores da revista Locus distinguem, desde 1971, as obras de ficção científica e de fantasia que mais se destacaram durante o ano anterior. A cerimónia de anúncio e entrega dos prémios terá lugar durante o Locus Award Weekend, de 27 a 29 de Junho na cidade de Seattle, nos Estados Unidos. 

Por categoria, os nomeados são: 

Science Fiction Novel:

• MaddAddam, de Margaret Atwood (McClelland & Stewart; Bloomsbury; Talese)
• Abaddon’s Gate, de James S.A. Corey (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• The Best of All Possible Worlds, de Karen Lord (Del Rey; Jo Fletcher UK)
• Shaman, de Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• Neptune’s Brood, de Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit UK)

Fantasy Novel:

• The Ocean at the End of the Lane, de Neil Gaiman (Morrow; Headline Review)
• NOS4A2, de Joe Hill (Morrow; Gollancz as NOS4R2)
• River of Stars, de Guy Gavriel Kay (Roc; Viking Canada; HarperCollins UK)
• Doctor Sleep, de Stephen King (Scribner; Hodder & Stoughton)
• The Republic of Thieves, de Scott Lynch (Del Rey; Gollancz)

Young Adult Book:

• Zombie Baseball Beatdown, de Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown)
• The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, de Holly Black (Little, Brown; Indigo)
• Homeland, de Cory Doctorow (Tor Teen; Titan)
• The Summer Prince, de Alaya Dawn Johnson (Levine)
• The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two, de Catherynne M. Valente (Feiwel and Friends)

First Novel:

• The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic, de Emily Croy Barker (Dorman)
• The Golden City, de J. Kathleen Cheney (Roc)
• Ancillary Justice, de Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• A Stranger in Olondria, de Sofia Samatar (Small Beer)
• The Golem and the Jinni, de Helene Wecker (Harper)

Novella:

• “Wakulla Springs”, de Andy Duncan & Ellen Klages (Tor.com, 2 de Outubro de 2013)
• “Black Helicopters”, de Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean)
• “The Princess and the Queen”, de George R.R. Martin (Dangerous Women)
• “Precious Mental”, de Robert Reed (Asimov’s, Junho de 2013)
• “Six-Gun Snow White”, de Catherynne M. Valente (Subterranean)

Novelette:

• “The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling”, de Ted Chiang (Subterranean, Outono de 2013)
• “The Waiting Stars”, de Aliette de Bodard (The Other Half of the Sky)
• “A Terror”, de Jeffrey Ford (Tor.com, 24 de Julho de 2013)
• “The Sleeper and the Spindle”, de Neil Gaiman (Rags and Bones)
• “The Prayer of Ninety Cats”, de Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean, Primavera de 13)

Short Story:

• “Some Desperado”, de Joe Abercrombie (Dangerous Women)
• “The Science of Herself”, de Karen Joy Fowler (The Science of Herself)
• “The Road of Needles”, de Caitlín R. Kiernan (Once Upon a Time: New Fairy Tales)
• “A Brief History of the Trans-Pacific Tunnel”, de Ken Liu (F&SF, Janeiro-Fevereiro de 2013)
• “The Dead Sea-Bottom Scrolls”, de Howard Waldrop (Old Mars)

Anthology:

• Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells, edição de Ellen Datlow e Terri Windling (Tor)
• The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection, edição de Gardner Dozois (St. Martin’s Griffin; Robinson com o título The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 26)
• Unnatural Creatures, edição de Neil Gaiman e Maria Dahvana Headley (Harper; Bloomsbury)
• Old Mars, edição de George R.R. Martin e Gardner Dozois (Bantam)
• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Seven, edição de Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade)

Collection:

• The Best of Joe Haldeman, de Joe Haldeman (Subterranean)
• The Ape’s Wife and Other Stories, de Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean)
• Kabu Kabu, de Nnedi Okorafor (Prime)
• The Bread We Eat in Dreams, de Catherynne M. Valente (Subterranean)
• The Best of Connie Willis, de Connie Willis (Del Rey)

Magazine:

• Asimov’s
• Clarkesworld
• F&SF
• Subterranean
• Tor.com

Publisher:

• Angry Robot
• Orbit
• Small Beer
• Subterranean
• Tor Books

Editor:

• John Joseph Adams
• Ellen Datlow
• Gardner Dozois
• Jonathan Strahan
• Ann & Jeff VanderMeer 

Artist:

• Bob Eggleton
• John Picacio
• Shaun Tan
• Charles Vess
• Michael Whelan

Non-Fiction:

• Here Be Dragons: Exploring Fantasy Maps and Settings, de Stefan Ekman (Wesleyan)
• Strange Matings: Science Fiction, Feminism, African American Voices, and Octavia E. Butler, edição de Rebecca J. Holden e Nisi Shawl (Aqueduct)
• The Man From Mars: Ray Palmer’s Amazing Pulp Journey, de Fred Nadis (Tarcher)
• Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction, de Jeff VanderMeer (Abrams Image)
• Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture, de Ytasha L. Womack (Lawrence Hill)

Art Book:

• Hannes Bok, Hannes Bok: A Life in Illustration, edição de Joseph Wrzos (Centipede)
• Margaret Brundage, The Alluring Art of Margaret Brundage, edição de Stephen D. Korshak e J. David Spurlock (Vanguard)
• Spectrum 20: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, edição de Cathy Fenner e Arnie Fenner (Underwood)
• Maurice Sendak, Maurice Sendak: A Celebration of the Artist and His Work, edição de Justin G. Schiller, Dennis M.V. David e Leonard S. Marcus (Abrams)
• Shaun Tan, Rules of Summer (Hachette Australia; Hodder Children’s; Levine ’14)

Fonte: Tor.com