We have two Sci-Fi awards coming up at the end of the month & I thought I'd recap the shortlists.
The 2010 British Science Fiction Awards will be handed out April 23-24th. Those on the short list include (The UK publishers in parenthesis):
- Paolo Bacigalupi – The Windup Girl (Orbit)
- Lauren Beukes – Zoo City (Angry Robot)
- Ken Macleod – The Restoration Game (Orbit)
- Ian McDonald – The Dervish House (Gollancz)
- Tricia Sullivan – Lightborn (Orbit)
A few days later, on April 27th, The Arthur C. Clarke Award will be announced:
- Zoo City by Lauren Beukes (Angry Robot)
- The Dervish House by Ian McDonald (Gollancz)
- Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness (Walker Books)
- Generosity by Richard Powers (Atlantic Books)
- Declare by Tim Powers (Corvus)
- Lightborn by Tricia Sullivan (Orbit)
Signed firsts of Zoo City by Lauren Beukes are listing for above $100.
Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness is listing at just below $100 (signed). Ness' entire signed trilogy is listing for $400 - $500.
Richard Powers' Generosity (the Farrar Straus Giroux edition) is listing for up to $275 (signed).
Tim Powers' Declare is listing for $195 (signed Subterranean Press edition); $50 - $85 (Wm Morrow edition).
All others are listing for at or below the cover price.
Labels: 2010, books, collectibles, science fiction, shortlist, UK awards
