September 01, 2006
2006 Mythopoeic Awards Announced
The Mythopoeic Awards are given annually to the fantasy novel that best exemplifies "the spirit of the Inklings."
Adult Literature
Neil Gaiman. Anansi Boys
Neil Gaiman now gives us a mythology for a modern age -- complete with dark prophecy, family dysfunction, mystical deceptions, and killer birds. Not to mention a lime.
Children's Literature
Jonathan Stroud. The Bartimaeus Trilogy
The adventures of Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, and the djinni Bartimaeus, whom Nathaniel summons.
Posted by Grace at September 1, 2006 04:20 PM