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June 30, 2008

Locus Award Winners Announced

This year's Locus Awards winners were announced last week. The Locus Awards are presented to the winners of Locus Magazine's annual reader's poll to provide suggestions and recommendations to Hugo Award voters. They are presented in several categories including Science Fiction, Fantasy, and more. Listed below are some of the winners:

Science Fiction Novel
Michael Chabon. The Yiddish Policeman's Union
A murder mystery based on the premise that a Jewish settlement was created in Alaska following World War II. In the small town of Sitka, Alyeska, Detective Meyer Landsman finds the body of a prominent town figure who has ties to organized crime. As Landsman digs deeper, he discovers that this is only the tip of the iceberg--and all signs point to a greater danger lurking in the shadows.

Fantasy Novel
Terry Pratchett. Making Money: A Novel of Discworld
Who would not wish to be the man in charge of Ankh-Morpork's Royal Mint and the bank next door? It's a job for life. But, as former conman Moist von Lipwig is learning, life is not necessarily for long.

Young Adult Book
China Mieville. Un Lun Dun
When twelve-year-old Zanna and her friend Deeba find a secret entrance leading out of London and into this strange city, it seems that the ancient prophecy is coming true at last. But then things begin to go shockingly wrong. ~Book Jacket

First Novel
Joe Hill. Heart-shaped Box
Rock star Judas Coyne is a collector of the bizarre and grotesque, so when he sees a ghost for sale on the internet he buys it. It comes delivered in a black heart-shaped box.

Anthology
Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan. The New Space Opera
The brightest names in science fiction pen all-new tales of space and wonder: Kage Baker, Stephen Baxter, Gregory Benford, Tony Daniel, Greg Egan, Peter F. Hamilton, Gwyneth Jones, James Patrick Kelly, Nancy Kress, Ken Macleod, Paul J. McAuley, Ian McDonald, Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Mary Rosenblum, Robert Silverberg, Dan Simmons, Walter Jon Williams.

Art Book
Shaun Tan. The Arrival
In this wordless graphic novel, a man leaves his homeland and sets off for a new country, where he must build a new life for himself and his family.

Collection
Connie Willis. The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories
In which may be found personal correspondence, travel guides, references to royalty, weather reports, parking fines, and other violations, including matters of life and death (and afterwards), an epiphany or two, and an appendix.

Please see past Locus Award winners for more great Science Fiction and Fantasy!