Here's a list of the winners:Lifetime Achievement: Ellen Asher & Jane Yolen
Best Novel (tie): The Shadow Year ( Canada, USA, Europe), Jeffrey Ford (Morrow) & Tender Morsels, Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin; Knopf)
Best Novella: “If Angels Fight”, Richard Bowes (F&SF 2/08)
Best Short Story: “26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss”, Kij Johnson (Asimov’s 7/08)
Best Anthology: Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy, Ekaterina Sedia, ed. (Senses Five Press)
Best Collection: The Drowned Life, Jeffrey Ford (HarperPerennial)
Best Artist: Shaun Tan
Special Award – Professional: Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant (for Small Beer Press and Big Mouth House)
Special Award – Non-Professional: Michael Walsh (for Howard Waldrop collections from Old Earth Books)
6 commentaires:
This is another award that never even remotely reflected my opinion of the best novels of the year, and i can't think of a single book that i liked that got this award.
So basically it's irrelevant.
They avoid the epic Fantasy subgenre, that is correct.
There was only one book here that comes from an author I really like, and that is Jeffrey Ford. Good to see him pick up two wins, for best collection as well.
Nice to see a couple of Aussies in there (Margo & Shaun).
I don't think I've ever heard of any of these authors except for Ekatarina or whatever her name is....
Very odd. Just Amazoned the co-winners of the Novel award and there are total of 26 reviews between the two books. Now, I do not believe tons of reviews does a good book make....but come on! 26 reviews????
ANY type of World Fantasy Award that avoids Epic or High fantasy is rubbish to be ignored.
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