Goodreads Choice Awards: Semifinal Round!
The second round of voting for the Goodreads Choice Awards is now live! Check it out and vote for your favorites. Below are the Orbit books we’re thrilled to see still on the list. (more…)
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Hugo Awards
The winners of this year’s Hugo Awards were announced last night at Chicon 7. Congratulations to all the winners, especially Orbit author Seanan McGuire (Mira Grant), who as part of SF Squeecast won a Hugo Award for Best Fancast! Mira Grant is the author of the Newsflesh Trilogy, including Deadline (US | UK | ANZ), which was one of the Hugo Award nominees for Best Novel.
You can read the full list of winners here.
Hugo Awards voting reminder!
Voting for the Hugo Awards closes tomorrow, July 31st! You can see the full list of nominees on the Chicon 7 website.
When you’re voting, don’t forget to consider works by some of our fabulous Orbit authors. Mira Grant’s DEADLINE (US | UK | ANZ) and James S.A. Corey’s LEVIATHAN WAKES (US | UK | ANZ) are both up for the Hugo Award for Best Novel, while Mira Grant’s COUNTDOWN, published as part of the Orbit Short Fiction program, is up for Best Novella.
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Mira Grant, as Seanan McGuire, is up for another two Hugos: for Best Related Work for her album Wicked Girls and for Best Fancast as part of SF Squeecast. This ties the record for nominations on a single Hugo slate, and marks the first time a woman has been nominated for four Hugo Awards in the same year.
Mur Lafferty, author of the upcoming THE SHAMBLING GUIDE TO NEW YORK CITY, is also a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.
THE HEIR OF NIGHT wins the David Gemmell Morningstar Award!
We’re all absolutely thrilled to announce that Helen Lowe has won the David Gemmell Morningstar Award for her brilliant debut fantasy THE HEIR OF NIGHT! (UK | ANZ)
Biggest congratulations go to Helen – we can’t think of anyone who deserves this more. We’re constantly amazed by her hard work and her skillfully plotted fantasy writing, (we just can’t wait for her third novel, DAUGHTER OF BLOOD) and we’re delighted that she’s been recognised in this way.
The win was announced on Friday evening, in a glamorous ceremony held at the Magic Circle Headquarters in London – some photos of the awards ceremony below. Congratulations also go to the other winners on the night: Patrick Rothfuss, who won the Legend Award, and Raymond Swanland, who took home the Ravenheart Award for best cover art.
The Morningstar is awarded to the Best Fantasy Newcomer of the year. Here’s Helen’s announcement on her website, and the acceptance speech that was read out on the night.
Assassins, dreamworlds and a plague of nightmares: welcome to THE SHADOWED SUN
There are books that come along that I don’t just thoroughly enjoy, but that I feel intensely, overwhelmingly privileged to work on. THE SHADOWED SUN is one of those novels.
I don’t need to tell everyone what a stunning high fantasy writer N. K. Jemisin is. Her talents are already widely acknowledged, given that her debut novel THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS (UK | US | ANZ) was nominated for pretty much every fantasy award out there.
But even so, I underestimated just how utterly captivated I would be by THE KILLING MOON (UK | US | ANZ) and THE SHADOWED SUN (UK | US | ANZ ), books 1 and 2 in the Dreamblood duology. I didn’t think anything could top the Inheritance novels, but if it’s possible I was even more intoxicated. I09 seemed to agree when they said:
The Dreamblood duology is sure to cement Jemisin’s place as one of the most exciting and innovative new fantasy authors of recent years.
There’s something beautifully poetic about a little girl’s dreams becoming a plague upon a city.
Both novels in the Dreamblood duology are based around a religion of dreaming. It’s a dual world, where the realm of dreams is as real a place as the realm of waking. Where a soul that wonders in the dreamworld can find peace or be lost to ever-lasting torment.
In the city of Gujaareh, the priests of the dream goddess are able to harness the magic of the sleeping mind. These priests are both revered and feared, as they can use this gathered magic to either to heal . . . or kill those judged corrupt. And they move silently across the rooftops of the city at night to administer the chosen judgements. (more…)
GERMLINE wins the Compton Crook Award
Congratulations to T.C. McCarthy, winner of the 2012 Compton Crook Award for his novel Germline (US | UK | ANZ)!
The Compton Crook Award is presented by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society at Balticon, which takes place from May 25-28. McCarthy will be appearing at Balticon this weekend, so if you’re attending, be sure to congratulate him in person.
Germline is the first book in McCarthy’s Subterrene War series, followed by Exogene. Look for the conclusion, Chimera (US | UK | ANZ), later this year.
EMBER AND ASH wins Aurealis Award!
Big congratulations from the Orbit team to Pamela Freeman, whose epic fantasy novel EMBER AND ASH won the Aurealis Award for the best fantasy novel of the year! The awards were announced in Sydney last Saturday.
The Aurealis Awards represent the best of Australian fantasy, science fiction and horror across thirteen different categories. Trudi Canavan and Trent Jamieson have both been previous winners of the awards.
EMBER AND ASH (UK | US | ANZ) is available as an Orbit ebook or paperback.
Two peoples have been fighting over the same land for a thousand years. Invaders crushed the original inhabitants, and ancient powers have reluctantly given way to newer magics. But Ember was to change all this with a wedding to bind these warring people together – until her future goes up in flames.
Ember’s husband-to-be is murdered by a vengeful elemental god, who sees peace as a breach of faith. Set on retribution, she enlists the help of Ash, son of a seer. Together they will pit themselves against elementals of fire and ice in a last attempt to end the conflicts that have scarred their past.
They must look to the present, as old furies are waking to violence and are eager to reclaim their people.
LEVIATHAN WAKES and RULE 34 are 2012 Locus Award Finalists!
Locus yesterday announced the 2012 Locus Award finalists, including James S.A. Corey’s Leviathan Wakes (US | UK | ANZ) and Charles Stross’s Rule 34 (UK | ANZ) for Science Fiction!
Robert Jackson Bennett wins an Edgar!
Last night Robert Jackson Bennett took home the Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original for his novel The Company Man (US |
UK | ANZ). You can see the MWA‘s press release here. Earlier this month, The Company Man also received the Special Citation of Excellence from the Philip K. Dick Award. Congratulations, Robert!
Don’t miss Robert’s most recent novel, The Troupe (US | UK | ANZ), which came out in February. And if you didn’t watch it yesterday, now’s a good time to check out the book trailer for Robert’s… next project.
THE HEIR OF NIGHT on Gemmell Awards Shortlist – Vote Now!
We’re all so pleased to announce that Helen Lowe’s THE HEIR OF NIGHT has been shortlisted for a David Gemmell Award! Our biggest congratulations to Helen, and we’re keeping everything crossed for the final awards announcement on 15th June, even though it’s pretty hard to type on the blog with crossed fingers!
If you liked THE HEIR OF NIGHT then please do go and vote for Helen at the Gemmell Awards website. It’s as easy as just one click! There’s no need to sign up, although if you’d like to be a Gemmell Awards member then you can get a free account and become part of the discussion.
There are five books on the shortlist, and voting closes on 31st May 2012, 12 Noon GMT.
