FAN NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2010 AWARD

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Permalink Reply by JOE CRAWFORD on July 20, 2009 at 7:04pm

George RR Martin- a Dance with Dragons( assuming it come s out this year). After all, it was my impatience with waiting on him that redirected me to David. What an encounter that was! Martin still lacks something that Gemmell had in spades- the FIRE in the belly.

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Permalink Reply by Jen on July 21, 2009 at 3:45pm

Kari Sperring - Living With Ghosts. Gorgeously written, beautiful story.

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Permalink Reply by drosdelnoch on July 21, 2009 at 3:50pm

Jen said:

Kari Sperring - Living With Ghosts. Gorgeously written, beautiful story.

I know that some people weren't that enamoured of it Jen, however I really enjoyed it especially with the hints of Dumas writing style within. A good bit of fun I thought.

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Permalink Reply by Deborah J Miller - Award Administrator on July 23, 2009 at 11:56am

Interesting list Gareth - isn't Trudi Canavan 'Magician's Apprentice' an old one - or did she have one by a similar title?

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Permalink Reply by drosdelnoch on July 23, 2009 at 1:55pm

Hey Debs,
Nope it was a new one that was out in February 09 for the first time. I think part of what leads to a lot of peoples confusion is that its set in "The Black Magician" world (The Magician's Guild, Novice, High Lord) which have been about for a few years.

Interestingly enough some of the titles that I think have a shot haven't been released yet and Im only going off what I've seen blurb wise as well as experience with thier previous work. So its going to be interesting to see how many do get nommed. Likewise I'll probably continue to add as I come across other titles that i think have a good chance of getting there that I didn't note before. LOL

The real dark area for me is going to be the US titles as unless its an international author I won't have heard of, for example some of last years nominees (we're going to have to get a new title for them, perhaps The Legion which becomes either The Heroes (for the shortlist) or The Dragon?) such as Jaida and Danielle's Havemercy were a complete surprise. Always good fun but I have to find them pretty quickly otherwise I get a tad annoyed that I don't know either who they are or whats cracking about the books. Hopefully we'll also get some Nominees from the Canadian Book Board this year (which if memory serves is Government funded to a certain degree) or even some Antipodean talent that's yet to make it to the UK.

Whilst this may seem a case of why nominate, they're unknown, people have to remember that all the known names now were once first time authors and trying to break the big time, thats why this award is special, everyone has a shot at winning and its a great way to champion the genre even if we're all "...zit-ridden little brothers of science fiction geeks."

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Permalink Reply by Michaela Deas on July 28, 2009 at 4:21pm

Well, I personally would have to add the good Stephen Deas to the suggestions for the longlist.. not that I'm biased or anything :)

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Permalink Reply by Michaela Deas on July 28, 2009 at 4:46pm

...to be precise Stephen Deas and Part One of the Memory of Flames trilogy, entitled "The Adamantine Palace"

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Permalink Reply by Sarah H on July 28, 2009 at 5:24pm

Just a quick correction - the Raymond E Feist title is RIDES A DREAD LEGION.

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Permalink Reply by drosdelnoch on July 28, 2009 at 7:13pm

Thanks for the catch Sarah, I've corrected it now.

Michaela, LOL, yeah I remember enjoying Stephens book but forgot that it was out this year, will add it to the list. Nope, no biasedness in there in the slightest.

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Permalink Reply by Janet Horslen on July 28, 2009 at 8:25pm

I've really enjoyed Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel series, and I'm saving the latest one, Kushiel's Justice to read on holiday. Has anyone else enjoyed her books?

Also recently read A madness of angels by Kate Griffin, which I enjoyed, but perhaps because it's London based and I'm a Londoner. Never knew that the terms and conditions of carriage on London Underground could be so powerful...

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Permalink Reply by Greyweather on July 30, 2009 at 12:31am

ABRAHAM, Daniel - The Price of Spring
BAKKER, R. Scott - The Judging Eye
CAMPBELL, Alan - God of Clocks
ELLIOTT, Kate - Traitor's Gate (forthcoming: August)
FARRELL, S.L. - A Magic of Nightfall
FOX, Daniel - Dragon in Chains
FRIEDMAN, C. S. - Wings of Wrath
GILMAN, Felix - Gears of the City
HUNT, Stephen - The Rise of the Iron Moon
JORDAN, Robert and Brandon Sanderson - The Gathering Storm (forthcoming: November)
LAKE, Jay - Green
MONETTE, Sarah - Corambis
NOVIK, Naomi - In His Majesty's Service
REDICK, Robert V.S. - The Rats and the Ruling Sea (forthcoming: August)
RUCKLEY, Brian - Fall of Thanes
SANDERSON, Brandon - Warbreaker
SCHOLES, Ken - Lamentation

If The Gathering Storm is well received by the Wheel of Time fans, I see it as the front runner.

Scott Lynch's The Republic of Thieves is not coming out in 09, according to Anne Groell, Lynch's US editor. The earliest we could see this book is a year from now.

Give up on getting George RR Martin's next book this year either. Both he and his editor have said that even a March 2010 release is optimistic.

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Permalink Reply by drosdelnoch on July 30, 2009 at 10:42am

Got them added now, alas I've not been able to include the Felix Gillman title as the HB was originally printed on the 30th December 08.

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