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April 28, 2009 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker — Saturday's Free Comic Day at Comic Odyssey and Druid's Keep. Fully Booked will have it on May 23, 2009. And congrats to the 2009 Locus Award Finalists. P.S. Just a reminder, the Shirley Jackson Awards auction is ending soon. Interviews There's an interview with Lou Anders (among other things) in the April issue of Concept Sci-Fi. Lynne Jamneck interviews Jeff VanderMeer. Stephen Hunt interviews Mark Wernham. Carolyn Louise Anderson interviews David Pomerico. ...

Locus Award Short Lists
Science Fiction Awards Watch — The finalists for this year’s Locus Awards have been announced. The full lists are available on the Locus web site. If the usual practice is being kept to then the winners are already known - these lists are just for your entertainment between now and Locus Awards Ceremony in Seattle on June 26-27. (Hat tip, and congratulations, to Farah who spotted the announcement before we did.)

TM is shortlisted for a Locus Award
Among Amid While — ... Yay! Congratulations to Cory Doctorow, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett and John Scalzi, too, for being finalists in the Young Adult category. ...

The Locus award final ballot
ellen datlow — ... eds. (Underwood Books); What It Is We Do When We Read Science Fiction, Paul Kincaid (Beccon); Rhetorics of Fantasy, Farah Mendlesohn (Wesleyan University Press); P. Craig Russell, Coraline: The Graphic Novel, Neil Gaiman, adapted and illustrated by P. Craig Russell (HarperCollins); Shaun Tan, Tales From Outer Suburbia (Allen & Unwin; Scholastic '09). Come to the Locus Awards Ceremony in Seattle WA during the Science Fiction Awards Weekend, June 26-27, 2009! via Locus

Locus Awards 2009
14theditch — ... The Shadow Year & The Drowned Life are Locus Awards Finalists in the Best Fantasy Novel and Best Collection categories.  For a full list of all finalists see Locus Online http://www.locusmag.com/News/2009/04/2009-locus-award-finalists.html ...

Fast Forward 2 and the Locus Award Finalists
Bowing to the Future — The Locus Awards Finalists have been announced and I'm thrilled to report that two stories from Fast Forward 2are in the running. ...

Little Brother, Weak and Strange and True Names make the Locus Award shortlist!
Cory Doctorow's craphound.com — ... this is the list of the best science fiction books and stories of the year, as chosen by the general public. I'm immensely gratified to say that I'm on the list three times, for my young adult novel Little Brother, my collaborative novella True Names (with Ben Rosenbaum), and my novelette The Things that Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away. The whole list is a great jumping-off point for exploring the best written sf and fantasy of 2008! 2009 Locus Award Finalists

2009 Locus Award Finalists
OF Blog of the Fallen — It seems April is the awards season, as this time, the Locus Award finalists are named. Pretty good selection here, as I've read a good percentage of books and stories in these categories. Winners will be announced the weekend of June 26-27. Books/stories that I've read are bolded. Books I own but haven't read are italicized. ...

FINALISTS: 2009 Locus Award
SF Signal — The finalists for the 2009 Locus Award have been announced: SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL Matter, Iain M. Banks (Orbit UK) [See SF Signal reviews] ...

2009 Locus Award Finalists
Big Dumb Object — The nominees for the 2009 Locus Awards have been announced. The full list is here. Here’s a few highlights: SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL Matter, Iain M. Banks (Orbit UK) City at the End of Time, Greg Bear (Gollancz, Del Rey) Marsbound, Joe Haldeman (Ace) Anathem, Neal Stephenson (Atlantic UK, Morrow) Saturn's Children, Charles Stross (Orbit, Ace)   Of which I have read three and was generally disappointed with Matter and Saturn’s Children, so ...

[links] Link salad for a Nebraska morning
Lakeshore — ... Locus Award Finalists Announced — Lots of really good work there, by lots of really good people. Congratulations to all! ...

2009 Locus Award Finalists Announced!
Tor.com — ... Congratulations to all the nominees! Two Tor.com stories made the final nominations: John Scalzi’s “After the Coup” for Short Story and Cory Doctorow’s “The Things That Make Me Weak and Strange” for Novelette. Here is the official Locus announcement. The awards will be presented at the Science Fiction Awards Weekend in Seattle, June 26-27th. ...

Locus Award 2009 Finalists
Variety SF — Link. [via Cory Doctorow] There are short fiction categories, among their many categories.

Clarke Award Honors Story Of Life And Death In The 21st Century [Science Fiction Book Awards]
io9 — ... And their nominees for best science fiction novel are: * Matter, Iain M. Banks (Orbit UK) * City at the End of Time, Greg Bear (Gollancz, Del Rey) * Marsbound, Joe Haldeman (Ace) * Anathem, Neal Stephenson (Atlantic UK, Morrow) *Saturn's Children, Charles Stross (Orbit, Ace) It's a pretty great list, but just slightly male-dominated. You can check out a complete list of finalists here. [The Guardian] ...

The Locus Awards "Finalists"
Fantasy Book Critic — ... "Finalists" have been announced HERE. Note that "Finalists" means the top vote getters since the winner is already known and no further voting will take place. ...