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Sidewise Awards Nominees

May 7th, 2009 by

Somewhere in an alternate reality, all of these novels and stories are winners, but in our universe only one in each category can triumph. The winners of this year’s Sidewise Awards (for alternate history) will be announced at Worldcon.

Short Form

  • Tobias Buckell, “The People’s Machine”, Sideways in Crime: An Alternate Mystery Anthology (ed. Lou Anders), BL/Solaris 2008
  • Albert E. Cowdrey, “Poison Victory”, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 2008
  • Paul McAuley, “A Brief Guide to Other Histories”, Postscripts #15, September 2008
  • T. L. Morganfield, “Night Bird Soaring”, Greatest Uncommon Denominator #3 (Autumn 2008) (Available on GUD website)
  • Mary Rosenblum, “Sacrifice”, Sideways in Crime: An Alternate Mystery Anthology (ed. Lou Anders), BL/Solaris 2008
  • Kristine Kathryn Rusch, “G-Men”, Sideways in Crime: An Alternate Mystery Anthology (ed. Lou Anders), BL/Solaris 2008

Long Form

  • George Mann, The Affinity Bridge, Snowbooks 2008
  • Terry Pratchett, Nation, HarperCollins/Doubleday UK 2008
  • Chris Roberson, The Dragon’s Nine Sons, BL/Solaris 2008
  • Adam Roberts, Swiftly, Gollancz 2008
  • Jo Walton, Half a Crown, Tor 2008

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  2. on 07 May 2009 at 6:06 pm2 Kaolin Fire (GUD Magazine)

    Somewhere in an alternate reality, all of these novels and stories are winners

    Hah! Clever. :) Thanks for the link! And best of luck to everyone on the list /in those other dimensions/ ;) :)

  3. on 08 May 2009 at 6:17 am3 Steven

    but in our universe only one in each category can triumph.

    We have had ties twice. :)