Awards Round Up Week of May 6 – 12: Parsec, BFA, Clarke
May 13th, 2012 by Editors
Information herein contains some items that were obtained via SFSignal (currently nominated for a Hugo Award for both its publication and its podcast)
Nominations for the 2012 Parsec Awards for podcasting are now viewable on the web here. (Too many categories and nominees to post here, please go take a look – this is a tremendously vibrant and growing aspect of SF fandom.)
The Center for the Study of Science Fiction has posted the short list for the John W. Campbell Memorial award for best novel here and here -
| Ernest Cline | Ready Player One | Crown (Random House) |
| Kathleen Ann Goonan | This Shared Dream | Tor Books |
| Will McIntosh | Soft Apocalypse | Night Shade Books |
| China Miéville | Embassytown | Ballantine Books / Del Rey |
| Christopher Priest | The Islanders | Gollancz |
| Joan Slonczewski | The Highest Frontier | Tor Books |
| Michael Swanwick | Dancing with Bears | Night Shade Books |
| Lavie Tidhar | Osama | PS Publishing |
| Daniel H. Wilson | Robopocalypse | Simon & Schuster |
| Gene Wolfe | Home Fires | Tor Books |
| Rob Ziegler | Seed | Night Shade Books |
and more found on the SFSite
Shortlist for the British Fantasy Awards here and special awards as well for artists, non-fiction and PS Publishing for independent publishing also here.
And last but certainly not least talked about – The 2012 Clarke Award winner for best novel goes to -
