Locus Magazine Award finalists

Woohoo! I'm on the Locus Award ballot -- twice! Once for Best Novella for my story After the Siege and again for Best Collection for my book Overclocked. Thanks to everyone who voted for me! I'm in damned good company too -- if you're looking for a masterclass in contemporary sf, this would be the place to start:

SF NOVEL
The Accidental Time Machine, Joe Haldeman (Ace)
Brasyl, Ian McDonald (Pyr)
Halting State, Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit UK)
Spook Country, William Gibson (Putnam; Viking UK)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Michael Chabon (HarperCollins)

FANTASY NOVEL
Endless Things, John Crowley (Small Beer Press; Overlook)
Making Money, Terry Pratchett (Doubleday UK; HarperCollins)
Pirate Freedom, Gene Wolfe (Tor)
Territory, Emma Bull (Tor)
Ysabel, Guy Gavriel Kay (Viking Canada; Roc)

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[#1 posted by Jeff , April 25, 2008 8:57 AM]

Congrats. I have good taste, don't I? Keep up the great work.

[#2 posted by arkizzle , April 25, 2008 9:36 AM]

Holy Shit!

Gibson? Prachett?! Haldeman?!!

Rollin' with tha big dogs!

Well done Cory!

[#3 posted by Pope Ratzo , April 25, 2008 10:19 AM]

Man, that Ian Macdonald Brasyl is one of the best sceefees I've read in years. And I picked it up because Cory had a blurb on the back.

Thank you.

If you haven't read Brasyl yet, go get a copy right now.

Go. I'm serious. Right. Now.

Why are you still reading? Get to the bookstore (or library) already!

[#4 posted by zackgreinke , April 25, 2008 4:33 PM]

Cory is Handsome!

[#5 posted by zackgreinke , April 25, 2008 4:43 PM]

I agree with that girl/dude who said the comedownance on these critics is too harsh.....not much, but a LITTLE too harsh....