Best Novel A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape) Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (William Morrow; Gollancz) Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK; Orbit US) The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow (Tor US; Tor UK) The Incandescent by Emily Tesh (Tor US; Orbit UK) The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson (Orbit US; Hodderscape) 1,153 ballots cast for 555 nominees. Finalists range 126-210.

Shroud by @aptshadow.bsky.social (Tor UK; Orbit US)

The Everlasting by @alixeharrow.bsky.social (Tor US; Tor UK)

The Incandescent by @emilytesh.net (Tor US; Orbit UK)

The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson (Orbit US; Hodderscape)

1,153 ballots cast for 555 nominees. Finalists range 126-210.

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Best Novel A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape) Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (William Morrow; Gollancz) Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK; Orbit US) The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow (Tor US; Tor UK) The Incandescent by Emily Tesh (Tor US; Orbit UK) The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson (Orbit US; Hodderscape) 1,153 ballots cast for 555 nominees. Finalists range 126-210.

Best Novel
A Drop of Corruption by @robertjbennett.bsky.social (Del Rey; Hodderscape)

Death of the Author by @nnedi.bsky.social (William Morrow; Gollancz)

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@renay.bsky.social congratulations! Well deserved!

Lodestar Award for Best YA Book Among Ghosts by Rachel Hartman (Random House Books for Young Readers) Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe by C.B. Lee (Feiwel & Friends) Holy Terrors by Margaret Owen (Henry Holt; Hodderscape UK) Oathbound by Tracy Deonn (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers) Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press) They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran (Bloomsbury US; Bloomsbury UK) 244 ballots cast for 169 nominees. Finalists range 12-48.

(53/55) Lodestar Award Finalists for Best YA Book 💫 (cont.)
Oathbound by Tracy Deonn (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press)
They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran (Bloomsbury US; Bloomsbury UK)

Lodestar Award for Best YA Book Among Ghosts by Rachel Hartman (Random House Books for Young Readers) Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe by C.B. Lee (Feiwel & Friends) Holy Terrors by Margaret Owen (Henry Holt; Hodderscape UK) Oathbound by Tracy Deonn (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers) Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press) They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran (Bloomsbury US; Bloomsbury UK) 244 ballots cast for 169 nominees. Finalists range 12-48.

(52/55) Lodestar Award Finalists for Best YA Book 💫
Among Ghosts by Rachel Hartman rachelhartmanbooks.com (Random House Books for Young Readers)
Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe by C.B. Lee (Feiwel & Friends)
Holy Terrors by Margaret Owen @what-eats-owls.bsky.social (Henry Holt; Hodderscape UK)

Astounding Award for Best New Writer (sponsored by Dell Magazines) Sophie Burnham (2nd year of eligibility) Kamilah Cole (2nd year of eligibility) Antonia Hodgson (1st year of eligibility) Molly O'Neill (1st year of eligibility) H.H. Pak (2nd year of eligibility) Jared Pechaček (2nd year of eligibility) 290 ballots cast for 156 nominees. Finalists range 17-76.

(55/55) Astounding Award for Best New Writer 💫 (cont.)
Molly O'Neill (1st year of eligibility) @mollyoneillwrites.bsky.social
H.H. Pak (2nd year of eligibility) @hhpak.bsky.social
Jared Pechaček (2nd year of eligibility) @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social

Astounding Award for Best New Writer (sponsored by Dell Magazines) Sophie Burnham (2nd year of eligibility) Kamilah Cole (2nd year of eligibility) Antonia Hodgson (1st year of eligibility) Molly O'Neill (1st year of eligibility) H.H. Pak (2nd year of eligibility) Jared Pechaček (2nd year of eligibility) 290 ballots cast for 156 nominees. Finalists range 17-76.

(54/55) Astounding Award for Best New Writer 💫 (cont.)
Sophie Burnham (2nd year of eligibility) @sophieburnham.bsky.social
Kamilah Cole (2nd year of eligibility)
Antonia Hodgson (1st year of eligibility)

The House on Utopia Way (Paperback) | Stefan Mohamed The world is coming apart at the seams.Reality is relative. The concept of truth no longer applies. This is all wrong. And detective Johnny Orange is going to find out what's really going on - or lose...

I am once again going to the post office to post a book.

perhaps you would like a book?

if so, you can get one at the link below and I can add it to the shipment.

"one of the best cyberpunk books I've read in years" @starkholborn.bsky.social

"a unique experience" @runalongwomble.bsky.social

Congratulations well deserved!

Best Fan Writer Jay Brantner for “Tar Vol” Alex Brown James Davis Nicoll Roseanna Pendlebury Jason Sanford Örjan Westin 308 ballots cast for 158 nominees. Finalists range 22-54.

(48/55 ) Best Fan Writer 🚀
Jay Brantner for “Tar Vol” @tarvolon.bsky.social
Alex Brown @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social
James Davis Nicoll @jdnicoll.bsky.social
Roseanna Pendlebury @chloroformtea.bsky.social
Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social
Örjan Westin microsff.com

Best Fancast A Meal of Thorns, presented by Jake Casella Brookins Eating the Fantastic, hosted by Scott Edelman Hugo, Girl!, presented by Haley Zapal, Amy Salley, Lori Anderson, and Kevin Anderson Octothorpe, presented by John Coxon, Alison Scott, and Liz Batty The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe Worldbuilding for Masochists, presented by Marshall Ryan Maresca, Cass Morris, and Natania Barron 370 ballots cast for 198 nominees. Finalists range 31-69.

(46/55) Best Fancast 🚀 (cont.)
Octothorpe @octothorpecast.bsky.social, presented by @johncoxon.bsky.social, Alison Scott, and Liz Batty
The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and @garykwolfe.bsky.social

Best Fancast A Meal of Thorns, presented by Jake Casella Brookins Eating the Fantastic, hosted by Scott Edelman Hugo, Girl!, presented by Haley Zapal, Amy Salley, Lori Anderson, and Kevin Anderson Octothorpe, presented by John Coxon, Alison Scott, and Liz Batty The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe Worldbuilding for Masochists, presented by Marshall Ryan Maresca, Cass Morris, and Natania Barron 370 ballots cast for 198 nominees. Finalists range 31-69.

(45/55 )Best Fancast🚀
A Meal of Thorns @mealofthorns.bsky.social,presented by Jake Casella Brookins
Eating the Fantastic, host Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social
Hugo, Girl! @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social, presented by Haley Zapal, Amy Salley, Lori Anderson, & Kevin Anderson @rudie54.bsky.social

Best Fanzine Ancillary Review of Books, editors Jake Casella Brookins, Misha Grifka Wander, Bianca Skrinyár, Zachary Gillan, Cynthia Zhang, Lyz Bush-Peel An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, editors Olav Rokne and Amanda Wakaruk Galactic Journey, founder Gideon Marcus, editor Janice L. Newman, staff David Levinson, Jessica Dickinson Goodman, Tam Phan, Andi Dukleth Intergalactic Mixtape, edited by Renay Journey Planet, edited by Allison Hartman Adams, Jean Martin, Steven H Silver, Christopher J. Garcia, James Bacon nerds of a feather, flock together, editors Roseanna Pendlebury, Arturo Serrano, Paul Weimer; senior editors Joe Sherry, G. Brown, Vance Kotrla 224 ballots cast for 61 nominees. Finalists range 33-66.

(44/55) Best Fanzine 🚀 (cont. 3)
nerds of a feather, flock together, editors Roseanna Pendlebury, Arturo Serrano, Paul Weimer; senior editors Joe Sherry, G. Brown, Vance Kotrla
@scifiromance.bsky.social, @chloroformtea.bsky.social, @musicbytheg.bsky.social, @joesherry.bsky.social

Best Fanzine Ancillary Review of Books, editors Jake Casella Brookins, Misha Grifka Wander, Bianca Skrinyár, Zachary Gillan, Cynthia Zhang, Lyz Bush-Peel An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, editors Olav Rokne and Amanda Wakaruk Galactic Journey, founder Gideon Marcus, editor Janice L. Newman, staff David Levinson, Jessica Dickinson Goodman, Tam Phan, Andi Dukleth Intergalactic Mixtape, edited by Renay Journey Planet, edited by Allison Hartman Adams, Jean Martin, Steven H Silver, Christopher J. Garcia, James Bacon nerds of a feather, flock together, editors Roseanna Pendlebury, Arturo Serrano, Paul Weimer; senior editors Joe Sherry, G. Brown, Vance Kotrla 224 ballots cast for 61 nominees. Finalists range 33-66.

(43/55) Best Fanzine🚀(cont. 2)
Journey Planet, edited by Allison Hartman Adams, Jean Martin, Steven H. Silver @shsilver.bsky.social, Christopher J. Garcia @johnnyeponymous.bsky.social, James Bacon

Best Fanzine Ancillary Review of Books, editors Jake Casella Brookins, Misha Grifka Wander, Bianca Skrinyár, Zachary Gillan, Cynthia Zhang, Lyz Bush-Peel An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, editors Olav Rokne and Amanda Wakaruk Galactic Journey, founder Gideon Marcus, editor Janice L. Newman, staff David Levinson, Jessica Dickinson Goodman, Tam Phan, Andi Dukleth Intergalactic Mixtape, edited by Renay Journey Planet, edited by Allison Hartman Adams, Jean Martin, Steven H Silver, Christopher J. Garcia, James Bacon nerds of a feather, flock together, editors Roseanna Pendlebury, Arturo Serrano, Paul Weimer; senior editors Joe Sherry, G. Brown, Vance Kotrla 224 ballots cast for 61 nominees. Finalists range 33-66.

(42/55) Best Fanzine 🚀 (cont.)
Galactic Journey, founder Gideon Marcus @gideonmarcus.bsky.social, editor Janice L. Newman, staff David Levinson, Jessica Dickinson Goodman, Tam Phan, Andi Dukleth
Intergalactic Mixtape, edited by @renay.bsky.social

Best Fanzine Ancillary Review of Books, editors Jake Casella Brookins, Misha Grifka Wander, Bianca Skrinyár, Zachary Gillan, Cynthia Zhang, Lyz Bush-Peel An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, editors Olav Rokne and Amanda Wakaruk Galactic Journey, founder Gideon Marcus, editor Janice L. Newman, staff David Levinson, Jessica Dickinson Goodman, Tam Phan, Andi Dukleth Intergalactic Mixtape, edited by Renay Journey Planet, edited by Allison Hartman Adams, Jean Martin, Steven H Silver, Christopher J. Garcia, James Bacon nerds of a feather, flock together, editors Roseanna Pendlebury, Arturo Serrano, Paul Weimer; senior editors Joe Sherry, G. Brown, Vance Kotrla 224 ballots cast for 61 nominees. Finalists range 33-66.

(41/55) Best Fanzine 🚀
Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org , editors Jake Casella Brookins, Misha Grifka Wander, Bianca Skrinyár, Zachary Gillan, Cynthia Zhang, Lyz Bush-Peel
An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bksy.social, editors Olav Rokne and Amanda Wakaruk

khōréō magazine, by team khōréō (publisher Aleksandra Hill; editor-in-chief Zhui Ning Chang; editors Kanika Agrawal, Isabella Kestermann, Danai Christopoulou; audio Lian Xia Rose, Jenelle DeCosta, Grayson Norman, Aaron Kling, E.B.; marketing M.L. Krishnan, Ashley Thompson; art Ambi Sun; copyeditors Jeané Ridges, eanor Glewwe, Derek Yen, Ariya Bandy; proofreader Cyrus Chin; first readers Adialyz Del Valle Berríos, Sanjna Bhartiya, Kelsey Costa, Merulai Femi, A.R. Frederiksen, Yuvashri Harish, Zohar Jacobs, Lynn D. Jung, Phoebe Low, Katie McIvor, Adil Mian, Katarzyna Nowacka, A.W. Prihandita, Helena Ramsaroop, Jin Hui Saw, Aditya Sundararajan, Sophia Uy, Madeleine Vigneron, Aaron Voigt, K.S. Walker, Akilah White, MJ Woods, Kelsea Yu, Lilia Zhang, Tina Zhu)

(31/55) Best Semiprozine 🚀 [2 of 6]
khōréō magazine @khoreo.bsky.social, by publisher Aleksandra Hill; editor-in-chief Zhui Ning Chang; editors Kanika Agrawal, Isabella Kestermann, Danai Christopoulou; audio Lian Xia Rose, Jenelle DeCosta, Grayson Norman, Aaron Kling, E.B.; marketing M.L. Krishnan

Best Semiprozine Part 1 of 6 Escape Pod, editors Mur Lafferty and Valerie Valdes, assistant editors Kevin Wabaunsee and Phoebe Barton, hosts Tina Connolly and Alasdair Stuart, producers Summer Brooks and Adam Pracht, and the entire Escape Pod team

(30/55) Best Semiprozine 🚀 [1 of 6]
Escape Pod, editors @Mightymur.bsky.social and @valerievaldes.bsky.social, asst editors Kevin Wabaunsee & @phoebebarton.bsky.social, hosts @tinaconnolly.bsky.social & Alasdair Stuart alasdairstuart.com, producers Summer Brooks sliceofscifi.com, Adam Pracht, & team

Best Professional Artist Lulu Chen Kelly Chong Dave Kellett Tran Nguyen John Picacio Tom Roberts 228 ballots cast for 220 nominees. Finalists range 10-28.

(29/55) Best Professional Artist 🚀
Lulu Chen
Kelly Chong @afterblossom.bsky.social
Dave Kellett @davekellett.bsky.social
Tran Nguyen @mynameistran.bsky.social
John Picacio @johnpicacio.bsky.social
Tom Roberts

Best Game or Interactive Work Blue Prince, developed by Dogubomb, published by Raw Fury Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, developed by Jump Over the Age, published by Fellow Traveller Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, developed by Sandfall Interactive, published by Kepler Interactive Dispatch, developed and published AdHoc Studio Hades II, developed and published by Supergiant Games Hollow Knight: Silksong, developed and published by Team Cherry 357 ballots cast for 159 nominees. Finalists range 29-110. (924 raw noms)

(26/55) Best Game or Interactive Work (cont. 2) 🚀
Hades II, developed and published by @supergiantgames.bsky.social
Hollow Knight: Silksong, developed and published by Team Cherry

Best Editor Short Form Scott H. Andrews Jennifer Brozek Neil Clarke Lee Harris Michael Damian Thomas Sheila Williams 305 ballots cast for 128 nominees. Finalists range 30-84.

(27/55) Best Editor, Short Form 🚀
Scott H. Andrews @scott-h-andrews.bsky.social
Jennifer Brozek @jenniferbrozek.bsky.social
Neil Clarke clarkesworldmagazine.com
Lee Harris leeharris.net
Michael Damian Thomas @michaeldthomas.bsky.social
Sheila Williams @sheilawilliams.bsky.social

Best Editor Long Form Carl Engle-Laird Jaymee Goh Lee Harris Jenni Hill Joe Monti Diana M. Pho 234 ballots cast for 95 nominees. Finalists range 27-74.

(28/55) Best Editor, Long Form 🚀
Carl Engle-Laird @englelaird.bsky.social
Jaymee Goh @jhameia.bsky.social
Lee Harris leeharris.net
Jenni Hill @jennihill.bsky.social
Joe Monti @joemts.bsky.social
Diana M. Pho @dianapho.bsky.social

Hex House Review: Amy Jane Stewart’s Dark Fairy Tale Of Feminine Revenge - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website Amy Jane Stewart’s Hex House Review explores its Scottish gothic horror, themes of feminine revenge, and why it’s a must-read for dark fairy tale fans.

“A dark, transgressive fairy tale that weaponises feminine rage, Hex House is a stunning, unforgettable debut about what women become when the world offers no safe harbour.”

@titanbooks.bsky.social @amyjanestewart.bsky.social

I’m definitely of the view SF is having a blossoming period at the moment! I’m really liking the ideas in this one

It’s the third Monday of the month, so here is a new issue of the Words for Worlds newsletter.

feat. finishing a first draft of a sequel, Indian writers of “significance”, non-anthropomorphic science fiction, and more.

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WOW!

I missed this announcement how?!

if you are somehow not aware, Kuzhali Manickavel is one of the best and weirdest writers of our age, and, without even having read it, I guarantee that her first novel will be incredible and renew your faith in the human capacity to art. Preorder instantly pls 👇🏾

BSFA Awards: History and New Categories Several new categories have been added to the BSFA Awards for work published or broadcast in 2023, which will be presented at next year’s Eastercon. Before I discuss that, I thought it might be an …

Post from 3 years ago on BSFA Awards historically and the changes made in 1979-80. Interesting because the context back then was an overly alarmist discussion of the need to break free from 'the Ghetto': a contrast with the genre debate now? I need to update the contents of this to reflect that 1/2

On the commute today and go #TrainReads it’s Slow Gods by Claire North