{"id":4161,"date":"2012-06-18T14:50:25","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T19:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danversreads.wordpress.com\/?p=4161"},"modified":"2012-06-18T14:50:25","modified_gmt":"2012-06-18T19:50:25","slug":"2012-locus-awards-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/?p=4161","title":{"rendered":"2012 Locus Awards Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color:#000080;\">Winning titles are in blue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Science Fiction Novel<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong><a><span style=\"color:#000080;\">Embassytown<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, China Mi\u00e9ville (Del Rey; Macmillan)<\/span><br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a>Leviathan Wakes<\/a><\/strong>, James S. A. Corey (Orbit US; Orbit UK)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a>11\/22\/63<\/a><\/strong>, Stephen King (Scribner; Hodder &amp; Stoughton as <strong>11.22.63<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a>Rule 34<\/a><\/strong>, Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit UK)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a>The Children of the Sky<\/a><\/strong>, Vernor Vinge (Tor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fantasy Novel<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong><a><span style=\"color:#000080;\">A Dance with Dragons<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, George R.R. Martin (Bantam; Harper Voyager UK)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><a>Snuff<\/a><\/strong>, Terry Pratchett (Harper; Doubleday UK)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a>The Wise Man\u2019s Fear<\/a><\/strong>, Patrick Rothfuss (DAW; Gollancz)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a>Deathless<\/a><\/strong>, Catherynne M. Valente (Tor)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a>Among Others<\/a><\/strong>, Jo Walton (Tor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>First Novel<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong><a><span style=\"color:#000080;\">The Night Circus<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, Erin Morgenstern (Doubleday)<\/span><br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a>Ready Player One<\/a><\/strong>, Ernest Cline (Crown; Century)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a>God\u2019s War<\/a><\/strong>, Kameron Hurley (Night Shade)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a>Soft Apocalypse<\/a><\/strong>, Will McIntosh (Night Shade)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a>Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti<\/a><\/strong>, Genevieve Valentine (Prime)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Young Adult Book<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong><a><span style=\"color:#000080;\">The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, Catherynne M. Valente (Feiwel and Friends)<\/span><br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a>Planesrunner<\/a><\/strong>, Ian McDonald (Pyr)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a>Akata Witch<\/a><\/strong>, Nnedi Okorafor (Viking)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a>Miss Peregrine\u2019s Home for Peculiar Children<\/a><\/strong>, Ransom Riggs (Quirk)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a>Goliath<\/a><\/strong>, Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse; Simon &amp; Schuster UK)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Novella<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong><a><span style=\"color:#000080;\">Silently and Very Fast<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, Catherynne M. Valente (WSFA; <em>Clarkesworld<\/em>)<\/span><br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a>The Affair of the Chalk Cliffs<\/a><\/strong>, James P. Blaylock (Subterranean)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Man Who Bridged the Mist\u201d, Kij Johnson (<em>Asimov\u2019s<\/em> 10-11\/11)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cKiss Me Twice\u201d, Mary Robinette Kowal (<em>Asimov\u2019s<\/em> 6\/11)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Ants of Flanders\u201d, Robert Reed (<em>F&amp;SF<\/em> 7-8\/11)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Novelette<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000080;\">\u201cWhite Lines on a Green Field\u201d, Catherynne M. Valente (<em>Subterranean<\/em> Fall \u201911)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201cUnderbridge\u201d, Peter S. Beagle (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0312385242\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=locusroundblo-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0312385242\">Naked City<\/a><\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Copenhagen Interpretation\u201d, Paul Cornell (<em>Asimov\u2019s<\/em> 7\/11)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Summer People\u201d, Kelly Link (<em>Tin House: The Ecstatic<\/em>\/<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0763648434\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=locusroundblo-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0763648434\">Steampunk!<\/a><\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhat We Found\u201d, Geoff Ryman (<em>F&amp;SF<\/em> 9-10\/11)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Short Story<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000080;\">\u201cThe Case of Death and Honey\u201d, Neil Gaiman (<strong><a><span style=\"color:#000080;\">A Study in Sherlock<\/span><\/a><\/strong>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Way It Works Out and All\u201d, Peter S. Beagle (<em>F&amp;SF<\/em> 7-8\/11)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Paper Menagerie\u201d, Ken Liu (<em>F&amp;SF<\/em> 3-4\/11)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Bread We Eat in Dreams\u201d, Catherynne M. Valente (<em>Apex<\/em> 11\/11)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees\u201d, E. Lily Yu (<em>Clarkesworld<\/em> 4\/11)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Anthology<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong><a><span style=\"color:#000080;\">The Year\u2019s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-eighth Annual Collection<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, Gardner Dozois, ed. (St. Martin\u2019s Griffin)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><a>Welcome to Bordertown<\/a><\/strong>, Holly Black &amp; Ellen Kushner, eds. (Random House)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Steampunk!<\/strong>, Kelly Link &amp; Gavin J. Grant, eds. (Candlewick; Walker UK)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a>Eclipse Four<\/a><\/strong>, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Night Shade)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a>Engineering Infinity<\/a><\/strong>, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Solaris; Solaris UK)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Collection<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong><a><span style=\"color:#000080;\">The Bible Repairman and Other Stories<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, Tim Powers (Tachyon)<\/span><br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sleight of Hand<\/strong>, Peter S. Beagle (Tachyon)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a>The Collected Stories of Carol Emshwiller, Volume 1<\/a><\/strong>,<br \/>\nCarol Emshwiller (Nonstop)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a>Two Worlds and In Between<\/a><\/strong>, Caitl\u00edn R. Kiernan (Subterranean)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a>After the Apocalypse<\/a><\/strong>, Maureen F. McHugh (Small Beer)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Non-fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong><a><span style=\"color:#000080;\">Evaporating Genres: Essays on Fantastic Literature<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, Gary K. Wolfe (Wesleyan)<\/span><br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination<\/strong>, Margaret Atwood (Talese; Virago; Signal (Canada))<\/li>\n<li><strong>Becoming Ray Bradbury<\/strong>, Jonathan R. Eller (University of Illinois)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Musings and Meditations<\/strong>, Robert Silverberg (Nonstop)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sightings: Reviews 2002-2006<\/strong>, Gary K. Wolfe (Beccon)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Art Books<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong><a><span style=\"color:#000080;\">Spectrum 18: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, Cathy Fenner &amp; Arnie Fenner (Underwood)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Out of This World: Science Fiction But Not As You Know It<\/strong>, Mike Ashley, ed. (British Library)<\/li>\n<li>Cor Blok,\u00a0<strong>A Tolkien Tapestry: Pictures to Accompany The Lord of the Rings<\/strong>\u00a0(HarperCollins UK)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Masters of Science Fiction and Fantasy Art<\/strong>, Karen Haber, ed. (Rockport)<\/li>\n<li>Jeffrey Jones,<strong>\u00a0<a>Jeffrey Jones: A Life in Art<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(IDW)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>To see additional winners and for more information on the awards, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.locusmag.com\/News\/2012\/06\/locus-awards-2012-winners\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winning titles are in blue. Science Fiction Novel Embassytown, China Mi\u00e9ville (Del Rey; Macmillan) Leviathan Wakes, James S. A. Corey (Orbit US; Orbit UK) 11\/22\/63, Stephen King (Scribner; Hodder &amp; Stoughton as 11.22.63) Rule 34, Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit UK) The Children of the Sky, Vernor Vinge (Tor) Fantasy Novel A Dance with Dragons, George&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-awards"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6V6sR-157","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}