File 770 has the complete list of finalists (with links). As in previous years, most of the short fiction is posted online, either in full or as excerpts of the lnger works.
Also, as has been the trend in previous years, most of the fiction finalists are female. I don't think this is because voters are trying to be politically correct or whatever; I think it marks a clear shift in the field and in the publishing industry.
Here are the finalists for Best Novel:
- The Calculating Stars, by Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
- Record of a Spaceborn Few, by Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton / Harper Voyager)
- Revenant Gun, by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris)
- Space Opera, by Catherynne M. Valente (Saga)
- Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik (Del Rey / Macmillan)
- Trail of Lightning, by Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)
I have only read one of these, The Calculating Stars, and I would be quite happy to see it win, and I expect it will. I was hoping to see Ian McDonald's wonderful Time Was in the novella finalists, but that didn't happen.
No comments:
Post a Comment