2019 Locus Award Finalists

Locus, the news magazine of the science fiction field, has published the list of finalists for its annual Locus Awards. They are voted on by readers and subscribers to the magazine and are always a good source of quality reading material.

Here are the finalists for Science Fiction Novel.

• Record of a Spaceborn Few, Becky Chambers (Harper Voyager US; Hodder & Stoughton)
• The Calculating Stars, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
• If Tomorrow Comes, Nancy Kress (Tor)
• Revenant Gun, Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris US; Solaris UK)
• Blackfish City, Sam J. Miller (Ecco; Orbit UK)
• Embers of War, Gareth L. Powell (Titan US; Titan UK)
• Elysium Fire, Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz; Orbit US)
• Red Moon, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• Unholy Land, Lavie Tidhar (Tachyon)
• Space Opera, Catherynne M. Valente (Saga)

Out of those, I've read two, The Calculating Stars and Elysium Fire, both of which were excellent. I was glad to see that Ian McDonald's superb Time Was on the novella list. Winners will be announced at the end of June.