Thursday, April 23, 2026

2026 Hugo, Lodestar and Astounding Award Finalists

The finalists for the 2026 Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding Awards have been announced. The winners will be announced at LAcon V, the 84th World Science Fiction Convention over the last weekend in August. 

These are  the finalists for 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)
I've not read any of them, though there are two or three that might end up on my iPad one of these days. I was glad to see "Automatic Noodle" by Annalee Newitz, which I have read, is a finalist for the Best Novella award. 

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