The Libertarian Futurist Society has announced the 2019 winners of the Prometheus Awards for Best Novel and Hall of Fame (Best Classic Fiction). The LFS has chosen Causes of Separation (Morlock Publishing), by Travis Corcoran, as the 2019 winner of the Best Novel category of the 39th annual Prometheus Awards. LFS members also voted to induct “Harrison Bergeron,” a dystopian
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8th July 2019 – The Lightest Object in the Universe – Kimi Eisele What if the end times allowed people to see and build the world anew? This is the landscape that Kimi Eisele creates in her surprising and original debut novel. Evoking the spirit of such monumental love stories as Cold Mountain and the creative vision of novels like Station Eleven, The Lightest Object in the Universe imagines what happens after the global economy
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The Campbell Conference Awards Banquet, at the University of Kansas in Lawrence KS, was the forum for the announcement of two award winners. The John W. Campbell Memorial Award for the best Science Fiction novel published in 2018 and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short fiction of 2018. Unlike most of the major awards, this is a
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Mary Robinette Kowal, The Calculating Stars, and Naomi Novik, Spinning Silver, took home the top awards for Science Fiction Novel and Fantasy Novel respectively when the Locus Science Fiction Foundation announced the winners of the 2019 Locus Awards during the Locus Awards Weekend in Seattle WA, June 29, 2019. The Locus Awards, except for the Special Award, are chosen by
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1st July 2019 – Aftershocks (The Palladium Wars) – Marko Kloos Across the six-planet expanse of the Gaia system, the Earthlike Gretia struggles to stabilize in the wake of an interplanetary war. Amid an uneasy alliance to maintain economies, resources, and populations, Aden Robertson reemerges. After devoting twelve years of his life to the reviled losing side, with the blood of half a million
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27th June 2019 – The Grand Dark – Richard Kadrey ‘The Great War was over, but everyone knew another war was coming and it drove the city a little mad’ Raised on the streets of Lower Proszawa, Largo makes his living as a cycle courier in a vast, decadent metropolis. With a dazzling girlfriend and a chance of promotion, he avoids politics and delivers
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Publisher Angry Robot has announced the arrival of their very own Podcast, with the launch of What The SFF?!. The first episode will be available from 11am tomorrow morning.
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Tales of Magic & Destiny launches on July 12 – and is now available to pre-order, here. Tales of Magic & Destiny is the eighth anthology from Inklings Press – and includes stories from Maria Haskins, Tom Jolly, Tara Wood, Rob Edwards, Hall Jameson, Jeanette O’Hagan, Leo McBride, Aaron Emmel, Kerry Buchanan, Brent A Harris, Jaleta Clegg and Ricardo Victoria.
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World Fantasy Award winner John Crowley has had to cancel his appearance as Author Guest of Honor at Mythcon 50 for personal reasons. We hope it is nothing too serious!
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The Mythopoeic society have announced the shortlists for their annual awards. The society delivers awards in four categories, for Adult Literature, Children’s Literature, Inklings Studies, and Myth and Fantasy Studies.
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