So, via Twitter I see that the 2009 World Fantasy Award nominees covering the 2008 award year have been announced. I generally like this award more than most of the main-stream SFF awards since it is a juried-award, though due to whoever the jury is made up of, the sort of books that get nominated year-to-year can vary quit a bit. Anyway, this year’s nominations for Best Novel are below:
The House of the Stag, Kage Baker (US, UK, Canada, Indiebound)
The Shadow Year, Jeffrey Ford (US, UK, Canada, Indiebound)
The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman (US, UK, Canada, Indiebound)
Pandemonium, Daryl Gregory (US, UK, Canada, Indiebound)
Tender Morsels, Margo Lanagan (US, UK, Canada, Indiebound)
What’s interesting about this year’s nominees is that I’ve actually read 3 out of the 5 books.
The House of the Stag by Kage Baker
Pandemonium by Daryl Gregory
Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
Of those 3, I think that Tender Morsels really stands out as the front-runner (even though personally, I didn’t care for it). I also find it interesting that at least 2 of these books are considered YA – see some of the best SFF being written right now is for the YA market and it crosses-over to the adult market very well. We’ll see where it goes from here.
2 comments:
Thanks for posting on this! I have read 3 of the 5 nominated novels, and although I think Tender Morsels is an interesting idea, I wasn't big on the book. I've been pushing Pandemonium to people as an interesting read, so it's nice to see it on the list.
I really enjoyed Pandemonium and I've had numerous interactions with Daryl that have been great. But, I'm not sure that I see it as a book that should win an award like the World Fantasy Award - even though Tender Morsels didn't really appeal to me either, I still think it's the stronger book. But, Daryl should be really pleased that his debut novel made the short list - it's quite an honor.
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