sci-fi award winners

[snugglekitty]

So apparently Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell won the Hugo this year.

It was deserved. If you haven't read it, and you like any of the following thematic elements, you should. Snark, comedy of manners, the occult, the fey, folklore.

This year's Lambda sci-fi award was won by The Ordinary by Jim Grimsley.

I haven't read that. Apparently it's set in the same world as Kirith Kirin, which I had out from the library for several months, but didn't read. Time to try it again.

Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold won the Nebula. I haven't even started the series, and I'm very ashamed. I just wasn't sure she'd do well with fantasy, and I didn't want that to diminish my love of her sci fi, if applicable.

I intend to remedy my errors. Anyway, I thought that those who, like me, had lost track of who was winning what, might find this useful.

Edit: As per woodwardiocom, the first book is actually not Victoriana, but still has the comedy-of-manners quality I like in Victorian literature and its descendents in the sci fi/fantasy world.

Comments

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

-Am reading JS&MN now, and quite enjoying it. (Though I will nit-pick and point out that it's set during the reign of George the Third, not Victoria.)

[catya.livejournal.com]

I just finished Paladin of Souls - it's excellent :)

[harlequinaide.livejournal.com]

And the Campbell went to my good friend Elizabeth Bear's "Hammered." I wish you were into sci-fi/cyberpunk at all, because her sentence-level work is beautiful. I'm not into cyberpunk at all and I love it.

[aillecat.livejournal.com]

As far as Paladin of Souls, I've been avoiding it for a similar reason, plus I'm WAY too attached to Miles.