2007 Locus finalists are announced

Locus magazine’s annual reader’s poll winners will be announced during the Science Fiction museum’s Hall of Fame weekend in Seattle, June 16/18 th.

The finalists are:

First Novel:
Gordon Dahlquist for The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters, Ellen Klages for The Green Glass Sea, Scott Lynch for The Lies of Locke Lamora, Tobias S. Buckell for Crystal Rain, and Naomi Novik for Temeraire: His Majesty’s Dragon/Throne of Jade/Black Powder .

Young Adult Book:
Terry Pratchett for Wintersmith, Ursula K. Le Guin for Voices, Garth Nix for The Keys to the Kingdom: Sir Thursday, Nina Kiriki Hoffman for Spirits That Walk in Shadow, and Justine Larbalestier for Magic Lessons.

Fantasy Novel:
Tim Powers for Three Days to Never, Ellen Kushner for The Privilege of the Sword, James Morrow for The Last Witchfinder, Charles Stross for The Jennifer Morgue, and Gene Wolfe for Soldier of Sidon.

SF Novel:
Vernor Vinge for Rainbows End, Elizabeth Bear for Carnival, Charles Stross for Glasshouse, Jo Walton for Farthing, and Peter Watts for Blindsight.

Novelette:
Jeffrey Ford for The Night Whiskey, Cory Doctorow for I By Row-Boat, Geoff Ryman for Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy), Cory Doctorow for When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth, and Paul Di Filippo for The Singularity Needs Women!

Short Story:
Gene Wolfe for Sob in the Silence, Neil Gaiman for How to Talk to Girls at Parties” Michael Swanwick for Tin Marsh, Stephen Baxter for In the Abyss of Time, and Nancy Kress for Nano Comes to Clifford Falls.

Novella:
Michael Swanwick for Lord Weary’s Empire, Jeffrey Ford for Botch Town, M. Rickert Map of Dreams, Charles Stross.for Missile Gap, and Joe Haldeman for The Mars Girl.