The Locus Award — nominated and voted by science fiction fans — has published a particularly fine shortlist this year (in contrast to the hijacked Hugo Award ballot); I'm extremely proud to see my novella The Man Who Sold the Moon from Hieroglyph on the list.
Best SF novel:* The Peripheral, William Gibson (Putnam; Viking UK)
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Ancillary Sword, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)*
The Three-Body Problem, Cixin Liu (Tor)* Lock In, John Scalzi (Tor; Gollancz)
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Annihilation/Authority/Acceptance, Jeff VanderMeer (FSG Originals; Fourth Estate; HarperCollins Canada)Best fantasy novel:
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The Goblin Emperor, Katherine Addison (Tor)*
Steles of the Sky, Elizabeth Bear (Tor)*
City of Stairs, Robert Jackson Bennett (Broadway; Jo Fletcher)*
The Magician's Land, Lev Grossman (Viking; Arrow 2015)*
The Mirror Empire, Kameron Hurley (Angry Robot US)Best YA:
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Half a King, Joe Abercrombie (Del Rey; Voyager UK)*
The Doubt Factory, Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown)*
Waistcoats & Weaponry, Gail Carriger (Little, Brown; Atom)*
Empress of the Sun, Ian McDonald (Jo Fletcher; Pyr)*
Clariel, Garth Nix (Harper; Hot Key; Allen & Unwin)Best novella:
* The Man Who Sold the Moon, Cory Doctorow (Hieroglyph)
*We Are All Completely Fine, Daryl Gregory (Tachyon)
*Yesterday's Kin, Nancy Kress (Tachyon)
* The Regular, Ken Liu (Upgraded)
* The Lightning Tree, Patrick Rothfuss (Rogues)
2015 Locus Awards Finalists [Locus Magazine]