World Fantasy Award Nominees

Submitted by lucroe on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 6:15pm

And the nominees for the World Fantasy Awards include: 2 debut writers (both just happen to be women...) and 2 set in Africa

Zoo City by Lauren Beukes-my personal favorite from this South African writer

Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin-she has written plenty of award winning short fiction,this is her first novel & part of the Inheritance Trilogy (the third book comes out in October)

Silent Land by Graham Joyce- genre mashup mostly of suspense fiction and a bit of fantasy thrown in; compared to writers Haruki Murakami and Ian McEwan

Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay- not unlike the fantasy writer George R R Martin did with his Song of Ice and Fire series, Kay tries to do with one book set in a world not unlike 8th Century China; lots of kudos from reviewers

Redemption In Indigo by Karen Lord- another first fiction retells a Senegalese folktale

Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor-known for her young adult fiction, this book takes place in a postapocalyptic Saharan Africa where a young girl must use her magic to end the oppression of her people, the Okeke

Lifetime achievement awards go to Peter S. Beagle (of Last Unicorn fame) and Angélica Gorodischer.

The winner will be announced at the World Fantasy Convention held this year on October 30th in San Diego. So get your geek on!

Comments

Submitted by muffy on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 1:51pm.

I would highly recommend "Who Fears Death". Simply fabulous, with a strong sense of place and a fiercely courageous young heroine.

Submitted by fka83111 on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 3:17pm.

Great works.

Submitted by tomiwa on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 5:46pm.

Cool. If only I lived in or near San Diego.Anyway it sounds like so much fun!

Submitted by mysterio on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 12:21pm.

Awesome

Submitted by smv on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 4:59pm.

What do they mean by suspense fiction?

Submitted by ilyjtwya on Thu, 08/18/2011 - 4:29am.

Fantasy is a genre I used to enjoy, but haven't read for a while. Seems I'm out of touch with current authors

Submitted by ashflowtuff on Thu, 08/18/2011 - 1:45pm.

I'll definitely be adding many of these to my wishlist.

Submitted by marisal on Fri, 08/19/2011 - 12:44pm.

I wish I could go to San Diego.

Submitted by marisal on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 2:59pm.

cool

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