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  The Locus Science Fiction Foundation, publishers of Locus Magazine, has announced the top finalists in each category of the 2019 Locus Awards (for works published in 2018.)


SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers

The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

If Tomorrow Comes by Nancy Kress

Revenant Gun by Yoon Ha Lee

Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller

Embers of War by Gareth L. Powell

Elysium Fire by Alastair Reynolds

Red Moon by Kim Stanley Robinson

Unholy Land by Lavie Tidhar

Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente


FANTASY NOVEL

Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch

Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett

The Monster Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

Deep Roots by Ruthanna Emrys

Ahab's Return: or, The Last Voyage by Jeffrey Ford

European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora Goss

The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley

The Wonder Engine by T. Kingfisher

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Creatures of Want and Ruin by Molly Tanzer



FIRST NOVEL

by Tomi Adeyemi

by Sue Burke

by Kate Heartfield

by R.F. Kuang

by Derek Künsken

by Rich Larson

by Ling Ma

by C.L. Polk

by Rebecca Roanhorse

by Tasha Suri



NOVELLA

The Black God's Drums by P. Djèlí Clark

The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard

Umbernight by Carolyn Ives Gilman

Black Helicopters by Caitlín R. Kiernan

Time Was by Ian McDonald

Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson

The Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells

The Descent of Monsters by J.Y. Yang



NOVELETTE

“The Donner Party by, Dale Bailey
“Okay, Glory” by Elizabeth Bear
“No Flight Without the Shatter“ by Brooke Bolander
The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander
“The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections“ by Tina Connolly
“An Agent of Utopia” by Andy Duncan
“Queen Lily“ by Theodora Goss
“Nine Last Days on Planet Earth“ by Daryl Gregory
“Quality Time" by Ken Liu
“How to Swallow the Moon“ by Isabel Yap


SHORT STORY

“The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington“, Phenderson Djèlí Clark
“The Bookcase Expedition”, Jeffrey Ford
“STET“, Sarah Gailey
“A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies“, Alix E. Harrow
“Cuisine des Mémoires”, N.K. Jemisin
“The Storyteller’s Replacement”, N.K. Jemisin
“Firelight“, Ursula K. Le Guin
“The Starship and the Temple Cat“, Yoon Ha Lee
“Mother of Invention“, Nnedi Okorafor
“The Court Magician“, Sarah Pinsker


The winners will be announced during the Locus Awards Weekend in Seattle WA, June 28-30, 2019. A full list of awards & titles is available at the Locus Awards announcement.>

  The Locus Science Fiction Foundation, publishers of Locus Magazine, has announced the winners in each category of the 2019 Locus Awards (for works published in 2018) this past weekend.


BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL of 2918

The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal


BEST FANTASY NOVEL of 2018

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik


FIRST NOVEL of 2018

Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse


BEST SF/F NOVELLA of 2018

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells


BEST SF/F NOVELETTE of 2018

The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander


BEST SF/F SHORT STORY of 2018

“The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington“, Phenderson Djèlí Clark


BEST SF/F YA NOVEL of 2018

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland


BEST SF/F-related NON-FICTION of 2018

Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing

This is probably one of the few times I've actually read some of the winners :)

I've read the best SF novel, the novelette and the short story. And the best fantasy novel is on my to-read list.