I’m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom by Jason Pargin St. Martin’s Press | September 24, 2024 A standalone darkly humorous thriller set in modern America’s age of anxiety, by New York Times bestselling author Jason Pargin. Outside Los Angeles, a driver pulls up to find a young woman sitting on a large black box. She offers him $200,000 cash to transport her and that box across the country, to Washington, DC. But there are rules: He cannot look inside the box. He cannot ask questions. He cannot tell anyone. They must leave immediately. He must leave all trackable devices behind. As ..read more

The 2024 Aurora Awards finalists have been announced, celebrating the “best works and activities done by Canadians in 2023.” The nominees in the Best Novel category are: The Valkyrie by Kate Heartfield (HarperVoyager) Bad Cree by Jessica Johns (HarperCollins Canada) Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey) Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice (Random House Canada) The Marigold by Andrew F. Sullivan (ECW) Locus has the list of finalists in all categories. Our congrats to all the nominees. What do you think of this list? Anything there look good to you ..read more

The Libertarian Futurist Society has announced the finalists for the 2024 Prometheus Award, honoring pro-freedom works published in 2023. Theft of Fire by Devon Eriksen (self-published) Swim Among The People by Karl K. Gallagher (Kelt Haven) God’s Girlfriend by Dr. Insensitive Jerk (self-published) Lord of a Shattered Land by Howard Andrew Jones (Baen) Critical Mass by Daniel Suarez (Dutton) Our congrats to all the nominees. What looks good to you on this list ..read more

The finalists for the 2023 Aurealis Awards have been announced. The nominees in the SF, Fantasy, and Horror novel categories are: BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL Minds of Sand and Light by Kylie Chan (HarperCollins) The Comforting Weight of Water by Roanna McClelland (Wakefield) Aliens: Bishop by T.R. Napper (Titan) Dronikus by Marko Newman (AndAlso) Time of the Cat by Tansy Rayner Roberts (self-published) Traitor’s Run by Keith Stevenson (coeur de lion) BEST FANTASY NOVEL Shadow Baron by Davinia Evans (Orbit / Hachette) The Will of the Many by James Islington (Text) The Sinister B ..read more

The month of April is half finished, and I suspect I’m not the only one wondering how a month could rush by so fast. Whether we are busy with work, family, or creative endeavors it seems there is little time for recreation, and the time we do have is easily sucked away by less intentional sinks, like the exhausted scroll of social media, so while I have been anxiously awaiting the latest Volume of Writers of the Future, I admit I was reticent and slow to start reading my ARC copy. I knew it would be good based on past volumes, but my fatigue and the demands of my ever-refilling list of projec ..read more

The winner of the 2024 Philip K. Dick Award for distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2023 in the USA is: These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs (Orbit) Special Citation was awarded to The Museum of Human History by Rebekah Bergman (Tin House) The PKD Award was presented at Norwescon 46, March 28-31. Our congrats to the winners and all the nominees. Danged Black Thing by Eugen Bacon (Apex) Infinity Gate by M. R. Carey (Orbit) Wild Spaces by S. L. Coney (Tordotcom) Where Rivers Go to Die by Dilman Dila (Rosarium ..read more

The British Science Fiction Association has announced the winners of the BSFA Awards for works published in 2022. In the Best Novel category the winner is The Green Man’s Quarry by Juliet McKenna (Wizard Tower). Our congrats to Juliet McKenna and all the nominees: Descendant Machine by Gareth L. Powell (Titan) Airside by Christopher Priest (Gollancz) HIM by Geoff Ryman (Angry Robot) Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi (Gollancz) See the winners for all categories over on Locus. What do you think of this result ..read more

The 2024 Hugo Award finalists have been announced. The noms in the Best Novel category are: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty (Harper Voyager; Harper Voyager UK) The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom) Translation State by Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK) Starter Villain by John Scalzi (Tor US; Tor UK) Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh (Tordotcom; Orbit UK) Witch King by Martha Wells (Tordotcom) See the full list of noms in all categories on the Locus website. Our congrats to all the finalists. What do you think of this crop of books? Any fa ..read more

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have announced the nominees for the 2024 Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy: To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose (Del Rey) The Inn at the Amethyst Lantern by J. Dianne Dotson (Android) Liberty’s Daughter by Naomi Kritzer (Fairwood) The Ghost Job by Greg van Eekhout (Harper) Our congrats to all the nominees ..read more

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have released the final ballot for the 2023 Nebula Award. The noms in the Novel category are: The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom) The Water Outlaws by S. L. Huang (Tordotcom; Solaris UK) Translation State by Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK) The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz (Tor; Orbit UK) Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi (DAW; Gollancz) Witch King by Martha Wells (Tordotcom) Locus has the complete list of nominees in all categories. What looks good to you ..read more