Los premios literarios Locus se otorgan desde la revista que lleva el mismo nombre y quien elige a los galardonados son los lectores de esta. Este año los ganadores serán anunciados durante el evento Locus Awards Weekend que tendrá lugar en Seattle del 24 al 26 de junio.
A continuación podéis ver la lista completa de nominados en todas las categorías:
Novela de ciencia ficción
- ‘The Water Knife’, Paolo Bacigalupi (Borzoi; Orbit UK)
- ‘Ancillary Mercy’, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- ‘Aurora’, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- ‘Seveneves’, Neal Stephenson (Morrow)
- ‘A Borrowed Man’, Gene Wolfe (Tor)
Novela de fantasía
- ‘Karen Memory’, Elizabeth Bear (Tor)
- ‘The House of Shattered Wings’, Aliette de Bodard (Roc; Gollancz)
- ‘Wylding Hall’, Elizabeth Hand (PS; Open Road)
- ‘The Fifth Season’, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- ‘Uprooted’, Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
Libro juvenil
- ‘Half a War’, Joe Abercrombie (Del Rey; Harper Voyager UK)
- ‘Half the World’, Joe Abercrombie (Del Rey)
- ‘Harrison Squared’, Daryl Gregory (Tor)
- ‘Shadowshaper’, Daniel José Older (Levine)
- ‘The Shepherd’s Crown’, Terry Pratchett (Harper; Doubleday UK)
Novela debut
- ‘Sorcerer to the Crown’, Zen Cho (Ace; Macmillan UK)
- ‘The Grace of Kings’, Ken Liu (Saga)
- ‘Signal to Noise’, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Solaris)
- ‘The Watchmaker of Filigree Street’, Natasha Pulley (Bloomsbury US; Bloomsbury UK)
- ‘The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps’, Kai Ashante Wilson (Tor.com)
Novela corta
- ‘Penric’s Demon’, Lois McMaster Bujold (autopublicado)
- ‘The Citadel of Weeping Pearls’, Aliette de Bodard (Asimov’s 10-11/15)
- ‘The Four Thousand, the Eight Hundred’, Greg Egan (Asimov’s 12/15)
- ‘Binti’, Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com)
- ‘Slow Bullets’, Alastair Reynolds (Tachyon)
Relato corto
- ‘The Heart’s Filthy Lesson’, Elizabeth Bear (Old Venus)
- ‘And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead’, Brooke Bolander (Lightspeed 2/15)
- ‘Black Dog’, Neil Gaiman (Trigger Warning)
- ‘Folding Beijing’, Hao Jingfang (Uncanny 1-2/15)
- ‘Another Word for World’, Ann Leckie (Future Visions)
Historia corta
- ‘Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight’, Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld 1/15)
- ‘Madeleine’, Amal El-Mohtar (Lightspeed 6/15)
- ‘Cat Pictures Please’, Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld 1/15)
- ‘The Dowager of Bees’, China Miéville (Three Moments of an Explosion)
- ‘Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers’, Alyssa Wong (Nightmare 10/15)
Antología
- ‘The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-second Annual Collection’, Gardner Dozois (St. Martin’s Griffin)
- ‘Old Venus’, George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois (Bantam)
- ‘Hanzai Japan: Fantastical, Futuristic Stories of Crime From and About Japan’, Nick Mamatas & Masumi Washington (Haikasoru)
- ‘Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany’, Nisi Shawl & Bill Campbell (Rosarium)
- ‘Meeting Infinity’, Jonathan Strahan (Solaris US; Solaris UK)
Colección
- ‘The Best of Gregory Benford’, Gregory Benford (Subterranean)
- ‘Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances’, Neil Gaiman (Morrow)
- ‘The Best of Nancy Kress’, Nancy Kress (Subterranean)
- ‘Dancing Through the Fire’, Tanith Lee (Fantastic Books)
- ‘Three Moments of an Explosion’, China Miéville (Macmillan UK; Del Rey 2016)
Magazine
- ‘Asimov’s’
- ‘Clarkesworld’
- ‘F&SF’
- ‘File 770’
- ‘Tor.com’
Editorial
- Baen
- Gollancz
- Orbit
- Tor
- Subterranean
Editor
- John Joseph Adams
- Ellen Datlow
- Gardner Dozois
- David G. Hartwell
- Jonathan Strahan
Artista
- Galen Dara
- Julie Dillon
- Bob Eggleton
- John Picacio
- Michael Whelan
No ficción
- ‘The Culture Series of Iain M. Banks’, Simone Caroti (McFarland)
- ‘Lois McMaster Bujold’, Edward James (University of Illinois Press)
- ‘Letters to Tiptree’, Alisa Krasnostein & Alexandra Pierce (Twelfth Planet)
- ‘Frederik Pohl’, Michael R. Page (University of Illinois Press)
- ‘Ray Bradbury’, David Seed (University of Illinois Press)
Libro ilustrado
- ‘Julie Dillon’s Imagined Realms, Book 2: Earth and Sky’, Julie Dillon (autopublicado)
- ‘Women of Wonder: Celebrating Women Creators of Fantastic Art’, Cathy Fenner (Underwood)
- ‘Spectrum 22: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art’, John Fleskes (Flesk)
- ‘Edward Gorey: His Book Cover Art & Design’, Steven Heller (Pomegranate)
- ‘The Fantasy Illustration Library, Volume One: Lands & Legends’, Malcolm R. Phifer & Michael C. Phifer (Michael Publishing)
¿Cuáles son vuestros nominados favoritos en cada una de las distintas categorías? Habrá que esperar todavía unas cuantas semanas para conocer a los premiados…
Fuente: Locusmag
