Philip K. Dick Award for Distinguished Science Fiction

The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the U. S.

Emissaries from the Dead by Adam-Troy Castro and Terminal Mind by David Walton were co-winners this year. Results were announced at Norwescon 32, in SeaTac, Wash.

Emissaries from the Dead Find this book in our catalog
Notes from our catalog: "Two murders have occurred on One One One, an artificial ecosystem created by the universe's dominant AIs to house several engineered species, including a violent, sentient race of sloth-like creatures. Under order from the Diplomatic Corps, Counselor Andrea Cort has come to this cylinder world where an indentured human community hangs suspended high above a poisoned, acid atmosphere. Her assignment is to choose a suitable homicide suspect from among those who have sold their futures to escape existences even worse than this one. And no matter where the trail leads her she must do nothing to implicate the hosts, who hold the power to obliterate humankind in an instant. But Andrea Cort is not about to hold back in her hunt for a killer. For she has nothing to lose and harbors no love for her masters or fellow indentures. And she herself has felt the terrible exhilaration of taking life . . . . "

Science fiction news

I was reading Locus, the magazine of the science fiction and fantasy field, for April 2008, when I noticed one or two bits of awards news that might be of interest (awards lists are great sources of books to be put on your personal "to be read" list).

John Harrison's Nova Swing won the 2008 Philip K. Dick Award, given for distinguished science fiction published in the US as a paperback original in 2007. The announcement was made March 21, 2008 at Norwescon 31, the convention of the Northwest Science Fiction Society in Seattle. Find this book in our catalog.


The Hugo Awards nominations have been announced as reported by me in this blog on March 24. Now click here for the official Hugo blog, where you can find out how to become eligible to vote on your favorite and also receive free books.



The Nebula Awards, administered, voted and presented by the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) to acknowledge excellence in science fiction writing, will be awarded at the convention April 25-27, 2008 at Houston, TX. Click here to see the final ballot.