The OUSFG Award 2008/9 - Virtual Shortlist
As you may or may not know, we determined the OUSFG Award short list at last week's meeting. I will post the official list later this week, but first I thought it might be interesting to see what it would have been if we'd allowed virtual people to vote instead of cleaving to the not very science-fictional method of only allowing votes from people who were physically present. The poll below mirrors exactly the method by which the short list was determined on that night. If you also read my journal you'll see another version of the same poll. Feel free to vote in either or both, as all results will be offhandedly discarded in favour of the choices of the loyal few who actually turned up. Let that be a lesson to you...
Before They Are Hanged: Book Two Of The First Law (Gollancz SF S.) by Joe Abercrombie
Air Apparent (Xanth Novels) by Piers Anthony (30 Sep 2008)
Of Fire and Night (Saga of Seven Suns) by Kevin J., Anderson (Nov 2007)
Metal Swarm (Saga of Seven Suns) by Kevin J. Anderson (Jun 2008)
Harm by Brian Aldiss (21 Aug 2008)
The H-bomb Girl by Stephen Baxter (1 May 2008)
The Elves of Cintra (Genesis of Shannara) by Terry Brooks (29 Jul 2008)
Now and Forever; Somewhere A Band is Playing & Leviathan '99 by Ray Bradbury (1 Jul 2008)
The Door Through Space by Marion Zimmer Bradley (26 Oct 2007)
God Is Dead by Ron Currie (1 Aug 2008)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (3 Mar 2008)
Antagonist (Childe Cycle) by Gordon R. Dickson and David W. Wixon (4 Mar 2008)
The Bonehunters (Malazan Book of the Fallen) by Steven Erikson (Jul 2008)
Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen) by Steven Erikson (12 Feb 2008)
Murder in Lamut (Legends of the Riftwar) by Raymond E. Feist and Joel Rosenberg (Jul 2008)
Trouble Magnet (Pip and Flinx Novels) by Alan Dean Foster (18 Jul 2008)
Exceptions to Reality by Alan Dean Foster (1 Jul 2008)
Lost and Found by Alan Dean Foster (18 Jul 2008)
Patrimomy by Alan Dean Foster (1 Sep 2008)
PAX BRITTANIA: LEVIATHAN RISING (Pax Britannia) by Jonathan Green (15 Mar 2008)
Jumper by Steven Gould (5 Feb 2008)
The Carhullan Army by Sarah Hall (3 April 2008)
Sidney's Comet by Brian Herbert (25 April 2008)
The Race for God by Brian Herbert (30 Nov 2007)
Forest Mage (Soldier Son Trilogy) by Robin Hobb (Dec 2007)
The Dreaming Void (Void Trilogy) by Peter F. Hamilton (2 May 2008)
Path of Revenge (Broken Man) by Russell Kirkpatrick (Aug 2008)
The Right Hand of God (Fire of Heaven Trilogy) by Russell Kirkpatrick (Mar 2008)
In the Earth Abides the Flame (Fire of Heaven Trilogy) by Russell Kirkpatrick (Feb 2008)
Across the Face of the World (Fire of Heaven Trilogy) by Russell Kirkpatrick (Jan 2008)
Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay (5 Feb 2008)
Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch (29 Jul 2008)
Netherwood by Michele Lang (25 April 2008)
The Execution Channel by Ken MacLeod (6 Mar 2008)
Cowboy Angels (Gollancz S.F.) by Paul McAuley (12 Jun 2008)
Brasyl (Gollancz S.F.) by Ian Mcdonald (28 Aug 2008)
Black Man (Gollancz S.F.) by Richard Morgan (1 Nov 2007)
What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson (29 April 2008)
Somewhere in Time by Richard Matheson (23 Sep 2008)
Earthbound by Richard Matheson (29 April 2008)
Maelstrom (Twins of Petaybee) by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (26 Feb 2008)
OCTAGONAL RAVEN . by L. E. Modesitt and Jr. (30 April 2008)
The Death of Chaos by L.E. Modesitt Jr (5 May 2008)
SOARER'S CHOICE L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (Corean Chronicles) by Jr. L. E. Modesitt (14 Feb 2008)
The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: v. 2 (Solaris Book of New Science Fiction) by George Mann (3 Mar 2008)
The Solaris Book of New Fantasy by George Mann (3 Dec 2007)
Fleet of Worlds by Larry Niven and Edward M Lerner (1 Aug 2008)
Making Money (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett (16 Jun 2008)
Declare by Tim Powers (18 Jul 2008)
Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips (29 May 2008)
The Prefect (Gollancz S.F.) by Alastair Reynolds (10 April 2008)
Galactic North (Gollancz S.F.) by Alastair Reynolds (8 Nov 2007)
Land Of The Headless (Gollancz S.F.) by Adam Roberts ( 13 Mar 2008)
Sixty Days and Counting by Kim Stanley Robinson (1 Oct 2007)
Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff (7 Jul 2008)
Variable Star (Tor Science Fiction) by Spider Robinson (27 Nov 2007)
The Modern World (Gollancz S.F.) by Steph Swainston (13 Nov 2008)
Halting State by Charles Stross (4 Sep 2008)
The Family Trade (Merchant Princes 1) by Charles Stross
The Hidden Family (Merchant Princes) by Charles Stross (July 2008)
Tiny Deaths by Robert Shearman (23 Nov 2007)
The Last Colony by John Scalzi (29 Jul 2008)
The Android's Dream by John Scalzi (12 Nov 2007)
Island in the Sea of Time by S M Stirling (18 Jul 2008)
The Sky People by S.M. Stirling (1 Dec 2007)
The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas ( June 2008)
Beyond the Gap (Opening of the World) by Harry Turtledove (April 2008)
The Gladiator Gladiator (Crosstime Traffic) by Harry Turtledove (30 Sep 2008)
The Margarets by Sheri S. Tepper (Jul 2008)
Bloodmind by Liz Williams (15 Feb 2008)
Hell Hath No Fury (Multiverse II) by David Weber (12 Aug 2008)
Hell's Gate (Multiverse I) by David Weber (29 April 2008)
Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber (2 Jan 2008)
With a Single Spell by Lawrence Watt-Evans (25 April 2008)
The Misenchanted Sword (Legends of Ethshar) by Lawrence Watt-Evans (25 April 2008)
Ninth Talisman: Annals of the Chosen by Lawrence Watt-Evans (1 May 2008)
With a Single Spell by Lawrence Watt-Evans (25 April 2008)
Sword of the Deceiver (Isavalta) by Sarah Zettel (1 April 2008)