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Locus Recommended Reading List 2013

Feb 032014
 

Congratulations to all the DMLA clients who are featured on the 2013 Locus Recommended Reading List!

Novels – Fantasy:

  • American Elsewhere, Robert Jackson Bennett (Orbit)
  • Sister Mine, Nalo Hopkinson (Grand Central)
  • Between Two Thorns, Emma Newman (Angry Robot)

Collections:

  • Conservation of Shadows, Yoon Ha Lee (Prime)
  • Kabu Kabu, Nnedi Okorafor (Prime)

Novellas:

  • “Rock of Ages,” Jay Lake (METAtropolis: Green Space)
  • “Iseul’s Lexicon,” Yoon Ha Lee (Conservation of Shadows)

Short Stories:

  • “Effigy Nights,” Yoon Ha Lee (Clarkesworld 1/13)

Philip K. Dick Award Nominees

Jan 102014
 

clarke-madscientistsdaughterDMLA congratulates Cassandra Rose Clarke on her nomination for a 2013 Philp K. Dick Award for her book The Mad Scientist’s Daughter!

Finn looks and acts human, though he has no desire to be. He was programmed to assist his owners, and performs his duties to perfection. A billion-dollar construct, his primary task now is to tutor Cat. As she grows into a beautiful young woman, Finn is her guardian, her constant companion… and more. But when the government grants rights to the ever-increasing robot population, however, Finn struggles to find his place in the world, and in Cat’s heart.

Romantic Times Award Nominees

Nov 132013
 

Congratulations to all the DMLA clients nominated for the RT Awards!

  • Career Achievement Award in Science Fiction/Fantasy: Elizabeth Bear and Anne Bishop
  • RT Book of the Year Nominee: Written in Red – Anne Bishop (ROC)
  • Innovative Historical Romance: A Lady’s Secret Weapon – Tracey Devlyn (Sourcebooks)
  • Sensual Historical Romance: Forever A Lord – Delilah Marvelle (HQN)
  • Historical Mystery: Midnight at Marble Arch – Anne Perry (Ballantine)
  • Shapeshifter Romance: Kinked – Thea Harrison (Berkley)
  • Urban Fantasy Novel: Written in Red – Anne Bishop (ROC)
  • Urban Fantasy Novel: The Shambling Guide to New York City – Mur Lafferty (Orbit)
  • Fantasy Novel: Without a Summer – Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)

2013 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards

Oct 082013
 

jacobs-twelvefingeredboyDMLA congratulates John Hornor Jacobs on winning the Moonbeam Children’s Gold Medal for Young Adult Fiction – Fantasy/Sci-Fi!

Fifteen-year-old Shreve Cannon doesn’t mind juvie. He’s got a good business dealing contraband candy, and three meals a day are more than his drunk mother managed to provide. Continue reading »

2013 Hugo Awards

Sep 032013
 

DMLA extends congratulations to the winners of the 2013 Hugo Awards and to the clients who took home a rocket in the following categories:

  • Best Related Work: Mary Robinette Kowal, for her participation in Writing Excuses Season Seven
  • Best Semiprozine: Jason Heller for his participation in Clarkesworld
  • Best Fancast: Elizabeth Bear for her participation in SF Squeecast

2013 Anthony Award nominees

May 082013
 

Congratulations to DMLA clients nominated for the Anthony Awards!

  • Best First Novel: The Professionals – Owen Laukkanen [Putnam]
  • Best Paperback Original: Murder for Choir – Joelle Charbonneau [Berkley Prime Crime]
  • Short Story: “Peaches” – Todd Robinson, Grift, Spring 2012

Congratulations to Brian Francis Slattery!

Mar 292013
 

Slattery - Lost EverythingLOST EVERYTHING wins the Philip K. Dick Award!

From the author of the critically acclaimed literary SF novels Spaceman Blues and Liberation comes an incandescent and thrilling post-apocalyptic tale in the vein of 1984 or The Road. Continue reading »

2012 Nebula nominees

Feb 202013
 

Three DMLA clients have been nominated in the 2012 Nebula Awards:

  • Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed for Best Novel
  • Glamour in Glass by Mary Robinette Kowal for Best Novel
  • “The Stars Do Not Lie” by Jay Lake (Asimov’s 10-11/12) for Best Novella

Congratulations to Saladin, Mary, and Jay!

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