The British Science Fiction Association has announced the shortlist for its BSFA Awards, which Interzone editor Andy Cox posted on the TTA Press forum. The shortlist is:
Best Novel
Flood by Stephen Baxter
The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway
The Night Sessions by Ken MacLeod
Anathem by Neal Stephenson
Best Short Fiction
"Exhalation" by Ted Chiang (Eclipse 2)
"Crystal Nights" by Greg Egan (Interzone 215)
"Little Lost Robot" by Paul McAuley (Interzone 217)
"Evidence of Love in a Case of Abandonment" by M. Rickert (F&SF, Oct/Nov 2008)
Best Non-Fiction
"Physics for Amnesia" by John Clute
Superheroes!: Capes and Crusaders in Comics and Films by Roz Kaveney (I.B. Tauris)
What Is It We Do When We Read Science Fiction? by Paul Kincaid (Beccon)
Rhetorics of Fantasy by Farah Mendlesohn (Wesleyan)
Best Artwork
Cover of Subterfuge, ed. Ian Whates, by Andy Bigwood
Cover of Flood by Stephen Baxter, by Blacksheep
Cover of Swiftly by Adam Roberts, by Blacksheep
Cover of Murky Depths 4 by Vincent Chong
Cover of Interzone 218 by Warwick Fraser Coomb
This is a very good shortlist. "Crystal Nights" by Greg Egan and "Little Lost Robot" by Paul McAuley are very good SF stories, and Vincent Chong is in my opinion the best SF/F artist out there. Not that I'm biased, of course.
