Award season is upon us once again! By now, we here at Speculative Chic have come to the conclusion that when major awards are happening within the genre, we want to be informed. We have previously covered the Hugos, the Nebulas, and of course, the Philip K. Dick Award. Not familiar with this one? From the award’s website:
The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually with the support of the Philip K. Dick Trust for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States during the previous calendar year.
We read last year’s nominees with slightly mixed results. The current batch of nominees (which were published in 2017) appears to be a great deal more interesting!
The Book of Etta by Meg Elison (47North)
Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty (Orbit)
After the Flare by Deji Bryce Olukotun (The Unnamed Press)
The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt (Angry Robot)
Revenger by Alastair Reynolds (Orbit)
Bannerless by Carrie Vaughn (Mariner/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Tor.com)
The goal is to review each of these titles before the winner is announced on March 30, 2018. As each review goes live, we’ll update this page. Feel free to keep checking back, or subscribe to the site so you don’t miss a single thing!
4/3/18 Update: The winners have been announced here! Congratulations to Carrie Vaughn’s Bannerless (winner) and Deji Bryce Olukotun’s After the Flare (special citation)!
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