Holy cow! In news of the entirely unexpected, I learned this morning that "Inclination" is a finalist for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for best short science fiction! Here's the full list of finalists, including many friends and other very familiar names:
- "Yellow Card Man" by Paolo Bacigalupi
- "Dawn, and Sunset, and the Colours of the Earth" by Michael F. Flynn
- "Botch Town" by Jeffrey Ford
- "The Djinn's Wife" by Ian McDonald
- "The Walls of the Universe" by Paul Melko
- "A Billion Eves" by Robert Reed
- "You Have Never Been Here" by M. Rickert
- "The House Beyond Your Sky" by Benjamin Rosenbaum
- "Another Word for Map Is Faith" by Christopher Rowe
- "Inclination" by William Shunn
- "Lord Weary's Empire" by Michael Swanwick
- "The Cartesian Theater" by Robert Charles Wilson
- "Julian: A Christmas Story" by Robert Charles Wilson
Congratulations especially to Blue Heaven cohort Paolo, and to LJers 14theditch and ianmcdonald. And a big hearty slap on the back to paulmelko, who just keeps getting nominated for every award I do. Paul, that's so annoying cool!
