by envisionmg | Apr 16, 2013 | Book Awards
Fiction: The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson Biography: The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss History: Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam by Fredrik Logevall...
by envisionmg | Apr 11, 2013 | Book Awards
The Arthur C Clarke Award is the most prestigious award for Science Fiction in Britain, presented annually for the best Science Fiction novel of the year. [source] On the shortlist: Nod by Adrian Barnes Dark Eden by Chris Beckett Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway The Dog...
by envisionmg | Mar 27, 2013 | Book Awards
The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The winning titles are selected from the previous year’s publishing. [source] 2013 Winners Caring is Creepy by David...
by envisionmg | Jan 18, 2013 | Book Awards
“Each Spring, Mystery Writers of America present the Edgar® Awards, widely acknowledged to be the most prestigious awards in the genre.” [source] Best Novel The Lost Ones by Ace Atkins The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye Gone Girl: A Novel by Gillian Flynn...
by envisionmg | Nov 15, 2012 | Book Awards
Young Peoples Literature: William Alexander, Goblin Secrets Poetry: David Ferry, Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations Nonfiction: Katherine Boo, Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity Fiction: Louise Erdrich, The Round...
by envisionmg | Jul 16, 2012 | Book Awards
First, a brief history of the Prometheus Awards (via the Libertarian Futurist Society’s web site): In 1979, science fiction writer L. Neil Smith created the Prometheus Awards, to honor libertarian fiction. A panel selected F. Paul Wilson’s Wheels Within...
