Au fost anunțate nominalizările pentru premiile Locus 2016. Cîștigătorii vor fi anunțați în timpul weekend-ului Locus ce se va desfășura în perioada 24-26 iunie, la Seattle.
ROMAN SCIENCE FICTION:
- The Water Knife, Paolo Bacigalupi,
- Ancillary Mercy, Ann Leckie,
- Aurora, Kim Stanley Robinson,
- Seveneves, Neal Stephenson,
- A Borrowed Man, Gene Wolfe.
ROMAN FANTASY:
- Karen Memory, Elizabeth Bear,
- The House of Shattered Wings, Aliette de Bodard,
- Wylding Hall, Elizabeth Hand,
- The Fifth Season, N.K. Jemisin,
- Uprooted, Naomi Novik.
CARTE YOUNG ADULT:
- Half a War, Joe Abercrombie,
- Half the World, Joe Abercrombie,
- Harrison Squared, Daryl Gregory,
- Shadowshaper, Daniel José Older,
- The Shepherd’s Crown, Terry Pratchett (Harper; Doubleday UK).
ROMAN DE DEBUT:
- Sorcerer to the Crown, Zen Cho,
- The Grace of Kings, Ken Liu,
- Signal to Noise, Silvia Moreno-Garcia,
- The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, Natasha Pulley,
- The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, Kai Ashante Wilson.
NUVELĂ:
- Penric’s Demon, Lois McMaster Bujold,
- The Citadel of Weeping Pearls, Aliette de Bodard,
- The Four Thousand, the Eight Hundred, Greg Egan,
- Binti, Nnedi Okorafor,
- Slow Bullets, Alastair Reynolds.
NUVELETĂ:
- The Heart’s Filthy Lesson, Elizabeth Bear,
- And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead, Brooke Bolander,
- Black Dog, Neil Gaiman,
- Folding Beijing, Hao Jingfang,
- Another Word for World, Ann Leckie.
POVESTIRE:
- Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight, Aliette de Bodard,
- Madeleine, Amal El-Mohtar,
- Cat Pictures Please, Naomi Kritzer,
- The Dowager of Bees, China Miéville,
- Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers, Alyssa Wong.
ANTOLOGIE:
- The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-second Annual Collection, editor Gardner Dozois,
- Old Venus, editori George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois,
- Hanzai Japan: Fantastical, Futuristic Stories of Crime From and About Japan, editori Nick Mamatas & Masumi Washington,
- Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany, editori Nisi Shawl & Bill Campbell,
- Meeting Infinity, editor Jonathan Strahan.
COLECȚIE:
- The Best of Gregory Benford, Gregory Benford,
- Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances, Neil Gaiman,
- The Best of Nancy Kress, Nancy Kress,
- Dancing Through the Fire, Tanith Lee,
- Three Moments of an Explosion, China Miéville.
REVISTĂ:
- Asimov’s
- Clarkesworld
- F&SF
- File 770
- Tor.com
EDITURĂ:
- Baen
- Gollancz
- Orbit
- Tor
- Subterranean
EDITOR:
- John Joseph Adams
- Ellen Datlow
- Gardner Dozois
- David G. Hartwell
- Jonathan Strahan
ARTIST:
- Galen Dara
- Julie Dillon
- Bob Eggleton
- John Picacio
- Michael Whelan
LUCRARE NON-FICTION:
- The Culture Series of Iain M. Banks, Simone Caroti,
- Lois McMaster Bujold, Edward James,
- Letters to Tiptree, Alisa Krasnostein & Alexandra Pierce,
- Frederik Pohl, Michael R. Page,
- Ray Bradbury, David Seed.
ALBUM DE ARTĂ:
- Julie Dillon, Julie Dillon’s Imagined Realms, Book 2: Earth and Sky,
- Women of Wonder: Celebrating Women Creators of Fantastic Art, Cathy Fenner,
- Spectrum 22: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, John Fleskes,
- Edward Gorey: His Book Cover Art & Design, Steven Heller,
- The Fantasy Illustration Library, Volume One: Lands & Legends, Malcolm R. Phifer & Michael C. Phifer.