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2012 Locus Award: science fiction winners and finalists

Every science fiction novel and novella recognized by the 2012 Locus Award, winners first, with page counts, reader ratings and a link to each book.

Locus recognition brings a reader perspective to the library. Formal winners and finalists are distinguished from historical poll top five selections. Those selections are not silently presented as formal finalists. Only the selected science fiction categories and eligible works are included. Official award site ↗

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Embassytown by China Miéville, book cover

Embassytown

by China Miéville

Novel · 2011

Locus winnerClarke recognitionNebula recognitionHugo recognition

Embassytown: a city of contradictions on the outskirts of the universe. Avice is an immerser, a traveller on the immer, the sea of space and time below the everyday, now returned to her birth planet.

Silently and Very Fast by Catherynne M. Valente, book cover

Silently and Very Fast

by Catherynne M. Valente

Novella · 2011

Locus winnerHugo recognitionNebula recognition

A 2011 science fiction novella by Catherynne M. Valente. Locus Award winner; Hugo and Nebula recognition.

11/22/63 by Stephen King, book cover

11/22/63

by Stephen King

Novel · 2011 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover

Locus recognition

11/22/63 is a novel by Stephen King about a time traveller who attempts to prevent the assassination of United States President John F.

Kiss Me Twice by Mary Robinette Kowal, book cover

Kiss Me Twice

by Mary Robinette Kowal

Novella · 2011

Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition

"Kiss Me Twice" is a science fiction police procedural novella, by Mary Robinette Kowal. It was first published in Asimov's Science Fiction in June 2011.

Rule 34 by Charles Stross, book cover

Rule 34

by Charles Stross

Novel · 2011

Clarke recognitionLocus recognition

Head of the Rule 34 Squad monitoring the Internet for illegal activities, Detective Inspector Liz Kavanaugh investigates the link between three ex-con spammers who have been murdered.

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