Locus Magazine – the official magazine of the science fiction and fantasy field – honours the best in science fiction and fantasy writing. Here are the finalists for the 2014 Locus Awards (see the website for the full list).
Science Fiction
The Peripheral by William Gibson
Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Lock In by John Scalzi
Annihilation / Authority / Acceptance by Jeff Vandermeer
Fantasy
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
Steles of the Sky by Elizabeth Bear
City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
The Magician’s Land by Lev Grossman
The Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley
Young Adult
Half a King by Joe Abercrombie
The Doubt Factory by Paolo Bacigalupi
Waistcoats and Weaponry by Gail Carriger
Empress of the Sun by Ian McDonald
Clariel by Garth Nix