The PKD Award nominees have been announced.  And the nominees are:

  • ELYSIUM by Jennifer Marie Brissett (Aqueduct Press)
  • THE BULLET-CATCHER’S DAUGHTER by Rod Duncan (Angry Robot)
  • THE BOOK OF THE UNNAMED MIDWIFE by Meg Elison (Sybaritic Press)
  • MEMORY OF WATER by Emmi Itäranta (Harper Voyager)
  • MAPLECROFT: THE BORDEN DISPATCHES by Cherie Priest (Roc)
  • REACH FOR INFINITY edited by Jonathan Strahan (Solaris)

First off, a massive congratulations and pat on the back to my mate Jonathan for the nomination.  And second off, what an interesting bunch of novels and writers I’ve never heard of (Priest aside).  That’s what makes reading a shortlist like this so exciting.  Exposure to authors and idea that until this point I didn’t know existed.  Except review of the shortlist in the coming weeks.