The winners of this year’s Locus Awards, voted by the readers of Locus magazine, were announced 16 June at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel in Seattle, Washington. The winners are:
Science Fiction Novel: Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (Tor)
Fantasy Novel: The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner (Bantam Spectra)
First Novel: Temeraire: In the Service of the King by Naomi Novik (SFBC collection of three books: Temeraire, aka His Majesty’s Dragon; Throne of Jade; and Black Powder War published by Voyager and Del Rey)
Young Adult Book: Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett (Doubleday UK; HarperTempest)
Novella: “Missile Gap” by Charles Stross (One Million A.D.)
Novelette: “When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth” by Cory Doctorow (Baen’s Universe, August 2006)
Short Story: “How to Talk to Girls at Parties” by Neil Gaiman (Fragile Things)
Magazine: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Publisher: Tor
Anthology: The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois (St. Martin’s)
Collection: Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman (Morrow; Headline Review)
Editor: Ellen Datlow
Artist: John Picacio
Non-Fiction: James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips (St. Martin’s)
Art Book: Spectrum 13: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art edited by Cathy & Arnie Fenner (Underwood)