The Baltimore Science Fiction Society (BSFS) has announced the finalists for this year’s Compton Crook Award. The award is for “the new SF author judged to have written the best SF novel for the previous year.” The $1000 award will be presented Friday night during the Opening Ceremonies of Balticon 42, which will be held 23-26 May at the Hunt Valley Inn Marriott in Baltimore, Maryland. The award is voted on by BSFS voting members.
The nominees are:
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercombie (published by Pyr)
The Outback Stars by Sandra McDonald (Tor)
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (DAW)
Magic Lost, Trouble Found by Lisa Shearin (Ace)
One Jump Ahead by Mark L. Van Name (Baen)