The judges of the 2008 Philip K. Dick Award and the Philadelphia SF Society have announced the six nominated works that comprise the final ballot for the award. The award recognizes distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States.
The nominees are:
Fast Forward 2 edited by Lou Anders (published by Pyr)
Time Machines Repaired While-U-Wait by K.A. Bedford (EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing)
Emissaries from the Dead by Adam-Troy Castro (Eos Books)
Endgame by Kristine Smith (Eos Books)
Judge by Karen Traviss (Eos Books)
Terminal Mind by David Walton (Meadowhawk Press)
[Edited 13 January 2009: Award Administrator Gordon Van Gelder corrected the above list, noting that the Kristine Smith book “has a copyright year of 2007 and nobody noticed.” It has been removed from the list, and replaced with Plague War by Jeff Carlson (Ace Books).]
First prize and any special citations will be announced on Friday 10 April 2009 at Norwescon 32 at the Doubletree Hotel Seattle Airport, SeaTac, Washington.
The award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and the award ceremony is sponsored by the NorthWest Science Fiction Society. Last year’s winner was Nova Swing by M. John Harrison (Bantam Spectra) with a special citation to From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain by Minister Faust (Del Rey). The 2008 judges are Tobias Buckell, M.M. Buckner (chair), Walter Hunt, Rosemary Kirstein, and William Senior.