The finalists for this year’s John W. Campbell Memorial Award (for best science-fiction novel of 2008) have just been announced. The Awards will be presented during the Campbell Conference Awards Banquet. This year’s Campbell Conference will be held 9-12 July, as always, at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas.
The finalists are:
City at the End of Time by Greg Bear (published by Del Rey)
Valley of Day-Glo by Nick Di Chario (Robert J. Sawyer Books)
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (Tor)
Song of Time by Ian MacLeod (PS Publishing)
The Philosopher’s Apprentice by James Morrow (William Morrow)
Anathem by Neal Stephenson (William Morrow)
The jury, which will choose the winner from among the finalists, is composed of: Gregory Benford, Paul A. Carter, James Gunn, Elizabeth Ann Hull, Paul Kincaid, Christopher McKitterick, Pamela Sargent, and T.A. Shippey.