The judges of the 2009 Philip K. Dick Award and the Philadelphia SF Society have announced the seven 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:
Bitter Angels by C.L. Anderson (Ballantine Books/Spectra)
The Prisoner by Carlos J. Cortes (Ballantine Books/Spectra)
The Repossession Mambo by Eric Garcia (Harper)
The Devil’s Alphabet by Daryl Gregory (Del Rey)
Cyberabad Days by Ian McDonald (Pyr)
Centuries Ago and Very Fast by Rebecca Ore (Aqueduct Press)
Prophets by S. Andrew Swann (DAW Books)
First prize and any special citations will be announced on Friday 2 April 2010 at Norwescon 33 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 winners were Emissaries from the Dead by Adam-Troy Castro (Eos Books) and Terminal Mind by David Walton (Meadowhawk Press). The 2009 judges are Daniel Abraham (chair), Eileen Gunn, Karen Hellekson, Elaine Isaak, and Marc Laidlaw.