Book news! I'm thrilled to announce @vandroidhelsing's THE WEST PASSAGE, a novel about weird little guys in a big, scary palace, trying to fix the weather and stop the Beast from waking: tor.com/2023/02/15/book-anno…
Rakesfall by @_vajra, Archangels of Funk by Andrea Hairston, The West Passage by @vandroidhelsing, & The City in Glass by @NghiVoWriting are on the Shortlist for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction!
Congratulations to all!🎉
ALT A graphic featuring the covers of Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera, The West Passage by Jared Pechaček, The City in Glass by Nghi Vo, and Archangels of Funk by Andrea Hairston. There's also text that says: "Ursula K. Le Guin Prize For Fiction Shortlist."
✨ 2025 Hugo, Lodestar, & Astounding Awards Finalists (🧵 1/10) ✨
🚀 2025 Astounding Award Finalists for Best New Writer
🚀 2025 Lodestar Award Finalists for Best Young Adult Book
Congratulations to all of the finalists!
#AstoundingAward#LodestarAward#SeattleWorldcon2025
ALT ASTOUNDING AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER
Moniquill Blackgoose
Bethany Jacobs
Hannah Kaner
Angela Liu
Jared Pechacek
Tia Tashiro
341 ballots cast for 168 nominees
Finalists range 28 to 96
ALT LODESTAR AWARD FOR BEST YA BOOK
THE FEAST MAKERS by H.A. Clarke
(Erewhon)
HEAVENLY TYRANT by Xiran Jay Zhao
(Tundra Books)
THE MAID AND THE CROCODILE by Jordan Ifueko
(Amulet)
268 ballots cast for 175 nominees
Finalists range 18 to 52
ALT LODESTAR AWARD FOR BEST YA BOOK
MOONSTORM by Yoon Ha Lee
(Delacorte Press)
SHEINE LENDE by Darcie Little Badger
(Levine Querido)
So LET THEM BURN
by Kamilah Cole
(Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
268 ballots cast for 175 nominees
Finalists range 18 to 52
ALT BEST POEM
CALYPSO
by Oliver K. Langmead
(Titan) "EVER NOIR"
by Mari Ness
(Haven Spec Magazine, Issue 16, July 2024) "THERE ARE NO TAXIS FOR THE DEAD"
by Angela Liu
(Uncanny Magazine, Issue 58)
219 ballots cast for 266 nominees
Finalists range 11 to 26
The Crawford Award recognizes "an outstanding new writer whose first fantasy book was published during the previous calendar year." The 2024 winner is @vandroidhelsing's The West Passage! Congratulations!!
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My annual retrospective for @locusmag covering my fave genre reads of 2024, new developments in Indian SFF and other noteworthy titles, is now up! From SFF to horror, from short story collections to novellas, I have plenty of recs for y'all! 👇
#4 The West Passage @vandroidhelsing
This is the most original piece of #fantasy I have read in 2024. It is a standalone surreal fable told in an almost hallucinogenic style, filled with giant ladies who bend reality and an infinite palace in disrepair. bit.ly/4iwdRKW
ALT Tobias Carroll: The West Passage by Jard Pechaček; Model Home by Rivers Solomon; Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay. An arrow points from The West Passage to text that reads “Seems like a familiar story…until it isn’t.” An arrow points from both Horror Movie and Model Home to text that reads “Is it real? Is it all in our heads? Which is worse???”
2024 has been another great year for SFF readers. We're excited to present The Best Books of 2024, as selected by Reactor's reviewers! From debut authors to fan favorites, we want to know which of your favorites made the list, and which books you'd add!
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🧵WHAT IS HAPPENING ON VALENCIA AND HOW YOU CAN HELP: #ArtistsForValencia
We’re a group of artists mostly from Valencia, where recent TORRENTIAL RAINS and FLOODS from the DANA storm have devastated entire neighborhoods, leaving many people with nothing.
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The West Passage by @vandroidhelsing is "a dangerous book of secrets" (@TravisBaldree) and the recipient of FIVE starred reviews!🤩
If you're looking for your next five-star fantasy read, check out The West Passage - available now!
ALT A copy of The West Passage by Jared Pechaček standing in front of a bunch of straw and a wooden wheel.