2018 Geffen Awards Finalists
Finalists for the 2018 Geffen Awards for best science fiction and fantasy published in Hebrew have been announced by the Israeli Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy:
Best Translated Science Fiction Book
- Labyrinth of Reflections, Sergei Lukyanenko (Opus)
- Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel (Babel)
- Daemon, Daniel Suarez (Opus)
- Central Station, Lavie Tidhar (Yaniv)
- Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jules Verne (Ocean)
Best Translated Fantasy Book
- Summer Knight, Jim Butcher (Yaniv)
- Tickling Butterflies, Guy Hasson (Yaniv)
- Fool’s Quest, Robin Hobb (Opus)
- Swordspoint, Ellen Kushner (Graff)
- Every Heart A Doorway, Seanan McGuire (Nova)
Best Translated YA Book
- The Emerald City of Oz, L. Frank Baum (Oz)
- The Lie Tree, Frances Hardinge (Oz)
- Scarlet, Marissa Meyer (Kinneret Zmora Dvir)
- The Dark Prophecy, Rick Riordan (Kinneret Zmora Dvir)
- Calamity, Brandon Sanderson (Opus)
Best Original Hebrew Book
- The Princes of the Lirian House, Hagai Bareket & Ashar Arblich Breefman (Danny)
- Portal Diamond, Yael Furman (Modan)
- Owled, Noa Greenberg (Yediot)
- Moonstone, Vered Tochterman (Yaniv)
- Journey to the Heart of the Abyss, Hagar Yanai (Ocean)
Best Original Hebrew Short Story
- “Moon Readers”, Hila Beniovitch-Hoffman (2017)
- “All Roads Lead”, Rotem Bruchin (2017)
- “Careful, Fragile”, Keren Landsman (2017)
- “Witch”, Adi Loya (Beja 2017)
- “One Way Ticket”, Keren Landsman (Meurim)
Winners will be announced at Icon 2018, to be held September 25-27, 2018 at the Tel Aviv Cinematequein Tel Aviv, Israel.
For more information, see the Geffen Award website.
Thanks to Rani Graff & Keren Landsman for translating titles from Hebrew.
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