Sidewise Award Nominees

Finalists for the 2008 Sidewise Awards for excellence in alternate history have been announced:

LONG FORM

• The Affinity Bridge, George Mann (Snowbooks; Tor ’09)
• The Dragon’s Nine Sons, Chris Roberson (Solaris)
• Half a Crown, Jo Walton (Tor)
• Nation, Terry Pratchett (Doubleday UK; HarperCollins)
• Swiftly, Adam Roberts (Gollancz)

SHORT FORM

• “A Brief Guide to Other Histories”, Paul J. McAuley (Postscripts #15)
• “G-Men,” Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Sideways in Crime)
• “Night Bird Soaring,” T.L. Morganfield (Greatest Uncommon Denominator Autumn ’08)
• “The People’s Machine”, Tobias Buckell (Sideways in Crime)
• “Poison Victory”, Albert E. Cowdrey (F&SF 07/08)
• “Sacrifice”, Mary Rosenblum (Sideways in Crime)

The awards will be presented at Anticipation, the 67th Worldcon, to be held in Montreal, Canada from August 6-10, 2009. The judges are Stephen Baxter, Evelyn Leeper, Jim Rittenhouse, Stuart Shiffman, Kurt Sidaway, and Steven H Silver. For more see the Sidewise Award website.