Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire 2009 Shortlist
The short lists for the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire 2009 awards have been announced:
French Novel
- Le Déchronologue, Stéphane Beauverger (La Volte)
- Paysage sombre avec foudre, Alain Claret (Robert Laffont)
- Gagner la guerre, Jean-Philippe Jaworski (Les Moutons électriques)
- Lilliputia, Xavier Mauméjean (Calmann-Lévy)
Foreign Novel
- The Raw Shark Texts, Steven Hall (Robert Laffont)
- King of Morning, Queen of Day, Ian McDonald (Denoël)
- The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss (Bragelonne)
- The Terror, Dan Simmons (Robert Laffont)
Short Fiction
- “Bataille pour un souvenir”, Lionel Davoust (Identités)
- “La contrée du dragon”, Thomas Day (Dragons)
- “Révélations du prince de feu”, Léo Henry (Fiction 9)
- “Le diapason des mots et des misères (recueil)”, Jérôme Noirez (Griffe d’encre)
- “La vieille qui, là-haut, porte son fagot noir”, Timothée Rey (Fiction 9)
Foreign Short Fiction
- “Maelstrom”, Kage Baker (Le Nouveau Space Opera)
- Fragile Things, Neil Gaiman (Au diable vauvert)
- Moon and Others, John Kessell (Gallimard)
- Pixel Juice (recueil), Jeff Noon (La Volte)
- “Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter”, Geoff Ryman (Solaris #170)
Young Adult Novel
- Le clairvoyage et La brume des jours, Anne Fakhouri (L’Atalante)
- The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman (Albin Michel)
- Jumper, Steven Gould (Mango)
- Le sang des lions, Loïc Le Borgne (Intervista)
The full lists (in French) can be found on the Noosfere web site. Winners will be announced at Utopiales, to be held in Nantes, France, from October 28 – November 1, 2009.
Via sfawardswatch.com.
