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