2019 Geffen Awards Finalists
Finalists for the 2019 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
- The Heart Goes Last, Margaret Atwood (Kinneret Zmora Dvir)
- Provenance, Ann Leckie (Sial)
- Nexus, Ramez Naam (Yaniv)
- A Man Lies Dreaming, Lavie Tidhar (Modan)
- Artemis, Andy Weir (Armchair)
Best Translated Fantasy Book
- Assassin’s Fate, Robin Hobb (Opus)
- Odin’s Child, Siri Pettersen (Sial)
- Goblin Market, Christina Rossetti (Utz)
- Bone Gap, Laura Ruby (Utz)
- The Alloy of Law, Brandon Sanderson (Opus)
Best Translated YA Book
- A Tale of Time City, Diana Wynne Jones (Utz)
- Cress, Marissa Meyer (Kinneret Zmora Dvir)
- The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, Philip Pullman (Kinneret Zmora Dvir)
- The Ship of the Dead, Rick Riordan (Kinneret Zmora Dvir)
- The Evil Wizard Smallbone, Delia Sherman (Utz)
Best Original Hebrew Book
- Efrat Damascus Efrat, Ithiel Arnon (Kinneret Zmora Dvir)
- Heart of the Circle, Keren Landsman (Kinneret Zmora Dvir)
- Curse of the Angels: The Voice of a Living Dead Man, Dana Pines (Ophir)
- Red, Yishai Ron (Graff)
- Three Days in September, Ron Yaniv (Yaniv)
Best Original Hebrew Short Story
- “My Last Dragon”, Rotem Baruchin (2018)
- “Mount Scopus”, Lily Dai (2018)
- “The Rise of Israman”, Nimrod Eisenberg (2018)
- “Today I’m the Day Before”, Rika Graziani-Teichholz (2018)
- “The Persistence of Reflection”, Keren Landsman (2018)
Winners will be announced at Icon 2019, to be held October 15-17, 2019 at the Tel Aviv Cinemateque in Tel Aviv, Israel.
For more information, see the Geffen Award website.
[Thanks to Rani Graff and Gili Bar Hillel for translations]
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