2021 Prix Actusf De L’uchronie Shortlist

The shortlist for the 2021 Prix Actusf de l’Uchronie, honoring SF/F work published in France between September 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021, has been announced.

Prix Littéraire

  • Célestopol 1922, Emmanuel Chastellière (L’Homme Sans Nom)
  • Le Mystère du Tramway hanté et Les tambours du dieu noir and L’étrange affaire du djinn du Caire, P. Djèlí Clark, translated by Mathilde Montier (L’Atalante)
  • Lady Astronaute et Vers les étoiles, Mary Robinette Kowal, translated by Patrick Imbert (Denoël Lunes d’encre)
  • Le Grand jeu, Benjamin Lupu (Bragelonne)
  • Aucune terre n’est promise, Lavie Tidhar, translated by Julien Bétan (Mnémos Label Mu)

Prix Graphique

  • Horseback 1861, Hasteda and Nikho (Ankama label 619)
  • Le Voyage extraordinaire T7, Cycle 3 – Vingt mille lieues sous les glaces 1/3, Denis-Pierre Filippi & Silvio Camboni (Glénat, collection Vents d’Ouest)
  • Les Chimères de Vénus T1, Étienne Jung and Alain Ayroles (Rue de Sèvres)

Prix Spécial

  • Et si Napoléon, quatorze récits d’uchronies napoléoniennes, Stéphanie Nicot (Mnémos)
  • For All Mankind Season 2
  • Les chroniques de St Mary, Jodi Taylor, translated by Cindy Colin Kapen (HC éditions)
  • Traité de chronoportation d’Ostramus (Oneiroi)

The 2021 jury is Étienne Barillier, Bertrand Campeis, Karine Gobled, Hermine Hémon, Jean Rebillat, and Jean-Luc Rivera. Winners will be announced in November, and the prize will be awarded on December 4, 2021 at the La Dimension Fantastique bookstore in Paris. For more information, see the official website.

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