C. of K. has been nominated for the Andre Norton Award

[ccwtaylor.livejournal.com]

The list of books nominated for the Andre Norton Award (the YA category of the Nebula Awards) has just been announced:

* Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown)
* White Cat, Holly Black (McElderry)
* Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press; Scholastic UK)
* Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, Barry Deutsch (Amulet)
* The Boy from Ilysies, Pearl North (Tor Teen)
* I Shall Wear Midnight, Terry Pratchett (Gollancz; Harper)
* A Conspiracy of Kings, Megan Whalen Turner (Greenwillow)
* Behemoth, Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse; Simon & Schuster UK)

Yay for C. of K.!

here's the link to all the nominees: http://www.sfwa.org/2011/02/2010-nebula-nominees/

Comments

[inkasrain.livejournal.com]

Conspiracy of Kings has also been nominated for an LA Times Book Prize :-) Super congratulations, Megan!!

(And this is a terrific group of nominees overall, but I will be seriously peeved if Mockingjay wins...)

[brandy-painter.livejournal.com]

And this is a terrific group of nominees overall, but I will be seriously peeved if Mockingjay wins...

I second that heartily.

[tasukigirl.livejournal.com]

Third.

[beth-shulman.livejournal.com]

Emphatically fourth.

[lizzyazula.livejournal.com]

Fifth.

[elle-winters.livejournal.com]

sixth that

[crazededdisian.livejournal.com]

And SEVENTH!

[stubefied-by-gd.livejournal.com]

Gah, I don't even like seeing CofK on a list with Mockingjay!

Plus, I'd be really shocked if it won because it isn't really as hard-core genre as the other nominees, which, from what I've heard, are largely excellent.

[brandy-painter.livejournal.com]

I was thinking that same thing. Conspiracy is a far more subtle fantasy than the others. The only other two I've read are Mockingjay and Ship Breaker. I enjoyed Ship Breaker but not nearly as much as Conspiracy.

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Here's a link to the LA Times Book Prize finalist list. Very cool!

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2011/02/latimes-2010-book-prize-finalists.html

[stubefied-by-gd.livejournal.com]

Sweet! CofK can totally take down Ring of Solomon!

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

I liked Ring of Solomon, but I agree!

[stubefied-by-gd.livejournal.com]

Oh, I liked it, too, and was sticking up for it around here somewhere(as not as disappointing compared to the first three as some others thought) but CofK beats it hands down.

[beth-shulman.livejournal.com]

I'm LOVING the nominations.

[elle-winters.livejournal.com]

brilliant

[wanderingdreamr.livejournal.com]

Wow, tough competition (the only other ones I've read on the list were White Cat and Behemoth and I liked ACoK much better than both), best of luck to everyone!

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

Sigh. I just wish the deck weren't stacked in favor of Mockingjay, Behemoth and I Shall Wear Midnight. CoK is really the best of them all, but sales figures and sentimentality will probably win out here.

[pysch-colours.livejournal.com]

go cok!
i'm split, though, between cok and behemoth.

and mockingjay can just go away. (i've never really liked the hunger games trilogy for some reason; i liked her underworld series so much more.)

[stubefied-by-gd.livejournal.com]

So the Gregor books are good? I was going to look for them after I read The Hunger Games, but never did, and then when I finished Mockingjay, well, it suddenly seemed like less an enticing prospect.

[pysch-colours.livejournal.com]

it's pretty good. :)
it's not as mature as the hunger games, but i like it more.

[agh-4.livejournal.com]

THAT is AWESOME! WOO HOO! Congratulations mwt!

(I love good books.)