BASFA 2012 Hugo Award Recommendations: Best Novel
As in previous years, the Bay Area Science Fiction Association held Hugo Award Recommendation Nights in January and February, and we are posting our accumulated recommendations in a series of entries here.
A key to the initials of the people making recommendations is in basfa's community journal. This post may change if we receive additional recommendations from club members.
After the Golden Age (Carrie Vaughn): BL, CES, CJG
The Alchemists of Kush (Narmer’s Palette, Minister Faust): CMM
Betrayer (DAW, C.J. Cherryh): JOR
Blood Red Road (Marion Lloyd, Moira Young): CMM
Broken Kingdoms (N K Jemisin): BJH (Ineligible; see comments)
The Courier’s New Bicycle (Harper Collins Australia, Kim Westwood): CMM
A Dance With Dragons (Harper Voyager, GRRM): CMM
Dead Iron (Devon Monk): AJF, MYS
Deadline (Mira Grant): BJH, LDH
Deathless (Tor, Catherynne Valente): CMM
Embassytown (Pan Macmillan, China Miéville): CJG, CMM
Endurance (Tor, Jay Lake): AJF, DO, JOR
The Fallen Blade (Orbit, Jon Courtenay Grimwood): CMM
Girl Who Circumnavigated (Catheryne Valente): CES, DO, LDH, VF
God’s War (Night Shade, Kameron Hurley): CMM
Home Fires (Gene Wolfe): BL
The Islanders (Gollancz, Chris Priest): AJF, CMM
The Kingdom of Gods (Orbit, NK Jemisin): CMM, DO
Magic on the Hunt (Devon Monk): AJF
Magic on the Line (Devon Monk): AJF
Mechanique (Prime, Genevieve Valentine): CMM
A Monster Calls (Candlewick, Patrick Ness): CMM
Of Blood and Honey (Night Shade, Stina Leicht): CMM
Osama (PS Publishing, Lavie Tidhar): CMM
Planesrunner (Pyr, Ian McDonald): CJG, CMM
Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D’Urbervilles (Titan Books, Kim Newman): CMM, KAS
The Quantum Thief (Tor, Hannu Rajaniemi): CMM, DO
Reamde (Neal Stephanson): BL, CJG
String of Pearls (Michael McGee): MYS
This Shared Dream (Tor, Kathleen Ann Goonan): CMM
The Tiger’s Wife (Random House, Téa Obreht): CMM, DO, JOR
Zoo City (Angry Robot, Lauren Beukes): CMM
A key to the initials of the people making recommendations is in basfa's community journal. This post may change if we receive additional recommendations from club members.
After the Golden Age (Carrie Vaughn): BL, CES, CJG
The Alchemists of Kush (Narmer’s Palette, Minister Faust): CMM
Betrayer (DAW, C.J. Cherryh): JOR
Blood Red Road (Marion Lloyd, Moira Young): CMM
Broken Kingdoms (N K Jemisin): BJH (Ineligible; see comments)
The Courier’s New Bicycle (Harper Collins Australia, Kim Westwood): CMM
A Dance With Dragons (Harper Voyager, GRRM): CMM
Dead Iron (Devon Monk): AJF, MYS
Deadline (Mira Grant): BJH, LDH
Deathless (Tor, Catherynne Valente): CMM
Embassytown (Pan Macmillan, China Miéville): CJG, CMM
Endurance (Tor, Jay Lake): AJF, DO, JOR
The Fallen Blade (Orbit, Jon Courtenay Grimwood): CMM
Girl Who Circumnavigated (Catheryne Valente): CES, DO, LDH, VF
God’s War (Night Shade, Kameron Hurley): CMM
Home Fires (Gene Wolfe): BL
The Islanders (Gollancz, Chris Priest): AJF, CMM
The Kingdom of Gods (Orbit, NK Jemisin): CMM, DO
Magic on the Hunt (Devon Monk): AJF
Magic on the Line (Devon Monk): AJF
Mechanique (Prime, Genevieve Valentine): CMM
A Monster Calls (Candlewick, Patrick Ness): CMM
Of Blood and Honey (Night Shade, Stina Leicht): CMM
Osama (PS Publishing, Lavie Tidhar): CMM
Planesrunner (Pyr, Ian McDonald): CJG, CMM
Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D’Urbervilles (Titan Books, Kim Newman): CMM, KAS
The Quantum Thief (Tor, Hannu Rajaniemi): CMM, DO
Reamde (Neal Stephanson): BL, CJG
String of Pearls (Michael McGee): MYS
This Shared Dream (Tor, Kathleen Ann Goonan): CMM
The Tiger’s Wife (Random House, Téa Obreht): CMM, DO, JOR
Zoo City (Angry Robot, Lauren Beukes): CMM