WORLD FANTASY AWARD CHALLENGE
Status: Ongoing Challenge
Goal: To read all the book winners and nominees for the World Fantasy Award . The World Fantasy Award is awarded at the World Fantasy Convention each year to the best fantasy book, short story, art, anthology and collection published the previous year. As posted on the World Fantasy site:
"The World Fantasy Convention is an annual gathering (almost a reunion) of professionals, collectors, and others interested in the field of Light and Dark Fantasy art and literature."
I have been reading fantasy since I discovered Tolkien in the mid-1970's. However, I haven't read as much as I would like to, and this is my way of encouraging myself to read the best in the field. I am going to be reading the winners and the nominees. The ones I have read previously are marked in yellow. I will be rereading these during this challenge. The ones I have read since beginning this challenge are marked in green.
World Fantasy Award link is here. This contains all the winners and nominees beginning from 1975.
WINNERS:
2010:
2009: tie: The Shadow Year, Jeffrey Ford (Morrow)
Tender Morsels, Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin; Knopf)
2008: Ysabel Guy Gavriel Kay (Viking Canada/Penguin Roc)
2007: Soldier of Sidon, Gene Wolfe (Tor)
2006: Kafka on the Shore, Haruki Murakami, (Harvill; Knopf)
2005: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury)
2004: Tooth and Claw, Jo Walton (Tor)
2003: tie The Facts of Life Graham Joyce (Gollancz)
Ombria in Shadow Patricia A. McKillip (Ace)
2002: The Other Wind, Ursula K. Le Guin (Harcourt
2001: tie Declare, Tim Powers (Subterranean Press; Morrow 2001)
Galveston, Sean Stewart (Ace Books)
2000: Thraxas, Martin Scott (Orbit)
1999: The Antelope Wife, Louise Erdrich, (HarperFlamingo)
1998: The Physiognomy by Jeffrey Ford (Avon)
1997: Godmother Night, Rachel Pollack,
1996: The Prestige, Christopher Priest
1995: Towing Jehovah, James Morrow
1994: Glimpses , Lewis Shiner
1993: Last Call, Tim Powers
1992: Boy's Life, Robert R. McCammon
1991: tie Only Begotten Daughter, James Morrow
Thomas the Rhymer, Ellen Kushner
1990: Lyonesse: Madouc, Jack Vance
1989: Koko, Peter Straub
1988: Replay , Ken Grimwood
1987: Perfume, Patrick Suskind
1986: Song of Kali, Dan Simmons
1985: tie Mythago Wood, Robert Holdstock
Bridge of Birds, Barry Hughart
1984: The Dragon Waiting, John M. Ford
1983: Nifft the Lean, Michael Shea
1982: Little, Big, John Crowley ***started Aug 2010
1981: The Shadow of the Torturer, Gene Wolfe
1980: Watchtower, Elizabeth A. Lynn
1979: Gloriana , Michael Moorcock
1978: Our Lady of Darkness, Fritz Leiber
1977: Doctor Rat, William Kotzwinkle
1976: Bid Time Return, Richard Matheson
1975: The Forgotten Beasts of Eld, Patricia A. McKillip
NOMINEES:
2010
2009
The House of the Stag, Kage Baker (Tor)
The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins; Bloomsbury)
Pandemonium, Daryl Gregory (Del Rey)
2008
Territory Emma Bull (Tor)
Fangland John Marks (Penguin Press)
Gospel of the Knife Will Shetterly (Tor)
The Servants Michael Marshall Smith (Earthling Publications)
2007
Lisey's Story, Stephen King (Scribner; Hodder & Stoughton)
The Privilege of the Sword, Ellen Kushner (Bantam Spectra; Small Beer Press)
The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra)
The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden, Catherynne M. Valente (Bantam Spectra)
2006
Vellum, Hal Duncan, (Macmillan; Del Rey)
Lunar Park, Bret Easton Ellis, (Knopf; Macmillan)
The Limits of Enchantment, Graham Joyce (Gollancz; Atria)
Od Magic, Patricia A. McKillip (Ace)
A Princess of Roumania, Paul Park (Tor)
2005
The Runes Of the Earth, Stephen R. Donaldson, (Putnam; Gollancz)
Iron Council, China Miéville, (Del Rey; Pan Macmillan UK)
Perfect Circle, Sean Stewart, (Small Beer Press)
The Wizard Knight,Gene Wolfe, (Tor, two volumes)
2004
The Etched City, K. J. Bishop (Prime)
Fudoki, Kij Johnson (Tor)
The Light Ages, Ian R. MacLeod (Ace)
Veniss Undergound, Jeff VanderMeer (Prime)
2003
The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque Jeffrey Ford (Morrow)
Fitcher's Brides Gregory Frost (Tor)
The Scar China Miéville (Macmillan U.K.; Del Rey)
2002
American Gods, Neil Gaiman (Morrow)
Brown Harvest, Jay Russell (Four Walls Eight Windows)
The Curse of Chalion, Lois McMaster Bujold (Eos)
From the Dust Returned, Ray Bradbury (Morrow)
The Onion Girl, Charles de Lint (Tor)
The Wooden Sea, Jonathan Carroll (Tor)
2001
The Grand Ellipse, Paula Volsky (Bantam Spectra)
His Dark Materials 3: The Amber Spyglass, Philip Pullman (Knopf; Scholastic UK)
Lord of Emperors, Guy Gavriel Kay (Viking Canada; HarperPrism; Earthlight)
Perdido Street Station, China Miéville (Macmillan; Del Rey 2001)
2000
Tamsin, Peter S. Beagle,(Roc)
The Rainy Season, James P. Blaylock, (Ace)
Gardens of the Moon, Steven Erikson, (Bantam Press)
A Witness To Life, Terence M. Green(Forge)
A Red Heart of Memories, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, (Ace)
1999
Someplace to Be Flying, Charles de Lint, (Tor)
Sailing to Sarantium, Guy Gavriel Kay, (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight (UK), Viking (Canada), HarperPrism (US))
Mockingbird, Sean Stewart,(Ace)
The Martyring, Thomas Sullivan (Forge)
1998
Trader by Charles de Lint (Tor)
American Goliath by Harvey Jacobs (St. Martin's)
The Gift by Patrick O'Leary (Tor)
Dry Water by Eric S. Nylund (Avon)
1997
Shadow of Ashland, Terence M. Green,
The Bear Went Over the Mountain, William Kotzwinkle,
The 37th Mandala, Marc Laidlaw,
A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin,
The Golden Key, Melanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson & Kate Elliott,
Devil's Tower, Mark Sumner
1996
All the Bells on Earth, James P. Blaylock,
Red Earth and Pouring Rain, Vikram Chandra
The Silent Strength of Stones, Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Requiem, Graham Joyce
Expiration Date, Tim Powers
1995
Brittle Innings, Michael Bishop
From The Teeth of Angels, Jonathan Carroll
Love & Sleep, John Crowley
Waking the Moon, Elizabeth Hand
The Circus of the Earth and the Air, Brooke Stevens
1994
The Innkeeper's Song, Peter S. Beagle
Drawing Blood, Poppy Z. Brite
Skin, Kathe Koja
The Throat, Peter Straub
The Iron Dragon's Daughter, Michael Swanwick
Lord of the Two Lands, Judith Tarr
1993
Anno Dracula, Kim Newman,
Was, Geoff Ryman,
Photographing Fairies, Steve Szilagyi,
Briar Rose, Jane Yolen,1992
Hunting the Ghost Dancer, A.A. Attanasio
The Paper Grail, James P. Blaylock
Bone Dance, Emma Bull,
Outside the Dog Museum, Jonathan Carroll
The Little Country, Charles de Lint
1991
Tigana, Guy Gavriel Kay,
Mary Reilly, Valerie Martin,
Good Omens, Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman,1990
A Child Across the Sky, Jonathan Carroll
In a Dark Dream, Charles L. Grant
The Stress of Her Regard, Tim Powers,
Carrion Comfort, Dan Simmons,
Soldier of Arete, Gene Wolfe,
1989
The Last Coin, James P. Blaylock,
Sleeping in Flame, Jonathan Carroll,
Fade, Robert Cormier,
The Silence of the Lambs, Thomas Harris,
The Drive-In, Joe R. Lansdale
1988
Weaveworld,. Clive Barker
Seventh Son, Orson Scott Card
Ægypt, John Crowley
Misery, Stephen King
Swan Song, Robert R. McCammon
On Stranger Tides, Tim Powers
1987
Talking Man, Terry Bisson,
The Pet, Charles L. Grant,
It, Stephen King,
Strangers, Dean R. Koontz,
The Tricksters, Margaret Mahy,
Soldier of the Mist, Gene Wolfe,
1986
The Damnation Game, Clive Barker,
Illywhacker, Peter Carey,
The Dream Years, Lisa Goldstein,
Winterking, Paul Hazel,
The Vampire Lestat, Anne Rice,
1985
Archer's Goon, Diana Wynne Jones
The Talisman, Stephen King & Peter Straub
The Ceremonies, T.E.D. Klein
1984
Pet Sematary, Stephen King
The Wandering Unicorn, Manuel Mujica Lainez
Tea With the Black Dragon, R.A. MacAvoy
The Armageddon Rag, George R.R. Martin
Lyonesse, Jack Vance
1983
The Nestling, Charles L. Grant
Fevre Dream, George R.R. Martin
Phantom, Thomas Tessier
The Sword of the Lictor, Gene Wolfe
1982
The Nameless, Ramsey Campbell
The War Hound and the World's Pain, Michael Moorcock
The White Hotel, D.M. Thomas
The Claw of the Conciliator, Gene Wolfe
1981
Firelord, Parke Godwin
The Mist, Stephen King
Shadowland, Peter Straub
Ariosto, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1980
The Last Call of Mourning, Charles L. Grant
The Dancers of Arun, Elizabeth A. Lynn
Harpist in the Wind, Patricia A. McKillip
The Dark Bright Water, Patricia Wrightson
The Palace, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1979
The Black Castle, Les Daniels
The Sound of Midnight, Charles L. Grant
The Stand, Stephen King
Night's Master, Tanith Lee
1978
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson
The Hour of the Oxrun Dead, Charles L. Grant
1977
The Doll Who Ate His Mother, Ramsey Campbell
The Dragon and the George, Gordon R. Dickson
The Sailor on the Seas of Fate, Michael Moorcock
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights, John Steinbeck
Dark Crusade, Karl Edward Wagner
1976
'Salem's Lot, Stephen King
1975
A Midsummer Tempest, Poul Anderson
Merlin's Ring, H. Warner Munn
