2014 Compton Crook Award Finalists

The Baltimore Science Fiction Society has announced the finalists for the 2014 Compton Crook/Stephen Tall Award:

  • Glyphbinder,  T. Eric Bakutis (McBryde)
  • In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods,  Matt Bell (Soho)
  • The Enchanted Skean,  Vonnie Winslow Crist (Mockingbird Lane)
  • City of a Thousand Dolls,  Miriam Forster (HarperTeen)
  • Fire with Fire,  Charles E. Gannon (Baen)
  • The Darwin Elevator, Jason M. Hough (Del Rey)
  • Shh! It’s a Secret: A Novel about Aliens, Hollywood, and the Bartenders Guide,  Daniel M. Kimmel (Fantastic)
  • Ancillary Justice,  Ann Leckie (Orbit)

The award, which honors the best first SF/fantasy/horror novel of the year, will be presented at Balticon 48, May 23-26, 2014. Selection is by vote of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society membership.