NOVEL

• River of Gods, Ian McDonald (Simon & Schuster)
• Century Rain, Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz)
• Forty Signs of Rain, Kim Stanley Robinson (HarperCollins)
• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury)
• Newton's Wake, Ken MacLeod (Orbit)
• Stamping Butterflies, Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Gollancz)

SHORT FICTION

• Mayflower II, Stephen Baxter (PS Publishing)
• "Delhi", Vandana Singh (So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy)
• "The Faery Handbag", Kelly Link (The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm)
• "Point of No Return", Jon Courtenay Grimwood (New Scientist Christmas/New Year 2004)
• "The Wolf-Man of Alcatraz", Howard Waldrop (Sci Fiction 22 Sep 2004)

ARTWORK

• Stephan Martiniere, Cover of Newton's Wake (by Ken MacLeod)
• NASA, Cover of The Algebraist (photo) (by Iain M. Banks)
• "Iguana" (photo), Sebastião Salgado
• "The Millau Bridge" (photo), Eric Cabanis
• Edward Miller, Cover of The Year of Our War (by Steph Swainston)