AncalagonTheBlack Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Quote You can now vote for one nominee on each of the three lists of nominations for the Legend Award (best novel), the Morningstar Award (best debut) and the Ravenheart Award (best cover art). Voting on the longlists closes at midnight (GMT) on Friday, 24th June. The shortlists will be opened for voting on Friday 8th July. http://www.gemmellawards.com/award-voting-2016/ Quote Vote for your favorite Legend award nominee (2016 longlist) Half a War by Joe Abercrombie Twelve Kings by Bradley Beaulieu The Skull Throne by Peter V. Brett The Darkling Child by Terry Brooks The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher The Dread Wyrm by Miles Cameron Angel of Storms by Trudi Canavan Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia The Cathedral of Known Things by Edward Cox Skyborn by David Dalglish The Silver Kings by Stephen Deas The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard Knight's Shadow by Sebastien de Castell Black Wolves by Kate Elliott Gotrek & Felix: Slayer by David Guymer Ruin by John Gwynne Ascendant's Rite by David Hair Spark and Carousel by Joanne Hall Devastating Hate by Markus Heitz Fool's Quest by Robin Hobb Foreign Devils by John Hornor Jacobs The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin Chaos Unleashed by Drew Karpyshyn Swords and Scoundrels by Julia Knight Path of Gods by Snorri Kristjansson Valkyrie's Song by MD Lachlan The Dagger's Path by Glenda Larke The Liar's Key by Mark Lawrence The Hunter's Kind by Rebecca Levene Old Man's Ghosts by Tom Lloyd A Crown for Cold Silver by Alex Marshall War of Shadows by Gail Z. Martin The Autumn Republic by Brian McClellan Uprooted by Naomi Novik The Boy Who Wept Blood by Den Patrick Those Above by Daniel Polansky The Heir to the North by Steven Poore Queen of Fire by Anthony Ryan Archaon: Lord of Chaos by Rob Sanders Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson Spinning Thorns by Anna Sheehan The Providence of Fire by Brian Staveley Guns of the Dawn by Adrian Tchaikovsky The Mechanical by Ian Tregillis Reign of Iron by Angus Watson The Sword of the South by David Weber The Price of Valour by Django Wexler The Iron Ghost by Jen Williams Vote for your favorite Morningstar award nominee (2016 longlist) Battlemage by Stephen Aryan The Traitor by Seth Dickinson The Fire Sermon by Francesca Haig Starborn by Lucy Hounsom The Vagrant by Peter Newman An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir Vote for your favorite Ravenheart award nominee (2016 longlist) James Annal for Uprooted by Naomi Novik Tommy Arnold for Skyborn by David Dalglish Kerem Beyit for The Dread Wyrm by Miles Cameron Jason Chan for The Liar's Key by Mark Lawrence Wendy Chan for Swords and Scoundrels by Julia Knight Alejandro Colucci for The Boy Who Wept Blood by Den Patrick Bastien Lecouffe Deharme for The Darkling Child by Terry Brooks Krzysztof Domaradzki for Old Man's Ghosts by Tom Lloyd Larry Elmore & Carol Russo Design for Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia Mark Ferrari for The Flotsam Trilogy Omnibus by Peter M. Ball Christopher Gibbs for The Cathedral of Known Things by Edward Cox Sam Green for Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson Manuela Hackl for Knight's Shadow by Sebastien de Castell Mohamad Hani/Archangel Images for An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir Teddy Eduardo Iglesias for The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard Patrick Insole for The Iron Ghost by Jen Williams Jaime Jones for The Vagrant by Peter Newman Nik Keevil & Nick Castle for Queen of Fire by Anthony Ryan Patrick Knowles for Foreign Devils by John Hornor Jacobs Laura B for Spinning Thorns by Anna Sheehan Tim McDonagh for The Hunter's Kind by Rebecca Levene Chris McGrath for The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher Jackie Morris for Fool's Quest by Robin Hobb Lauren Panepinto for The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin Lauren Panepinto, Gene Mollica & Michael Frost for The Autumn Republic by Brian McClellan Rhett Podersoo for Those Above by Daniel Polansky Larry Rostant for The Skull Throne by Peter V. Brett Larry Rostant for Black Wolves by Kate Elliot Larry Rostant for War of Shadows by Gail Z. Martin Larry Rostant for Reign of Iron by Angus Watson Duncan Spilling for Angel of Storms by Trudi Canavan Steve Stone for Battlemage by Stephen Aryan Steve Stone for The Dagger's Path by Glenda Larke Raymond Swanland for Archaon: Lord of Chaos by Rob Sanders Andrew Unangst for Twelve Kings by Bradley Beaulieu Stephen Youll for The Silver Kings by Stephen Deas Paul Young for Ruin by John Gwynne Paul Young for Acendant's Rite by David Hair Paul Young for Valkyrie's Song by MD Lachlan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 My vote: Legend award - The Dread Wyrm by Miles Cameron Ravenheart award - I was torn between The Hunter's Kind, The Vagrant and Old Man's Ghosts. In the end,i went with Old Man's Ghosts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 3 hours ago, AncalagonTheBlack said: My vote: Legend award - The Dread Wyrm by Miles Cameron Ravenheart award - I was torn between The Hunter's Kind, The Vagrant and Old Man's Ghosts. In the end,i went with Old Man's Ghosts. No vote in he Morningstar category? My votes: Legend award: Was torn between a few here but in the end went for The Mechanical by Ian Tregillis. Was very torn between that and several others though Morningstar: The Vagrant by Peter Newman Ravenheart: Again, torn between a few. In the end it came down to Fool's Quest and The House of Shattered Wings, and I went for Fool's Quest. I have a real soft spot for these covers (as opposed to the ones with Fitz on, because I really hate them) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 Well looks like I need to pick up the Vagrant. Finally came out in physical form in the colonies. I voted for Kate Elliott, cause damn, that book is fucking fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Shortlist is out http://www.gemmellawards.com/award-voting-2016/ Stupid site wont let me copy the list at the moment, have to tyr on the other pc. Basically, vote for Mark Lawrence cuase the other stuff is poo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Ok I retract that, the Dread Wyrm was good and I;ve heard good things about Ruin, but the other two. o.O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maester Llama Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 I think this is the first year that I haven't read any of the stuff up for the Legend at all, so I really don't have any ground to stand on while judging the list. That being said, I do think some big stuff has been missed -- though some of that stuff, like Django Wexler's excellent The Price of Valor, wasn't published in the UK I don't think, and some of it, like Brad Beaulieu's Twelve Kings in Sharakhai, was published in the UK but doesn't really seem to have rocked the boat there, and being a notable thing in the UK seems to help with the Legend, just anecdotally. They've missed Robin Hobb again, which just baffles me completely, although I guess it doesn't really have the sword-swingin' good time vibe going on and the Legend may [very fairly] tend toward that. There is imo absolutely no way one of Abercrombie's last two Shattered Sea books shouldn't be here and I can only assume they took votes away from one another; they're wonderful books, his best stuff in years easily, and that within a bibliography that contains no duds. It's interesting to me that the Gwynne series seems to cut so much ice with Legend voters while having made much less impact elsewhere. I've read about 1.3 of the Morningstar stuff. I got through about a third of Seth Dickinson's The Traitor Baru Cormorant. It does in fact work for me, but it does so intermittently; there are passages in the book that I think are absolutely best-of-year material, very powerful and keenly-observed writing, but I'm not quite sold on how the whole thing is cohering as a complete piece and am taking a break from it. Sabaa Tahir's An Ember in the Ashes has some lumpy world-building and relies a lot on momentum, but it's pretty absorbing emotionally-heightened ya action fantasy and has one killer character plus a bunch of others who will do just fine. I'm still not really moved by the way the Gemmell Awards do things. I'd really dig it if readers could nominate a shortlist-worth of stuff, because I don't think there's any single "best" book in a given year -- this is why shortlists interest me more than winners in many ways -- and I can't get that excited by the prospect of singling out one work and clicking on it and being done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 I've not read any of them on the Legend shortlist. I would be happy to see The Vagrant win Morningstar though, as I thought it was pretty good (and knowing it is a debut I'm more forgiving of some of the issues I had, which I think are the sort of thing an author irons out over time (see Abercrombie for example). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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