2012 Locus – SF Novel Winner
![Embassytown](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580864872-154-image-3.jpg)
Embassytown
China Miéville
Winner of the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, China Miéville’s astonishing Embassytown is an intelligent and immersive exploration of language in an alien world. Embassytown: a city of contradictions on the outskirts of the universe. Avice is a…
2012 Locus – SF Novel Shortlist
![23337](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580878669-1294-image-3.jpg)
23337
Stephen King
![Dancing with Bears](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580866178-262-image-3.jpg)
Dancing with Bears
Michael Swanwick
![Deadline](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580865876-237-image-3.jpg)
Deadline
Mira Grant
![Earthbound](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581024878-5890-image-3.jpg)
Earthbound
Joe Haldeman
![Firebird](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580863795-65-image-3.jpg)
Firebird
Jack McDevitt
![Grail](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581014605-5045-image-3.jpg)
Grail
Elizabeth Bear
![Heart of Iron](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581012341-4858-image-3.jpg)
Heart of Iron
Ekaterina Sedia
![Home Fires](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580856534-59699-image-3.jpg)
Home Fires
Gene Wolfe
![Leviathan Wakes](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580855051-59576-image-3.jpg)
Leviathan Wakes
James S. A. Corey
![Rule 34](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/no-image-1-image-3.jpg)
Rule 34
Charles Stross
![The Children of the Sky](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581034080-6649-image-3.jpg)
The Children of the Sky
Vernor Vinge
![The Clockwork Rocket](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581033118-6570-image-3.jpg)
The Clockwork Rocket
Greg Egan
![The Islanders](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580855870-59644-image-3.jpg)
The Islanders
Christopher Priest
![Vortex](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580943145-60399-image-3.jpg)