Monday, May 20

2003 Awards

2003 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction

2003 James Tait Black Memorial Prize – Fiction Winner and Nominees

2003 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction WinnerPersonalityAndrew O'HaganDreaming of the day she can escape her Italian immigrant family, Maria Tambini wins a singing contest and is whisked into instant stardom, a situation that forces her into a confrontation with the celebrity lifestyle and pits her against her own body. Repr...Amazon2003 James Tait Black Memorial Prize - Fiction ShortlistMiddlesexJeffrey EugenidesAmazonThe Crimson Petal and the White: A NovelMichel FaberAmazonThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A NovelMark HaddonAmazon
2003 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, John W. Campbell, John W. Campbell - Novel

2003 John W. Campbell – Novel Winner and Nominees

2003 John W. Campbell - Novel WinnerProbability SpaceNancy KressNancy Kress cemented her reputation in SF with the publication of her multiple-award–winning novella, "Beggars in Spain," which became the basis for her extremely successful Beggars Trilogy (comprising Beggars in Spain, Beggars and Choosers, and Beggars Ri...Amazon2003 John W. Campbell - Novel ShortlistBones of the EarthMichael SwanwickAmazonDark AraratBrian StablefordAmazonHominidsRobert J. SawyerAmazonKiln PeopleDavid BrinAmazonLion's BloodSteven BarnesAmazonThe Golden AgeJohn C. WrightAmazonThe SeparationChristopher PriestAmazonThe VisitorSheri S. TepperAmazonVitalsGreg BearAmazon
2003 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Locus, Locus - Fantasy Novel

2003 Locus – Fantasy Novel Winner and Nominees

2003 Locus - Fantasy Novel WinnerThe ScarChina MiévilleWinner of the British Fantasy Award, The Scar by China Miéville is a colossal fantasy of incredible diversity and spellbinding imagination, set in the richly visualized world of Bas-Lag. A human cargo bound for servitude in exile . . . A pirate city hauled...Amazon2003 Locus - Fantasy Novel ShortlistA Fistful of SkyNina Kiriki HoffmanAmazonA Winter HauntingDan SimmonsAmazonKushiel's ChosenJacqueline CareyAmazonLost in a Good BookJasper FfordeAmazonNight WatchTerry PratchettAmazonOmbria in ShadowPatricia A. McKillipAmazonThe Alchemist's DoorLisa GoldsteinAmazonThe Facts of LifeGraham JoyceAmazonThe Fall of the KingsEllen Kushner & Delia ShermanAmazonThe Iron GrailRobert HoldstockAmazonThe Isle of BattleSean RussellAmazonThe Portrait of ...
2003 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Locus, Locus - SF Novel

2003 Locus – SF Novel Winner and Nominees

2003 Locus - SF Novel WinnerThe Years of Rice and SaltKim Stanley RobinsonWith the incomparable vision and breathtaking detail that brought his now-classic Mars trilogy to vivid life, bestselling author KIM STANLEY ROBINSON boldly imagines an alternate history of the last seven hundred years. In his grandest work yet, the acclai...Amazon2003 Locus - SF Novel ShortlistBones of the EarthMichael SwanwickAmazonChindiJack McDevittAmazonCoyoteAllen SteeleAmazonEngine CityKen MacLeodAmazonGuardianJoe HaldemanAmazonKiln PeopleDavid BrinAmazonLightM. John HarrisonAmazonProbability SpaceNancy KressAmazonRedemption ArkAlastair ReynoldsAmazonRuled BritanniaHarry TurtledoveAmazonSchild's LadderGreg EganAmazonShadow PuppetsOrson Scott CardAmazonThe MountCarol EmshwillerAmazonThe SeparationChristopher Pr...
2003 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Biography

2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees

2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Biography WinnerAmerican Empire: Roosevelt's Geographer and the Prelude to GlobalizationNeil SmithArguing that American globalism had a very distinct geography and was pieced together as part of a powerful geographical vision, this text explores US global ambition. The story unfolds through an account of the career of Isaiah Bowman, the most famous Ame...Amazon2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Biography ShortlistGoyaRobert HughesAmazonJung: A BiographyDeirdre BairAmazonPushkin: A BiographyT.J. BinyonAmazonRiver of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild WestRebecca SolnitAmazon
2003 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Current Interest

2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Current Interest Winner and Nominees

2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Current Interest WinnerThe New Chinese Empire And What It Means for the United StatesRoss TerrillA new society and economy has blossomed in post-Mao China, but an old state holds it back. The Chinese dynastic state’s blend of idealism and realism, attachment to doctrine, paternalism, and obsession with unity has continued to shadow ‘revolutionary Chin...Amazon2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Current Interest ShortlistCut Time: An Education at the FightsCarlo RotellaAmazonJarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other BattlesAnthony SwoffordAmazonUnder the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent FaithJon KrakauerAmazonWhy America Slept: The Failure to Prevent 9/11Gerald PosnerAmazon
2003 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Fiction

2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Fiction Winner and Nominees

2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Fiction WinnerTrain: A NovelPete Dexter...Amazon2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Fiction ShortlistJameslandMichelle HunevenAmazonOld SchoolTobias WolffAmazonTen Little IndiansSherman AlexieAmazonThe Namesake: A NovelJhumpa LahiriAmazon
2003 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - First Fiction

2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Winner and Nominees

2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - First Fiction WinnerThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A NovelMark HaddonLots of things are mysteries. But that doesn't mean there isn't an answer to them'This is Christopher's murder mystery story. There are also no lies in this story because Christopher can't tell lies. Christopher does not like strangers or the colours yello...Amazon2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - First Fiction ShortlistA Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies: StoriesJohn MurrayAmazonBrick Lane: A NovelMonica AliAmazonGoblin Fruit: StoriesDavid Marshall ChanAmazonThere Are Jews in My House: StoriesLara VapnyarAmazon
2003 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - History

2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – History Winner and Nominees

2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - History WinnerAn Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of AmericaHenry WiencekAn Imperfect God is a major new biography of Washington, and the first to explore his engagement with American slavery When George Washington wrote his will, he made the startling decision to set his slaves free; earlier he had said that holding slaves was...Amazon2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - History ShortlistGulag: A HistoryAnne ApplebaumAmazonHomosexuality and CivilizationLouis CromptonAmazonThey Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967David MaranissAmazonWhen the King Took FlightTimothy TackettAmazon
2003 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller

2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Mystery/Thriller Winner and Nominees

2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller WinnerSoul CircusGeorge P. PelecanosA young woman is brutally murdered and PIs Strange and Quinn are forced to confront their own part in the crime. Private Investigator Derek Strange and his partner, Terry Quinn, are running a PI business in the seedy underbelly of Washington DC are approac...Amazon2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller ShortlistDeath of a NationalistRebecca PawelAmazonThe Company You KeepNeil GordonAmazonThe Dogs of Riga: A Kurt Wallendar MysteryHenning Mankell, Laurie ThompsonAmazonThe House SitterPeter LoveseyAmazon