Gemmell Awards 2013

[Mark_Lawrence]

The Gemmell Legend Award (best novel) Shortlist:

ABERCROMBIE, Joe - Red Country - Gollancz
KRISTOFF, Jay - Stormdancer - Pan Macmillan UK
LAWRENCE, Mark - King of Thorns - Harper Collins UK
LOWE, Helen - The Gathering of the Lost - Orbit
WEEKS, Brent - The Blinding Knife - Orbit

Winner: Brent Weeks / The Blinding Knife


The Morning Star Award (best debut) Shortlist:

AHMED, Saladin - Throne of the Crescent Moon - Gollancz & DAW
CAMERON, Miles - The Red Knight - Gollancz
GWYNNE, John - Malice - Pan Macmillan UK
HARTE, Aidan - Irenicon - Jo Fletcher Books
KRISTOFF, Jay - Stormdancer - Pan Macmillan UK

Winner: John Gwynne / Malice


Ravenheart Award (best cover art) Shortlist

GRAFFET, Didier & SENIOR, David - Red Country - Joe Abercrombie - Gollancz
HARMAN, Dominic - The Legion of Shadow - Michael J. Ward - Gollancz
LANG, Neil - Stormdancer - Jay Kristoff - Pan Macmillan UK
LANGLEY, Clint - Besieged – Rowena Cory Daniells - Solaris
MANHOOD, Silas - The Blinding Knife - Brent Weeks - Orbit
YOULL, Stephen - The Black Mausoleum - Stephen Deas - Gollancz

Winner: Didier Graffet and Dave Senior for Red Country by Joe Abercombie (Gollancz)

 

[Connavar]

Gongrats for the nomination Mark. Have you read the winner novel by Weeks? I have not read him because his books didnt sound too appealing whenever i saw them. Too much like Hobb type fantasy going by synopsis.

 

[Mark_Lawrence]

Gongrats for the nomination Mark. Have you read the winner novel by Weeks? I have not read him because his books didnt sound too appealing whenever i saw them. Too much like Hobb type fantasy going by synopsis.

No, I've not read any work by any of the Legend nominees. My son tried the first Weeks trilogy and didn't like it, then tried Robin Hobb's Assassin trilogy and liked that quite a bit. So perhaps if you don't like Hobb you will like Weeks! I'm a fan of Robin Hobb's work myself, but I've heard a lot of good things about The Blinding Knife by people whose opinion I respect...

 

[Grunkins]

Tough year for awards. Weeks winning the Gemmell - I haven't read anything by Weeks yet, but from what I gather he seems like a poor man's Sanderson (who himself is not a great writer). And the Hugo was won by the truly bad (I had to put it down after 100ish pages) Redshirts by Scalzi.

 

[Juliana]

Congratulations on the nomination, Mark. 'King' was great, but in my opinion 'Emperor' was easily your, um, crowning thorn. So hopefully we'll see you up there again next year!

 

[Mark_Lawrence]

Congratulations on the nomination, Mark. 'King' was great, but in my opinion 'Emperor' was easily your, um, crowning thorn. So hopefully we'll see you up there again next year!

Thanks But next year I expect to be drowned by the twin tsunamis that are Scott Lynch and Peter Brett (each of whom also has a 3rd book in the running).