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May 1 through September 4, 2010
The Walden Pond Books
Hugo Award Contest
May 1 through September 4, 2010
Purchase any of the six books nominated for the
2010 Hugo Award
for Best Novel in the field of science fiction and fantasy.
Every store copy contains a ballot.
Vote for the book you think will win the award
and leave us your name and phone number.
Pick the winning title and win a
Walden Pond Books $20.00 gift certificate!
Please note: All submitted ballots must be attached to a purchase receipt.
The 2010 Hugo Awards will be announced and presented
in Melbourne, Australia at the
68th World Science Fiction Convention
on Sunday, September 5, 2010.
2010 Hugo Award Nominees for Best Novel
in the field of science fiction and fantasy:
Tor |
BONESHAKER by Cherie Priest
A steampunk-zombie-airship masterpiece! In an alternate America, mad inventor Leviticus Blue is blamed for destroying Seattle. When his son goes into the wreck of a city to clear his father's name, his mother follows him in an airship to rescue her son from the toxic gas that turns people into zombies. "Intelligent, exceptionally well written and showcasing a phenomenal strong female protagonist ...this yarn is a must-read." — Publishers Weekly *starred review*
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Del Rey |
THE CITY & THE CITY by China Mieville
Named one of the Best Books Of The Year by The Los Angeles Times, The Seattle Times, and Publishers Weekly. "An outstanding take on police procedurals...
Twin cities Beszel and Ul Qoma coexist in the same physical location, separated by their citizens' determination to see only one city at a time. Inspector Tyador Borlú of the Extreme Crime Squad roams through the intertwined but separate cultures as he investigates the murder of Mahalia Geary..."— Publishers Weekly *starred review* |
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Tor |
JULIAN COMSTOCK: A Story of 22nd-Century America by Robert Charles Wilson
"Following a total collapse of the social order, the reborn American administration resides in New York City. The 60 states have reintroduced slavery; the Church of the Dominion exercises supreme religious power; technology is Victorian... Expertly handled prognostication with more than a touch of somber magnificence."— Kirkus Review *starred review*. "Written with the eloquence and elegance of a Victorian novel, this thoughtful tale combines complex characters, rousing military adventure and a beautifully realized, unnerving future."— Publishers Weekly *starred review* |
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Bantam Spectra |
PALIMPSEST by Catherynne Valente
An erotic and exotic tale of four lost souls mapping a fantastical city.
"Everyone lucky or doomed enough to go to Palimpsest, a city visited only in dreams, awakes bearing a tattooed map of its neighborhoods. Each of four travelers linked by ink stains in a frog-headed fortune-teller's shop finds an unimaginable fate in the city... Overflowing with poetic images and epic repetition, Valente's story washes us to an unexpected shore."— Booklist
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Ace |
WAKE by Robert J. Sawyer
Caitlin Decter is young, pretty, feisty, a genius at math, and blind. When she receives an implant to restore her sight, instead of seeing reality she perceives the landscape of the World Wide Web - where she makes contact with a mysterious consciousness existing only in cyberspace. "The wildly thought-provoking first installment of Sawyer's 'WWW Trilogy' explores the origins and emergence of consciousness.... The thematic diversity—and profundity—makes this one of Sawyer's strongest works to date."— Publishers Weekly *starred review* |
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Night Shade |
THE WINDUP GIRL by Paolo Bacigalupi
What happens when calories become currency? What happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits?
"Grim but beautifully written tale of Bangkok struggling for survival in a post-oil era of rising sea levels and out-of-control mutation...
This complex, literate and intensely felt tale ...will garner Bacigalupi significant critical attention and is clearly one of the finest science fiction novels of the year." — Publishers Weekly *starred review*.
• Michael Dirda reviews 2010 Nebula Award winner by Paolo Bacigalupi for The Washington Post Book Review.
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PAST CONTESTS
The Walden Pond Books
Edgar Award Contest
April 1 through April 28, 2010
Purchase any of the six books nominated for the
2010 Edgar Award for best mystery novel.
Every store copy contains a ballot.
Vote for the book you think will win the award
and leave us your name and phone number.
Pick the winning title and win a
Walden Pond Books $20.00 gift certificate!
WINNER ANNOUNCED ON THURSDAY, APRIL 29
April 29 update: And the winner is.....
THE LAST CHILD by John Hart
2010 Edgar Award Nominees for Best Mystery Novel:
Vintage |
THE MISSING by Tim Gautreaux
A masterful novel set in 1920s Louisiana. When a little girl is kidnapped, a New Orleans department store floorwalker is haunted by guilt, grief, and ghosts from his own troubled past. With the fate of the stolen child looming, The Missing vividly depicts an America where civilization is only beginning to penetrate the hinterlands, and a man must choose between compassion and vengeance.
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Minotaur |
THE ODDS by Kathleen George
A young boy in Pittsburgh's North Side neighborhood dies of a suspicious overdose. In this same neighborhood, four young kids have been abandoned and are living on their own. Connecting these people and their stories is Nick Banks, who is just out of prison.
"A truly original tale featuring four amazing youngsters: they are resilient, resourceful, and responsible. This very modern police procedural will not be easily forgotten." — Library Journal *starred review* |
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Minotaur |
 WINNER! THE LAST CHILD by John Hart
Thirteen year-old Johnny Merrimon knew nothing of loss, until the day his twin sister Alyssa vanished from the side of a lonely street.
Now, a year later, Johnny finds himself isolated and alone, failed by the people he'd been taught since birth to trust. No one else believes that Alyssa is still alive, but Johnny is certain that she is.
With "The Last Child," John Hart achieves his most significant work to date, an intricate, powerful story of loss, hope, and courage in the face of evil. |
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Ballantine |
THE MYSTIC ARTS OF ERASING ALL SIGNS OF DEATH by Charlie Huston
With his teaching career derailed by tragedy, Webster Fillmore Goodhue joins Clean Team, charged with tidying up L.A.'s grisly crime scenes. Then things get weird... "Noir master Charlie Huston should win himself a whole new audience with this bizarre and utterly grotesque stand-alone... Huston, one of his generation's finest and hippest talents, shows in grisly detail what cleaning up after the dead entails" — Publishers Weekly *starred review*
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Harper |
NEMESIS by Jo Nesbø
From one of the most celebrated crime writers in Europe and the award-winning author of The Redbreast comes this work that features the maverick methods of detective Harry Hole as he investigates a series of brutal bank robberies. "Multitextured, complexly plotted, psychologically rich thriller... an unqualified success. No doubt about it: Nesbo belongs on every crime-fiction fan’s A-list." — Booklist *starred review* |
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Washington Square |
A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO DIE by Malla Nunn
A stunning and darkly romantic crime novel set in 1950s apartheid South Africa, featuring Detective Emmanuel Cooper -- a man caught up in a time and place where racial tensions and the raw hunger for power make life very dangerous indeed. "When Detective Cooper investigates white suspects in the fatal shooting of Afrikaner police captain Willem Pretorius, he immediately encounters resistance from the victim's family. Before long, brutal investigators from the Security Branch offer a politically expedient solution..." — Publishers Weekly *starred review*
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March 1 through April 2, 2010
Purchase any of the seven books nominated for the
2010 Philip K. Dick Award
and vote for the book you think will win the award.
Pick the winning title and win a Walden Pond Books $20.00 gift certificate
WINNER ANNOUNCED ON FRIDAY, APRIL 2
APRIL 2 UPDATE: and the winner is.....
"Bitter Angels" by C. L. Anderson (Ballantine Books/Spectra)
2010 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees for Best Science Fiction Novel:
Spectra |
WINNER: 2010 PHILIP K. DICK AWARD
BITTER ANGELS by C. L. Anderson
This dazzling military science-fiction debut features a fast-paced, intriguing plot and a strong, complex, female hero.
Ex-Field Commander Terese Drajeske, now a mother of three, has been called back to active duty and sent to Erasmus, ostensibly to investigate the murder of her colleague—and friend—Bianca Fayette. At first blush, the death defies explanation: Bianca was immortal. But beneath that single murder lies a twisted foundation... |
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Aqueduct |
CENTURIES AGO AND VERY FAST by Rebecca Ore
"Rebecca Ore pulls off an audacious experiment: using the raw language and deliberate focus on sexual encounters of 'slash' fiction to relate a series of linked episodes and moments of reflection from the stupendously long life of a gay male, from his earliest days as a mammoth-hunting caveman to around the present." — Locus |
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Pyr |
CYBERABAD DAYS by Ian McDonald
The India of 2047 is a new, muscular superpower of one and a half billion people in an age of artificial intelligences, climate-change induced drought, water-wars, strange new genders, genetically improved children, and a population where males outnumber females four to one. A collection of seven stories, one Hugo nominee and one Hugo winner among them, as well as a thirty-one-thousand word original novella. As with everything Ian McDonald does, it is sure to be one of the most talked about books of the year.
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Spectra |
THE PRISONER by Carlos J. Cortes
2049. Earth's prisons are shut down and all inmates placed in massive hibernation tanks. In the ten years since then, no one has broken out…until now. Laurel Cole was one of those inmates—and now she's on the run. Pursued by a ruthless mercenary, Laurel seeks help from a group of renegades who live in the fetid darkness of a massive sewer system.
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Daw |
PROPHETS: APOTHEOSIS: BOOK ONE by Andrew S. Swann
It's been nearly 200 years since the collapse of the Confederacy. So when signals come in revealing lost human colonies that could shift the power balance, the race is on between the Caliphate ships and a small team of scientists and mercenaries. |
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Harper |
THE REPOSSESSION MAMBO by Eric Garcia
Thanks to the technological miracle of artiforgs, now you can live virtually forever. Nearly indestructible artificial organs, these wonders of metal and plastic are far more reliable and efficient than the cancer-prone lungs and fallible kidneys you were born with--and the Credit Union will be delighted to work out an equitable payment plan. But, of course, if you fall delinquent, one of their dedicated professionals will be dispatched to track you down and take their product back. |
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Del Rey |
THE DEVIL'S ALPHABET by Daryl Gregory
As a teen, Paxton Martin left the town of Switchcreek, Tenn., to escape a scandal and the retrovirus that afflicted many of the town's inhabitants. Many died hideously, and most survivors turned into strange creatures. But now Paxton has returned... "A wide variety of believable characters, a well-developed sense of place and some fascinating scientific speculation" — Publishers Weekly *starred review* |
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Congratulations to Walden Pond Books customer Phil Boudreau!
Phil picked the winner of the 2010 Philip K. Dick Award from the official
shortlist of seven nominees and won a $20.00 gift certificate.
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